Tony Kaldas

His Love for Asmahan began when he was 9 years old, much to everyone's astonishment as the singer died in 1944, 40 years before he was even born.

Antoine Kaldas (طوني قلدس; born January 20, 1984), also known as Tony Kaldas, is an Egyptian-Greek singer, composer, performer, and healer who spent his first 25 years in Egypt.

Kaldas has developed a passion for artistic expression as early on as four years by imitating actors and actresses after watching films and plays shown on television.

Despite his interests, he had a restricted childhood and his parents did not appreciate his "talents".

Upon turning sixteen, Kaldas sang a religious French song that launched his musical career.

He blends several genres, notably jazz, classical, pop, and world music, and languages through his songs and concerts in an attempt create a variety of unique pieces.

He studied classical singing for 6 years at the Cairo Opera House while also studying architecture.

Kaldas studied architecture and worked for years as an underground singer, as well as an art director, graphic designer, retoucher and digital marketer.

He also worked as a voice actor for Arabic versions of Disney movies and commercial advertisements.

Additionally, Kaldas has studied different types of healing practices, such as quantum touch, chakra healing, and hypnotherapy, combining these methods with his knowledge of music and voice.

Kaldas was born January 1984 in Cairo, Egypt, the son of an Egyptian father and a Greek mother.

He displayed musical talent at a young age, performing musicals at the age of 4.

His parents were resistant as they were afraid that he would not commit to his studies and that this would negatively affect his life.

Kaldas was unable to convince his family otherwise and was thus unable to pursue his musical interests for years to come.

The self-taught musician continues to use a "musical shorthand" that he developed as a child, rather than employing traditional musical notation.

However, the house was full of different music throughout the day, which Kaldas believed to be an important influence for him; he was lucky to be present among a family that enjoyed listening to different kinds of music.

He went to a French school in 1989, College des Freres, which had a great influence on his personality and expression that continued with him afterward.

In 2000, Kaldas joined the French Christian Choir in Cairo.

Soon after, he began performing in Egyptian venues and eventually around the world.

In 2003, Kaldas studied Classical Singing at Cairo Opera House along with his studies at the Architecture university.

He was greatly inspired by the singer Asmahan as she was an Arabic singer that could sing in different genres and styles and studied classical music for sometime.

His performance in Brussels, in 2012, representing the Middle East in an Arabic song, was written by the late Gibran Khalil Gibran, and composed & performed by Kaldas himself.

After his nomination for the Peace Prize in Brussels in January 2012, and his performance in Paris afterward, he decided to live in France for some time to be able to learn new vocal techniques and start singing in different countries.

Kaldas lived in Paris, Lille, and then moved to Cambridge and then London.

Through his travels, instead of learning more about singing and performance techniques, he learned more about himself.

From childhood, Kaldas accepted a wide variety of musical styles, listening to radio stations from Northern Africa, Arab countries, and Europe.

His music has been said to reflect his encounters with cultures around the world.

The mixture in his family was translated through the choice of songs chosen by his family, as he was raised listening to Classical singing, Arabic, Greek, French, Italian, Spanish and English songs, along with the classical music.

This mixture was expressed later through his talent and voice by always mixing different genres together and being one of the first musicians and singers in the Middle East creating fusion on stage.

Kaldas claims to have had a perfect pitch since childhood.

Kaldas sang cover versions of songs sung by the Arabic Super-stars :Fairuz, Abdel Halim Hafez, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Umm Kulthum, Nour el Hoda etc... and from the Worldwide he used to sing for Charles Aznavour, Édith Piaf, Mireille Mathieu, Frédéric François, Jacques Brel, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, etc..

Kaldas was honored in Brussels European Parliament in 2012 and he was nominated for the Music Peace Prize Time for Peace; he was the first Arabic/Greek singer was nominated for this prize.