Biography

Born into a musical family, Ms. Badlissi gave her debut performance at age seven at the  Couvent des Sœurs Franciscaines de Marie in Aleppo, Syria, where she began her study of the guitar in 2006. She was a student of Georges Baly at the Baly Music Conservatory until relocating to the United States in 2010.

Ms. Badlissi participated in festivals such as the 2021 Creative Process Festival in Brussels, the 2019 Hartt School Guitar Festival and the 2019 Cleveland Institute of Music Guitar Festival. In addition to performing well-known classics, she was a member of the ensembles that performed the world premieres of Clarice Assad’s composition “Dusty Grooves” (2017) and Nikita Koshkin’s “Storm Warning” (2020) at the New England Guitar Ensemble Festival held by the Boston Classical Guitar Society.

She performed in masterclasses for renowned artists such as Richard Provost, Peter Clemente, Andrew York, Jason Vieaux, Colin Davin, Xuefei Yang, Scott Tennant, Brasil Duo, Xavier Jara, Tengyue Zhang, Dušan Bogdanović, Celil Refik Kaya, Radoš Malidžan, Vojislav Ivanovic, Patrick Kearny, Tariq Harb, Oscar Ghiglia, and Leo Brouwer. 

Other than playing solo repertoire, Ms. Badlissi is an active Chamber Musician as a member of a flute and guitar duo with American flutist John Ray. The duo played in masterclasses for the PRISM Quartet and Cuarteto Latinoamericano. Most recently, she premiered “14th insomnia” (2021) by Quentin Ballivet with Clarisse Gomes (flute) and Tadeja Malc (clarinet).

Ms. Badlissi won the top prize at the 54th Annual Chaminade Music Club competition held in Attleboro, MA in 2016.

Ms. Badlissi received her Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance at the Hartt School at The University of Hartford under the instruction of Christopher Ladd. She also pursued a Minor in Performing Arts Management. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Music at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels under the instruction of Antigoni Goni. She is also currently one of the 11 American fellows chosen for the prestigious Belgian American Educational Foundation Fellowship for the academic year 2021-2022.