Karim Sulayman

American tenor Karim Sulayman has, after a career that began in childhood, become an international attraction in operatic and orchestral performances, often specializing in music of the Baroque. Unlike most other vocal performers, Sulayman has attracted attention for activist stances unrelated to music. Of Lebanese-American descent, Sulayman was born in Chicago on September 10, 1976. He began studying the violin at age three and sang for some years as a boy alto with the Chicago Children's Choir. During this period he was chosen by the conductors themselves for solo parts in C...