“Bisan’s voice is a delight to the ear and heart. Her approach is not traditional. It is an experimental search for the right expression of inner landscape and yearning.”
- Yuval Ron, Yuval Ron Ensemble
How a Voice Makeover Upped My Zoom Game-And Changed My Life
“We live in a society that deeply values control and confidence, power and consistency,” explains Bisan Toron, a stunningly passionate voice coach who’s adept at exploring that mysterious place where the voice and subconscious meet. “There’s judgement and bite,” continues Bisan who pulls hard in the opposite direction, teaching her clients rigorous classical voice techniques, but also how to abandon themselves to spontaneity…”
Excerpt from Jessica Kerwin Jenkins’ Article for Vogue. Feb. 2021
Thoughts on Mysticism and the Voice
“Mysticism of sound is play. Perhaps it’s the sort of play that requires years of practice, but mostly it only needs a willingness to open into the quotidian moment and to allow it to live through one’s voice…”
Excerpt from the book Seven Pillars House of Wisdom, Journey Toward Wisdom. Feb. 2010
Burn everything except the truth
“Ever wonder: when a singer probes so deep within that they get lost and unravel, what then? In this case, a completely unique sound is born. Bisan Toron opens up about her global journey, seven years of silence and her vocal creatures.”
Trevor Exter, for “Play it like it’s Music” by Trevor Exter. Mar. 2020.
Shatter your ideals upon the rock of truth!
“Something had caught up to me. You can call it your shadows. It definitely had caught up to me at that point in my early 30s. And the only way was in, I had to turn towards these emotions that I thought would be the end of me…”
Excerpt from Bisan’s Interview on Sophisticated Boom Boom with Shiela B. Oct 2020.
“...conducted by Simone Giuliani (the very composer of the flamboyantly electrifying original score) with live vocals by Bisan Toron, in ghostly stage interludes. Imagine if Oum Kalthoum and Elisabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) morphed into one single singer and you will have a pretty accurate idea of the Syrian vocalist’s hypnotic presence on the stage of Sala Petrassi last Friday night.”
— Cédric Succivalli, International Cinephile Society - Films & Festivals Nov. 10, 2017 (Praise for NYsferatu. 12th Rome Film Festival)
“The incredible vocal modulations of Bisan Toron...were reminiscent of waves rounding up the sharp, severe and engaging harmonic structure with strong symphonic colors created by the composer, sporadically enriched in the right moments with exotic colors. Simone Giuliani chose to depict at times an atmosphere of hallucinated alienation and at the same time one of deep introspection within the impetuous and imposing rhythm of every scene.”
— Paolo Eustachi, Colonne Sonore Nov. 2017 (Praise for NYsferatu. 12th Rome Film Festival)
“Ms. Toron has extraordinary talent and expertise as a performer and teacher of voice. Her work is a masterful and moving contemporary expression of the age-old mysticism of sound.”
— Pir Zia Inayat-Khan, President of the Inayatiyya Order
“...attractive embellishments by Bisan Toron, who sings haunting chants and dirges..."
— The New York Times Theater Review. Friday, March 27th, 1998 (Praise for Othello. Inverse Theater Company, NY, NY)
"I collaborated with Bisan Toron on Charles Officer’s feature documentary Invisible Essence: The Little Prince. Her voice, with its haunting Middle-Eastern inflections, is exceptionally evocative, dynamic, and full of colour. Her vocals have imbued this score with a searching presence that has truly elevated the film. Throughout our recording session she demonstrated great range and flexibility, and I was thrilled to discover that she is equally at ease with improvisation as she is with interpretation. Above all, her tireless commitment to musical excellence made working with her a joy."