37 Facts About Syafinaz Selamat

Datuk Syafinaz binti Selamat;, is a Malaysian singer who sings in Malay, English, Italian, Spanish, and German.

Syafinaz Selamat is a reputed soprano soloist; well known as a voice teacher, vocal coach and a lecturer in universities and private classes; a leading voice master in adult and children choir groups; and regarded as a connoisseur of voice art who's often invited as a professional jury or critic in local singing competitions and reality programmes.

Syafinaz Selamat is the youngest child out of 11 siblings, and was born in the Pontian District of Johor in Malaysia.

At the age of 9, Syafinaz Selamat was recommended to join a talent search produced by Radio Televisyen Malaysia by her sister who worked there.

Syafinaz Selamat soon became a regular singer alongside her duet partner Eliza in RTM radio segments, and RTM national television's children's programme that was aired during festive seasons.

Syafinaz Selamat landed her first record deal at the age of 15, and her first album titled after her own name, Syafinaz Selamat was launched in 1989.

Syafinaz Selamat then continued her music education in the Universiti Teknologi MARA and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Music.

Syafinaz Selamat is a classically trained singer under the tutelage of Siti Chairani Proehoeman, Muzaffar Abdullah, as well as veterans in the Malaysian music education and classical performance scene.

Syafinaz Selamat took initiative by completing a short course in Germany with Heidrun Maria Hahn, a German opera singer, before taking on a commitment as an opera singer.

Syafinaz Selamat was chosen to play the role of the soprano solo in Carl Orff's opera Carmina Burana with 100 choir members and the National Symphony Orchestra of Malaysia, conducted by Roland Peelman.

Syafinaz Selamat officially started off as a child singer with RTM when she was only 9 years old alongside a duet partner, Eliza.

Syafinaz Selamat continued her singing journey by going solo at the age of 15 and produced her first album, Syafinaz Selamat launched in 1989.

Syafinaz Selamat then kickstarted her singing career as a pop singer by releasing Ingin Bersamamu album in 1999, followed by Syyh in 2001.

Nowadays, Syafinaz Selamat is better known for her lyrical soprano singing in classical numbers.

Between 2001 and 2020, Syafinaz Selamat collaborated in producing two featured singles respectively with Dennis Lau entitled "Mahkota" in 2009, and Frank Scott Hew entitled "Terpesona" in 2010.

Syafinaz Selamat released a Raya single featuring her former proteges from Mentor 7 entitled "RahmatNya" in 2019.

In 2021, Syafinaz Selamat released a new single entitled "Persis Salju", which is a ballad song infused with classical elements.

The Covid-19 pandemic led Syafinaz Selamat to extend the release date of "Persis Salju" to the following year from its original target of 2020.

In 2023, Syafinaz Selamat collaborated with violinist Dennis Lau in producing a song entitled "Glory".

Tinta wrote the lyrics to Syafinaz Selamat's hit song "Ingin Bersamamu".

Syafinaz Selamat was then immediately recruited as a lecturer in the UiTM right after her graduation in 1995.

Syafinaz Selamat is an advisor, vocal master, director, and a conductor for the National Choir of Malaysia, and Genius Seni Koir Group.

Syafinaz Selamat was invited to conduct the Vienna Boys' Choir during the group's tour in Malaysia in 2011.

Syafinaz Selamat was the music advisor for the reality programme Audition II, and a vocal coach in Malaysia national singing competition Bintang RTM 2018.

Syafinaz Selamat was chosen as one of the mentors in the reality show Mentor for the show's 7th season installation, Mentor 7 2018.

In Mentor 7, Syafinaz Selamat was the only mentor who managed to keep both of her proteges up to the semi-final until Lazarul was eliminated in the semi-final.

Syafinaz Selamat managed to maintain the youngest and only female protege from the beginning towards the final of Mentor 7.

Syafinaz Selamat has extensive experience as a jury in numerous local singing competitions and reality shows, including Akademi Fantasia Season 3 and 4; Who Will Win, Mentor, One in a Million Season 1,2 and 3; Pop Krew, The Band, Bintang Kecil RTM, Bintang RTM, AF Megastar 2017, Separuh Akhir Muzik-Muzik, Gegar Vaganza Season 6,7,8,9 and 10.

Syafinaz Selamat was the Captain of a team of 50 celebrity jurors for Astro's second season of All Together Now Malaysia 2022.

Syafinaz Selamat made a performance alongside Rosnan Rahman, Zainal Abidin and Jaclyn Victor during Barack Obama's official visitation to Malaysia during his US presidency in 2014.

However, Syafinaz Selamat was very determined to pursue music as a career; therefore, vehemently rejected her late father's plannings for her.

Syafinaz Selamat performed consistently well throughout her studies which not only earned her Dean's List awards and a bachelor's degree in music, but the approval and blessing of her late father who later became her even bigger supporter.

Syafinaz Selamat said that her focus and daily busyness on work commitment was the main reason she found it difficult to socialize freely, therefore rarely becoming the target of media gossip.

Syafinaz Selamat has a reputation for being a fierce and intolerant person.

Since then, Syafinaz Selamat has been using her social media account not only for fan engagement and brand building, but as a platform to impart her voice-art expertise.

Syafinaz Selamat believes that singers must employ the proper and safe singing techniques for their voice to last a long period.

Recently, Dato' Siti Nurhaliza has received assistance from Syafinaz Selamat in finding a team of specialists to help her recover her voice from the prior Covid-19 infection, thanks to Syafinaz Selamat's experiences and continuous collaborations with laryngologists and voice therapists.