Award-winning Palestinian oud ensemble Le Trio Joubran is set to perform on Sunday, February 3rd, 2019, at Barbican Hall in London. The three musicians will…
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Artist Profiles: Souhail Kaspar
Master percussionist Souhail Kaspar is known for his brilliant technique, scintillating performances and impeccable teaching skills. His musical sensitivity and ability to improvise and embellish…
View More Artist Profiles: Souhail KasparArtist Profiles: Marcel Khalife
Marcel Khalife was born in 1950 in Amchit, Mount-Lebanon. He studied the ud (the Arabic lute, also known as oud and l’ud) at the Beirut…
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A Jordanian of Palestinian descent, singer/songwriter Naser Musa started playing ‘ud, a Middle Eastern lute, at an early age while living in Amman, Jordan. In…
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Born in Kuwait on 1971, Issam has studied in Kuwait and Syria at the High Institute of Music in Damascus as a student of Fayez…
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Bassam Saba was a native of Lebanon, where he studied ‘ud, violin, and nay (Arab flute) at the Lebanese National Conservatory. In 1976, he moved…
View More Artist Profiles: Bassam SabaArtist Profiles: Charbel Rouhana
Charbel Rouhana, one of the finest ud (also spelled oud) players in Lebanon. Born in 1965 in Aamchit (a town north of Beirut), Charbel pursued…
View More Artist Profiles: Charbel RouhanaArtist Profiles: Fairuz
Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon in 1935, Nouhad Haddad, better known as Fairuz, is an Arabic music superstar. She began her musical career as…
View More Artist Profiles: FairuzTransfixing Arabic Sounds from Philippe El Hage and Youssef Hbeisch
Philippe El Hage and Youssef Hbeisch – Asrar (independent release, 2016) Asrar is a beautiful collaboration between Lebanese piano virtuoso and composer Philippe El Hage…
View More Transfixing Arabic Sounds from Philippe El Hage and Youssef HbeischArtist Profiles: Sameer Makhoul
Composer, musician and singer Sameer Makhoul was born in Peki’in in Galilee, a village renowned for its poets. Sameer Makhoul cornes from a family of…
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