Charbel Rouhana
Charbel Rouhana (Arabic: شربل روحانا) is a Lebanese oud player.[1] Born in 1965 in Amsheet, a town north of Beirut, Charbel pursued his music education at the Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik, obtaining his diploma in oud instrumentation in 1986 and his M.A. in Musicology in 1987.[2]
Charbel Rouhana | |
|---|---|
| Instruments | Oud |
| Labels | Forward Music |
Discography
Studio albums
- 1997: Salamat
- 1998: Mada (with Hani Siblini)
- 2000: Mazaj Alani
- 2003: The Art of Middle Eastern Oud (out in Lebanon under the title Vice Versa)[3]
- 2004: Sourat
- 2006: Dangerous
- 2008: Handmade
- 2010: Doux Zen Oud Duet with Ellie Khoury
- 2014: Tashweesh
DVDs
- 2008: Charbel Rouhana & the Beirut Oriental Ensemble: The "Handmade" Concert
Awards
- Winner of the First Prize at the 1990 Hirayama, Japan competition for the composition “Hymn of Peace”.
Concerts and participations
- 2010: Workshop+ playing at the first Egyptian Oud Forum
- 2009: Damascus Castle concert, Syria
- 2009: UNESCO ball, during the Celebration of Francophonie in Beirut.
- 2008: Roman amphitheater Concert, Jabla, Syria.
- 2003: Oud Forum, Jarash Festival, Damascus
- 2003: Workshop+ solo Playing at the Cairo Opera House
- 2003: An evening organized by the Lebanese Club, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2002: Oud Forum, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- 2002: Participation in the opening ceremony of the ninth Francophone Summit in Beirut.
- 2002: Lebanese week, Cahors, France.
- 2002: A music concert, Weimar, Germany.
- 2002: Music Without Borders, Dubai
- 2002: Composing music for the opening ceremony of the Dubai Shopping Festival
- 2001: Tenth Festival of faces of la Francophonie, Paris, France
- 2001: Souk Okaz, Jordan
- 2000: Oud Festival II, Tetouan, Morocco.
- 1999: Festival Belfort, France.
- 1998: Festival of Baalbek, Lebanon, participation in the evening of the Band "Sarband. "
- 1997: Medina Festival, Tunis, Solo Oud Performance.
- 1995: Al Bustan Festival, Lebanon, Solo Oud Performance.
- 1995: Beit Ed-dine Festival, Lebanon, participation in the "controversial" by Marcel Khalife.
Charbel composed music for the choreographer Abdul Halim Caracalla’s shows: "2000 and 2 Nights" [2002], “Bi Laylat Qamar” [1999], “Andalusia, the Lost Glory” [1997], and “Elissa, Queen of Carthage” [1995]
References
- Burkhalter, Thomas (2012). Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut. Routledge. pp. 195, 196. ISBN 0415808138. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- "Charbel Rouhana". BBC.
- Nickson, Chris. "The Art of the Middle East (review)". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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