Charbel Rouhana

Charbel Rouhana is a Lebanese oud player. Born in 1965 in Amsheet, a town north of Beirut, Charbel pursued his music education at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, obtaining his diploma in oud instrumentation in 1986 and his M.A. in Musicology in 1987. Rouhana is a proponent of "oud jazz", which combines Arabic oud music with a contemporary jazz backing.

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) 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 Abdel-Halim Caracalla’s shows: "2000 and 2 Nights" , “Bi Laylat Qamar” , “Andalusia, the Lost Glory” , and “Elissa, Queen of Carthage”