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
Instrument(s)Oud
LabelsForward Music
Website

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
  1. Burkhalter, Thomas (2012). Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut. Routledge. pp. 195, 196. ISBN 978-0415808132. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. "Charbel Rouhana". BBC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. Nickson, Chris. "The Art of the Middle East (review)". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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