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Lebanon is a cultural hub for Arab music. Lebanese music writer Danny Hajjar has been talking with musicians there about how they're dealing with escalating conflict in the region.
Ziad Rahbani died at age 69 on Saturday, July 26, Lebanese newspaper L'Orient-Le Jour reported, citing a statement from the hospital where he was treated in Beirut. Lebanese Minister of Culture Dr ...
A son of Lebanese musical icons, he became one himself, with satirical critiques of his country’s dysfunction that melded Arab and Western music.
A 166-year-old bell will toll again Friday, ringing in three days of Lebanese music, dance and food at St. Anthony Maronite ...
Renowned Lebanese musician and composer Ziad Rahbani, son of music icon Fairuz and pioneer of Oriental jazz, died on Saturday aged 69 after revolutionising Lebanese theatre and music.
A skilled multi-instrumentalist, he co-founded the New York Arabic Orchestra and directed Lebanon’s national conservatory of music. He died of complications of Covid-19.
The legendary composer reportedly died of a heart attack on Saturday, July 26 Ziad Rahbani, a treasured Lebanese composer and musician, has reportedly died. He was 69. According to a statement ...
Lebanese Artist Ziad Rahbani, Son of Music Icon Fairuz, Dies at 69: ‘A Complete Intellectual and Cultural Phenomenon’ The legendary composer reportedly died of a heart attack on Saturday, July 26 ...