One of world music’s leading figures, the brilliant oud virtuoso Rabih Abou-Khalil appears in Estonia for the first time! A warm, down-to-earth maestro with more than 25 albums to his name, he has delighted music fans for 40 years. In Abou-Khalil’s music, Arab roots and inherited traditions are woven together with those of the West – he doesn’t […]
Nascido e criado no clima cosmopolita de Beirute, nas décadas de 1960 e 1970, Rabih Abou-Khalil aprendeu a tocar oud aos quatro anos de idade, tendo-se mais tarde afirmado como um compositor original, não só por estar à frente do seu tempo, mas também por questionar o que outros poderiam seguir sem maior reflexão. Com […]
What a joy it is to welcome back this poet of the oud, a pioneer of musical journeys between East (his native Lebanon!) and West in the mid-1980s! For over forty years, he has stood as a tightrope walker between two worlds, two states of being that nourish his fertile imagination, invoking in his own […]
Rabih Abou-Khalil ist ein Grenzgänger par excellence. Der libanesische Oud-Virtuose verbindet die Tiefe arabischer Musiktraditionen mit der Ausdruckskraft europäischer Klassik und der Freiheit des Jazz – unvoreingenommen, humorvoll und hochreflektiert. Schon seit Jahrzehnten zieht er die großen Namen des Jazz wie Charlie Mariano, Kenny Wheeler oder Joachim Kühn in seinen Bann – ebenso wie klassische […]
Rabih Abou-Khalil is a Lebanese musician and composer, known for bringing the oud into jazz and contemporary music. He blends traditional Arabic music with jazz, improvisation, classical influences, and world music. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with artists from all over the world and released numerous albums exploring the fusion of cultures and musical […]