Ziad Rahbani
Ziad Rahbani زياد الرحباني | |
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Relatives | Mansour Rahbani (uncle) Elias Rahbani (uncle) |
Ziad Rahbani
His compositions are well known throughout the
Personal life
Ziad Rahbani is the son of the Lebanese composer
Rahbani was married to Dalal Karam, with whom he has a boy named "Assi" but he was later found out not to be his biological son. Their relationship later ended in divorce, prompting Karam to write a series of articles for the gossip magazine Ashabaka about their marriage. Rahbani composed a number of songs about their relationship, including "Marba el Dalal"[4] and "Bisaraha".[5]
Rahbani has a long-standing relationship with Lebanese leftist movements, and is a self-declared
Career
Rahbani's first known artistic work was "Sadiqi Allah" (My Friend God), a collection of writings between the years 1967 and 1968 when he was in his teens. In 1973, at age 17,[9] Rahbani composed his first music for Fairuz, his mother. Assi Rahbani, his father, was hospitalized and his mother Fairuz was to play the leading role in Al Mahatta by the Rahbani brothers. Mansour Rahbani, his uncle, who had written the lyrics of a song about Assi Rahbani's forced absence, gave Ziad Rahbani the task of composing its music. The song "Saalouni El Nass" (People Asked Me)[10] gained Rahbani recognition in the music world.
Rahbani appeared for the first time on stage in Al Mahatta where he played the role of the detective. He also appeared later on in the Rahbani Brothers' Mays el Rim[11] in the role of one of the policemen. Rahbani's first step into theatre was with the Bkennaya Theater in Sahriyyeh.[12] He followed that with highly politicized string of plays. "In 'The Harvest of Thorns: Political Comedy Theater in Syria and Lebanon,' Aksam Al-Youssef wrote,"Under these circumstances, as a young adult, Ziad imposed himself on the artistic scene as a playwright, director, composer, pianist, and actor. In a short time, his original theatre would become the center of attention for young people who found in it the voice of a lost generation caught in the throws of war and violence.[13]
As an actor, besides appearing in his own plays, Rahbani starred in Randa Chahal Sabbagh's 2003 film The Kite.
Collaborations
Before, during and after the war, Rahbani released and co-released several albums like: Bi hal shakel, Abou Ali, Halleluja, Shareet Ghayr Houdoudi, Houdou Nesbi, Ana Mouch Kafer, Hakaya al Atfal, Bema Enno, Monodose (with singer Salma Mosfi) and Maaloumat Mush Akidi (with singer Latifa).[14]
He has also written the music for singles performed by others such as "Rafi2i Sobhi El Gizz", "Kifak Inta", "Iza baddik" and "Abban 3an Jidd".
He has done some orchestrations for songs like "Madih el Zoll el Ali", "Ahmad el Zaatar" and "Moussakafoun noun". Rahbani has also mixed several albums such as Al ra2i el 3aam and Moussakafoun noun.[citation needed]
He has held concerts like the Oriental Jazz Concert in the BUC Irwin Hall, the Las Salinas Concert, the Forum de Beirut Concert, the Picadilly Concert, and "Mniha Concert" in Mont La Salle Ain Saadeh, the latter with his cousin Ghassan Rahbani.[citation needed]
He also performs live occasionally in pubs like "Medusa", "Mon Général" and the "Téatro".[citation needed]
Discography
Studio releases
Year | Original Title | Translation | Producer | Songwriter(s) | Vocalists | Label | Main Tracks |
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1973 | A Rahbani Festival | Ziad Rahbani | Assi & Mansour Rahbani
Sayed Darwish |
Voix de l'Orient | Allamouni | ||
1977 | Kyrie Eleison | Ziad Rahbani | Magida El Roumi Samy Clarke Lady Madonna Joseph Sakr Youhanna Al Habib Sader |
Nahnou Sahiroun Sayidi | |||
Bil Afrah | Wedding Music | Halim El Roumi Mohamed Sultan |
Philips | Zourouni | |||
1979 | Abu Ali / Prelude (Maxi Single) |
Ziad Rahbani | Zida | Prelude From Mays El Rim Abu Ali | |||
Belly Dance Fever | Ziad Rahbani Elias Rahbani |
Voix de l'Orient | El Hilwa Di | ||||
1985 | Houdou' Nisbi | Relative Calm | Ziad Rahbani | Ziad Rahbani Joe Sample |
Ziad Rahbani Sami Haouat Monica Asali |
Bala Wala Shi Rouh Khabbir Khalas | |
1987 | Hekaya | Story | Ziad Rahbani Najat Naimeh Abido Basha |
Salma Mosfi Carmen Lebbos |
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Shrit Gher Hdoudy | Borderless Tape | Ziad Rahbani | Ziad Rahbani Sami Haouat |
Aprodisco | Bi Saraha | ||
1995 | Bema Enno... | Considering That... | Ziad Rahbani | Ziad Rahbani Joseph Sakr Salma Mosfi |
Voix de l'Orient | Bema Enno... Talfan Ayash | |
2001 | Monodose | Ziad Rahbani Antonio Carlos Jobim Astrud Gilberto |
Ziad Rahbani Salma Mosfi |
EMI | Un verre chez nous Wallaat Ktir Assaada Allahou Masa'akom |
Albums for Fairuz
Year | Original Title | Translation | Songwriter(s) | Label |
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1972 | Sa'alouni Annass (Song from the musical "Al Mahatta") |
People Asked Me | Mansour Rahbani Ziad Rahbani |
Voix de l'Orient |
1987 | Maarefti Feek | What I Know About You | Joaquin Rodrigo |
Relax-In |
1989 | Live at the Royal Festival Hall London | Voix de l'Orient | ||
1991 | Kifak Inta | How Are You | Ziad Rahbani Joseph Harb |
Relax-In |
1995 | Ila Assi |
(Dedicated) to Assi | Assi & Mansour Rahbani |
Voix de l'Orient |
1999 | Mesh Kayen Hayek Tkoun | It Wasn't Supposed to Be Like This | Ziad Rahbani Mohamed Mohsen Qays Bin Al Malouh |
Relax-In |
2000 | Live at Beiteddine |
Mohamed Younes Alqadi |
EMI | |
2002 | Wala Kif |
Les feuilles mortes | Ziad Rahbani Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
Relax-In |
2010 | Eh Fi Amal | Yes There's Hope | Assi & Mansour Rahbani Ziad Rahbani |
Fayrouz Productions |
Stage and radio
Year | Original Title | Translation | Producer | Songwriter(s) | Vocalists | Label | Main Tracks |
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1973 | Sahriye | Evening | Ziad Rahbani | Ziad Rahbani | Joseph Sakr Marwan Mahfouz Georgette Sayegh |
Voix de l'Orient | Ya Bint Al Maawin Dallouni Al Aynayn Al Soud Fi Oyoun Btebki El Hala Taabana Ya Leila |
1974 | Nazl El Sourour | Happiness Hotel | Ziad Rahbani Gerardo Matos Rodriguez |
Ziad Rahbani Joseph Sakr Carmen Lebbos Sami Haouat |
Baatilak Ya Habib Al Rouh Jayi Maa Al Shaab Al Maskin Mashi El Hal | ||
1978 | Bennesbeh Labokra Chou | What About Tomorrow | Ziad Rahbani Joseph Sakr Sami Haouat Nabila Zaitouni |
Ziad Rahbani Joseph Sakr Sami Haouat Nabila Zeitouni |
Zida | Al Bosta Ismaa Ya Reda | |
1980 | Film Ameriki Tawil | The American Motion Picture | Ziad Rahbani | Ziad Rahbani Joseph Sakr Sami Haouat Mona Maraashli |
Rajiaa Bi Izn Allah Ya Zaman Al Ta'ifiya | ||
1985 | Shi Feshil | Failure | Ziad Rahbani Joseph Sakr Sami Haouat Mona Saidun |
Voice of Beirut | |||
Ana Mush Kafer | I Am Not an Infidel | Ziad Rahbani Farouq Al Koussa Stephanie Stephano |
Relax-In | Ana Mush Kafer | |||
1986 | Bhal Shakel | Oriental Jazz Concert Live At Buc, Irwin Hall | Ziad Rahbani |
Aprodisco | |||
1987 | El Akl Zineh | The Mind Is Decorative | Ziad Rahbani | Ziad Rahbani | Sawt Al Shaab | ||
1992 | Lawla Fushat Al Amal | If It Weren't For Hope | Grace Aoun Toufic Kerbaj |
Relax-In | |||
1993 | Bi Khsous Al Karameh Wal Shaab Al Anid | About Dignity and Stubborn People | Carmen Lebbos | ||||
Tabeh La Shi Tebeh Shi | Following Something That's Following Something | Ziad Rahbani Salma Mosfi |
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1996 | Al Fasl Al Akhar | The Last Part | Ziad Rahbani Antonio Carlos Jobim Astrud Gilberto |
Ziad Rahbani Carmen Lebbos Salma Mosfi |
Cairo Beirut Audio | ||
2006 | W Noss Alf 500 | 1000/2=500 | Ziad Rahbani Baz Luhrmann |
Bankers Assurance SAL | |||
2008 | Live at Damascus Citadel | Ziad Rahbani Sayed Darwish Mohamed Younes Al Kadi |
Ziad Rahbani Bassel Daoud Rasha Rizk |
Art Line |
Notes
- ^ Also written as Ziyad al-Rahbany
References
- ^ "Rahbani's 'Oriental Jazz' Is Rooted in Lebanon's Struggle but Scorned by Traditional Arabs". Los Angeles Times. April 14, 1988.
- ^ "Ziad biography". Nogomi Stars.
- ^ "Fairouz our ambassador to the Stars". Al Mashriq. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ "Marba el Dalal". Amazon. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ "Bisaraha". Amazon. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ "Ziad Rahbani: The Artist Whose Biography Tells Lebanon's History". Fanack.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Ziad Rahbani - communisme - athéisme". Archived from the original on 2021-12-14 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ As'ad, AbuKhalil (2012-10-08). "The Cult of Ziad Rahbani". al-akhbar. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ Alyousef, Aksam (Fall 2020). ""Harvesting Thorns": Comedy as Political Theatre in Syria and Lebanon". ERA. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
- ^ "Sa'alouni El Nas". Amazon. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "Mays el Rim". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "Sahriye". iTunes. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ Alyousef, Aksam (Fall 2020). ""Harvesting Thorns": Comedy as Political Theatre in Syria and Lebanon". ERA. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
- ^ "Ziad Rahbani on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 9 September 2013.