Charbel Rouhana

Charbel Rouhana (Arabic: شربل روحانا‎) is a Lebanese oud player in Lebanon. Born in 1965 in Amsheet (a town north of Beirut), Charbel pursued his music education at the Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik and obtained his diploma in oud instrumentation in 1986 and his M.A. in Musicology in 1987.

 

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
 
DVDs

2008: Charbel Rouhana & the Beirut Oriental Ensemble: The "Handmade" Concert
 
Awards

-Winner of the Murex d’Or for the year 2000/Musician of the Year.
-Winner of the First Prize at the 1990 Hirayama, Japan competition for the composition “Hymn of Peace”.