The Faculty of Music and Musicology (FMM) at Antonine University (UA) is organizing a conference titled Introduction to Musical Traditions in Palestine, featuring Dr. Ghassan Sahhab as the guest speaker.

This lecture aims to discover the artistic and popular musical traditions of Palestine. Dr Ghassan Sahhab will present an approach that is both historical (from the Arab Renaissance to the present) and descriptive, highlighting the musical system adopted, the main musical forms, and the significant contributions of musicians (singers, instrumentalists, and composers) from historical Palestine and the diaspora, especially those who played a role in shaping a creative and lively Palestinian musical identity, integrated into the Arab culture of the Mašriq, despite colonization, occupation, settlements, and the ongoing abuses.

Audience: Open to the public
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2023
Time: 2:30–3:30 PM
Location: Hadat–Baabda Campus, Building G, Room G.2.7
Speaker: Dr. Ghassan Sahhab, Instructor at the FMM

Dr Ghassan Sahhab is a renowned researcher, qānūn player, and composer. He holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from Paris Nanterre University, his thesis having focused on qānūn, between performance and theory. Dr Sahhab is a faculty member at UA’s FMM since 2011, while teaching at the Lebanese American University (LAU) from 2012 to 2021. As a researcher in musicology, he is a member of UA’s Centre for Research on Musical Traditions (CRTM). He is also a founding member of the “Mi'zaf” cultural initiative for authentic music from the Mašriq, and a member of the UA Arab Classical Music Ensemble, with a successful international concert career and participation in the recording of numerous CDs. As an instrumentalist and composer, he released his first album “Sharqī” in 2017, as well as composing music for several plays and podcasts, as he prepares his new project “Maqāmian Experimentation”.

Admission to the conference is free, and the event can also be attended virtually via Microsoft Teams.

Be many!