Rabih Lahoud
Rabih Lahoud (* 1982 in Lebanon ) is a Lebanese singer ( tenor ) and composer who has emerged in classical and jazz as well as in Arabic music .
Live and act
Lahoud first received a musical education in Byblos , in which he learned the chants of the Syrian-Maronite liturgy as well as the singing in the Arabic maqams and the Aramaic singing tradition. At the age of 15 he passed the entrance exam at the Beirut Conservatory , where he studied piano and attended singing courses. At the age of 19 he decided to continue his music studies in Europe. At the Music Academy of the City of Kassel, he first studied composition and ear training , then composition with Manfred Trojahn at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf . Inspired by an improvisation course with Markus Stockhausen in 2008, he then studied classical and popular singing at the Rostock University of Music and Theater with Janet Williams and Lindsay Lewis .
Lahoud's composition Joseph Lamento was premiered in 2011 by the choir of the Cologne Bach Society and the Ensemble Concerto con anima in the Cologne Philharmonic . His choral work Ahlam for mixed-voice choir premiered in Bonn in 2013. In 2015 he worked as a composer and singer at the district opera Sehnsucht nach Isfahan with the German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen.
Since 2010, Lahoud has been a singer in Markus Stockhausen's ensemble Eternal Voyage , with whom two albums have been created so far. Since 2012 he has been the singer of the world jazz quartet Masaa , of which Traumton released three albums. Together with Steve Hackett , he designed the concert Bridges: Handel Meets Pop for the Handel Festival in Halle in 2012 . In Markus Stockhausen's world premiere, The Awakening Heart in Hamburg 2013, he took part as a vocal soloist. In 2014 he sang the role of Ishmael in the world premiere of Daniel Schnyder's opera Abraham during the Düsseldorf Festival . In 2015 he performed as a soloist at the world premiere of Sandesh Shandilya's Search for Buddha together with the WDR Rundfunkchor and the WDR Funkhausorchester Köln . In 2016 he was involved in the performance of Leonard Bernstein's Mass in the Cologne Philharmonic. The following year he performed at the Morgenland Festival Osnabrück with Anna-Lena Schnabel , Florian Weber and the Syrian Ney virtuoso Muslim Rahal . In 2019 he appeared at the Rheingau Music Festival as a soloist with the WDR Funkhausorchester under the direction of Wayne Marshall in the Sinfonic Woodstock program . He also worked with Cymin Samawatie , Joss Turnbull and the Cologne Tabadoul Orchestra .
Lahoud has also worked as a choir director and vocal coach and since 2013 as a lecturer in popular singing at the Robert Schumann University.
Prizes and awards
Lahoud won the Bremen Jazz Prize with Masaa in 2012; with Masaa he received the audience award at the Creole Festival in 2013 and the Ruth World Music Award in 2015 (sponsorship award) .
Discographic notes
- Masaa: Freedom Dance (Traumton 2013, with Marcus Rust, Clemens Pötzsch , Demian Kappenstein)
- Masaa: Afkar (Traumton 2014)
- Masaa: Outspoken (Traumton 2017)
- Markus Stockhausen: Eternal Voyage / Live ( Okeh Records 2018)
Web links
- Web presence
- Interview (2017)
- Rabih Lahoud at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lahoud, Rabih |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese singer (tenor) and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lebanon |