| Civil Status | | Background | | Contribution | | Profession | | Composition | | Activities | Advertising & Publicity  Films Productions | | Address | | Elias Rahbani Studios |
| GHASSAN RAHBANI |  | JAD RAHBANI |

Civil Status

• Born in 1938, in Antelias, Lebanon
• Married to Nina Khalil
• 2 Sons (Ghassan & Jad )

Background

• Cultural : Secondary School (Apotres- Jounieh, Freres des Ecoles Chretiennes-Beirut)
• Musical : Lebanese Academy (1954- 55) National Conservatory (1955-56) A ten-year private course under the guidance of French instructors, Michel  Bourgeot (piano) & Bertrand Robillard (Harmony & composition)

Contribution

• Musical Advisor for Recordings (Radio Lebanon) 1962-1972
• Chief of the occidental Music Section (Radio Lebanon)
• Musical producer & Adviser to Philips, Parlophone, Polydor Decca, Capitole and S.L.D Record Companies, Rahbania, Cobra

Profession

• Lyrical Author, Composer, Orchestra arranger & conductor
• Free producer of music
• One of the three Rahbani Brothers, who compose the lyrics and the music of the well known Lebanese singer FAIRUZ.
• Promoter of the Lebanese vague of Occidental song (since 1961) specially French.
• Holder of the 2nd prize at the international song Festival of Athens - 1969 (Song : " la guerre est finie.")
• Holder of the 3rd prize of Classical Music in the " jeunesse Musicale " Competition, Beirut 1964 for "Fantaisie Libanaise " (international Jury)
• Holder of Cinema Diploma of the XIXth International Festival of publicity Film - Venice 1972
• Holder of 1st prize 1979 Germany - rostock (Mory Mory) and special prize 1980 (O!Babe)
• Lebanon's musical and songs delegate at the International Song Festival
• Greece : 1969-1970-1972
• Bulgaria : 1971
• Brazil : (Rio Festival ) 1970
• 2nd prize - London Festival Awards 1995 pub.

Composition

• Music and Song : about 800 (500 oriental & 300 occidental)
• Film music : 25 films.
• Ballet music : (the Devil's Hill ) plus 10 classical pieces for piano
• Records : 30 (long play), 300 ( 45 r.p.m), recorded by Philips, parlophone, decca, capitole, S.L.D polydor, Rahbania ...
• Music CD 1996.

A c t i v i t i e s

Theater : ( la penetre de la lune )

• Production, script and music of the Operetta Ayam Saif ( Summer days ) Beit Eddin Festivals, 1972
• Wadi Shamsine 1983 .
• Participation ( production and composition ) at the Operettas of FAIRUZ: International Festivals of baalbeck ( 1971-1975) .

• Safra Al Ahlam 1993.

Television

• Participation by producing 26 T.V. Series and 4 T.V shows ( Lebanese T.V.) - producers Rahbani Brothers.

Radio

• Production of 13 episodes for the B.B.C. (Arabic section ) 1960
• Production of 20 episodes for Radio Lebanon.

Tours with the Rahbani Lebanese Popular Troup (a cast of 80)

• Brazil : the Municipal Theaters of Rio and Sao Paolo (1961)
• Argentina : the Municipal Theater of Buenos -Aires (1961).
• England : Albert Hall (London ), Manchester (1962).
• U.S.A : (11 states) - 1972
• Canada (Montreal ) - 1972
• Algeria (1966), Tunisia (1966), Jordan (1967& 1975), Iraq (1975) Kuwait (1968) , Morocco (1970) ....

Address

Home: Elias Rahbani, ANTELIAS ( Beirut - Lebanon ) Tel : 961.1.412311- 961.1.414611- 961.1.915327-961.1.402816 Office : Rahbani's Office, Kfoury Forest, Badaro Street BEIRUT (Lebanon ) , Tel : 961.1.383355 , 961.1.383073.

Publicity Films Production

Approximately 3000 commercials (for Cinema ,TV and Radio) for the following countries: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Kuwait, Gulf Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Greece, France, Germany, England.

| Consoles | | Machines |  | Monitors |  | Computer |  | Outboard Equipment |
| Microphones |  | Headphones |  | Musical Equipment | 

Studio A+B Equipment

Consoles:

• Soundcraft 3200 36 input 32 output
• Soundcraft ghost 32 input 8 output

Machines:

• 4 Studer V8 digital 20 bit (32 tracks)
• 3 Alesis XT digital 16 bit (24  tracks)
• 2 Tascam ATR 60 @track 1/4"
• 1 Tascam BR - 20 2 Track 1/4"
• 1 Tascam DA-30 DAT
• 1 Tascam DA-302 Double DAT
• 1 Denon DTR-2000 DAT
• 1 Tascam 122 MK2 cassette machine
• 1 Denon DR-M44 cassette machine
• 1 Otari CD recorder CDR-18
• 1 Philips CD rewritable CDR-870

Monitors:

• JBL 4425, JBL 4412A, Yamaha NS-10M Alesis
• KRK E8, KRK V6 Genelic 1032A

Computer:

•  Nuendo 2.0 digital computer based recording
•  UAD-1 3.1 plug in card
•  Logic audio 5.5 digital computer base recording
•  The latest VST INSTRUMENTS
•  e-magic Logic Audio Platinum
•  Sample cell 2
•  Video/Audio synchronisation or post-production facilities
  

Outboard Equipment:

• Lexicon 480 L digital effect processor (LARC)
• 2 Lexicon PCM 70 Digital Effect Processor
• Behringer Virtualizer DSP 1000 FX processor
• ART Multiverb
• ART Proverb
• ADL 1000 Tube compressor limiter
• 8 Aphex 104 4 channel compressor limiter
• 4 Audio Media Research compressor limiter de-esser
• Yamaha GC 2020 comp/limiter
• Alesis 3630 comp/limiter
• Behringer Duelfex EX 2100 sound enhancement
• Behringer Denoiser SNR 1000
• TC Electronics Finalizer
• Midi express XT
• Pocket express
• Alesis Multiverb

Microphones:

• Neumann, Sennheiser, AKG, Shure

Headphones :

• Sennheiser, Yamaha, Sony

Musical Equipment:

• Kawai Grand Piano(Exhibition Awards)
•  Korg triton
•  Roland XV 5080 fully expended
•  Access Virus
•  Emu Virtuoso 2000
•  Emu mo Phatt
•  Emu Xtrem Lead
•  Ensoniq ASR 10 Sampler
•  EMU E4XT
•  EMU PROTEUS
•  Ensoniq TS 12 synthesiser
•  Alesis D4 drum module
•  Alesis DM5 drum modulw
•  Emu Planet Phatt
•  Studio logic midi controler
•  Roland V drum module with v-basic kit
  

E-mail address: elias@rahbani.com

• Father: Elias 
• Mother: Nina 
• Brother: Jad 
• Date of Birth: 13.5.64 at Antelias 

Education:

• Champville, Athenee de Beyrouth, Apotres, University Kaslik

Music:

• Classical Music, Piano Starting at the age of six, Solfege, Theory+Harmony+Fogue & Contre Point.....etc

Concerts:  Since 1982 until 1996 around 60 Concerts+Hits :

• Mamnouh
• Kousasna Be Ha Mojtamaa
• Baladiyat Beyrouth
• Vitamine
• Eshteghel (Work)
• Iza Za A Jak Sheelo

Plays:

• 4 Long Plays+2CD's+K7

Sound Engineer at Elias Rahbani Studios

Theaters:

• Author & Composer of HANNIBAL Musical Play
• Composer, Lyricist, Musician, Arranger, Orchestra Conductor

Festivals:

• Won the "Press Prize" at the Festival of "Sopot" Poland 1987.

E-mail address: ghassan@rahbani.com

• Composer, Writer, Musical Arranger
• Sound Engineer and Director of Elias Rahbani Studios
• Composed a great deal of jingles for the Lebanese, Gulf, Arabic, and International Markets
• Composed a great deal of songs for the Lebanese Singers
• A First Role Acting Experience in a theater play (Safrat Al Ahlam) for Elias Rahbani
• Working now on recording his own Musical Album
• Composed some of the music and songs of the theater play (HANNIBAAL)for Ghassan Rahbani
• Born in 29/3/1968
• Studied Piano, Harmony, Composition and Orchestration with Mr Hagop Arslanian.

E-mail address: jad@rahbani.com