Tag: music

Gabriel Yared: Oscar-Winning Composer’s Path to Greatness

Photo by Marian Adreani Interviewed by Editor-in-Chief Patricia Bitar Cherfan Gabriel Yared’s ecstatically rich scores have provided the backdrop for some of...

Yalda Younes: Seeking Stillness in the City of Action

Part yoga student, part flamenco dancer, and all-around bewitching person, Yalda Younes has studied her crafts in India and Spain, and now...

Five Things in Common Between Beethoven and Lebanon

While enjoying the 27th edition of the Al Bustan International Festival (Feb. 18-March 22, 2020), which features a series of concerts and...

Sofar Sounds Beirut: A Secret Music Experience

Sofar Sounds is a secret music initiative that is perfected down to the last detail, weaving a magical melodic night, from the...

Heartbeat: Doctors Moonlighting as Musicians to Save Lives

Interviewed by: Patricia Bitar Cherfan, Editor-in-Chief One in a hundred babies is born with a heart defect. That amounts to 600 cases...

Roadie Tuner: When Music Meets Technology

When Bassam Jalgha started designing the world’s first automated string instrument tuner, he didn’t have guitars in mind. The Roadie range of...