Rabih Abou-Khalil Group - Live 2026

Description

His CDs are top highlights in the collections of numerous music lovers, true style icons – both musically and visually! His concerts are magnificent, highly virtuosic, world-music highlights of countless festivals and concert tours. Just recently, after a long wait, his CD "The Flood and the Fate of the Fish" was released by enja records. Rabih Abou-Khalil is a boundary-crosser between the worlds of traditional Arabic music and European classical music, extending to open jazz. Like a wanderer between cultures, the oud virtuoso and composer, born in Lebanon and now living in France after a long stay in Germany, combines Arabic, European, and American music into a highly intelligent mélange, far from any world music trends. Open-minded, with a keen mind, high playing and compositional competence, and a good dose of humor, he manages to merge often contrasting worlds in an extraordinary way. He has also gathered big names from the jazz world such as Charlie Mariano, Kenny Wheeler, or Joachim Kühn, as well as classical ensembles: the Ensemble Modern, the Balanescu Quartet, the Kronos Quartet, or the BBC Symphony Orchestra. His work is so successful that he was awarded the Jazz Award five times in one year; in 2002, he received an honorary certificate for his entire work from the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
His complex compositions combine Arabic meters and scales as well as pronounced improvisations. The result is fresh music, fascinatingly complex, captivatingly virtuosic, highly sensual.

Highlights

• Live concert by Rabih Abou-Khalil
• Presentation of the new CD "The Flood and the Fate of the Fish"
• Virtuosic fusion of Arabic and European music

General Information

Rabih Abou-Khalil, a renowned oud virtuoso, performs at the Jazzhaus Freiburg. His music combines traditional Arabic sounds with European classical music and jazz, making him a unique artist.

Location

Schnewlinstraße 1, 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

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