Abed Kobeissy is a Beirut-based musician, composer, and producer working across contemporary music, performance, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Centering the buzuq within experimental and contemporary contexts, his work explores an unapologetically confused present-day Levant, drawing from urban sonic environments.

His work spans solo performances, collaborative projects, and original compositions for contemporary dance, theater, and film. Since 2014, he has developed an extensive body of work for contemporary dance, notably through long-term collaborations with choreographer Ali Chahrour and as co-creator and composer with choreographer Stephanie Kayal.

Kobeissy’s works have been presented internationally since 2013. He has received numerous commissions in music composition and research, including from The Berlin Biennale & The Berlin International Film Festival (2018), UNESCO (2018), CTM Music Festival Berlin (2020), and the Irtijal/Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival commission (2021).

Alongside his performance and compositional practice, Kobeissy has released multiple albums and collaborative projects since 2017. These include Two or The Dragon’s Prelude For The Triumphant Man (2017) and Dance Grooves For The Weary (2021). He is also co-founder of the Lebanese-German beat-noise quartet Stellar Banger, which released the album Data Is (2021). He is currently preparing three forthcoming albums in collaboration with Two or The Dragon & Hala Omran, with Lynn Adib, and with Sary Moussa.

Kobeissy holds a Master’s degree in Advanced Studies on the semiotics of music in Arabic cinema and has lectured at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. He has also contributed as a juror for academic arts programs.

Alongside his musical work, he is an amateur with selections of his photographs featured and sold in art galleries in Beirut.
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