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ABED KOBEISSY
abedkobeissy.com [email protected] +961 70 621 490 Born 1982, Beirut. Current title: Music composer Musician Performer 2008 - present Previous title: University Lecturer in Musicology Lebanese American University 2014 - 2019 Other titles: Musicologist - classical and contemporary Levantine music traditions Academic Degrees Masters in Advanced Studies on semiotics of music in Arabic cinema and mass media - Université Antonine, Beirut Link to full thesis Masters in musicology - Université Antonine, Beirut B.A in musicology - Université Antonine, Beirut Academic Experience 2014-2019 Lecturer at the Lebanese American University of Beirut - Theory and History of Classical Levantine Music. 2013-2018 Instructor at the Action For Hope Music Institute in Ber-Elias, Lebanon - Music Theory - History of Levantine Music - Buzuq instructor Professional Projects and Experience as Music Composer P.S: This list excludes all music works and projects experience as a collaborator, performer, or recording sessionist. A separate "performer experience list" can be provided upon request. Legend: Title info credit 2025 Galactic Crush 2: Into The Cold Dance performance by Stephanie Kayal and Abed Kobeissy - Brussels Co-creator, composer, performer When I Saw The Sea Dance performance by Ali Chahrour - Beirut composer, performer The Failaka Sessions Music Album - Failaka Island co-composer Bethlehem / Christmas In Mourning Music Album - Beirut co-composer 2024 Mute Theater Play by Sulayman Al-Bassam - Carthage co-composer, performer How Were We To Believe What Our Blind Eyes Could See video installation by Lynn Kodeih - Montreal composer Two Moons Have Been Shining All Along video installation by Lynn Kodeih - Pointe Claire, Quebec composer 2023 Iza Hawa Dance performance by Ali Chahrour - Beirut composer, performer Bethlehem / Christmas In Mourning Commissioned work and live broadcast - Bethlehem co-composer 2022 Galactic Crush Dance performance by Stephanie Kayal and Abed Kobeissy - Kortrijk Co-creator, composer, performer 2021 The Love Behind My Eyes Dance performance by Ali Chahrour - Beirut composer I, Medea Theater Play by Sulayman Al-Bassam - Carthage co-composer, performer Told By My Mother Dance performance by Ali Chahrour - Beirut co-composer, performer Topologie d'une Asence Film - Pathé-Gaumont - dir. Ramy Sabbagh - commissioned work - Opera du Rhin, Strasbourg co-composer A Simple Song About Weather and Murder Music release - commissioned work - Beirut co-composer Data Is Music album - Beirut co-composer Dance Grooves For The Weary Music album - Beirut co-composer Solo For CTM Berlin Commissioned Music Composition - CTM Berlin composer 2020 Evidence Of Things Not Seen Dance performance by Stephanie Kayal - Beirut composer, performer 2019 Imperfect Unless Performed In Blood Film - dir. Ramy Sabbagh - Beirut composer Gazing at The Blood of the Poet Ciné-concert (J. Cocteau) - European Film festival - Beirut co-composer 2018 The Landing Film - dir. Akram Zaatari - Berlin International Film Festival / Berlinale co-composer The Confession Theatre play by Abdullah Al-Kafri composer 20'000 Leagues Under The Sea Ciné-concert (G. Méliès) - Berlin International Film Festival / Berlinale composer The Morning, Somewhere Near Aleppo Music composition - commissioned work - Beirut composer 2017 May He Rise Dance performance by Ali Chahrour - Beirut co-composer Prelude For The Triumphant Man Music album - Beirut co-composer 2016 Above Zero Theatre performance by Oussama Halal - Beirut co-composer 2015 Leila's Death Dance performance by Ali Chahrour - Beirut co-composer 2014 Thieves In The Night Film - dir. Sandra Tabet - London composer 2013 Stable/Unstable Film - dir. Mahmoud Hojeij - Beirut string music arrangement and composition 2008 The Love Of Hazel Eyes Music compositions - commissioned - Handicap International / Zoukak Theatre - Beirut composer Brief Biography Based in Beirut, Abed Kobeissy has been creating music from various tools and in various genres. His work ranges from solo projects and collaborations, to music composition for film, theater, and especially dance, having now composed the original music for over 12 dance and theater productions. Having taken the Levantine buzuq as his main tool of production, his music holds a strong local identity while being unapologetically rooted in the confusion of the present, relying on the local urban soundscape as the main generator of its language and emotionality, tackling subjects often related to family, and home. He received various commissions for music composition, such as The Berlin Biennale & The Berlin International Film Festival (2018), UNESCO’s Haneen Exhibition (2018), CTM Music Festival Berlin (2020), Irtijal/Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival’s commission (2021), and others. In 2020, Kobeissy became a fellow at The Sundance Institute’s Theater Lab as music composer for contemporary dance. He's also written commissioned research in music and musicology, and served as a juror on Ettijahat’s 2020 Academic Grants Program AJYAL. In 2016 he co-founded the electro-acoustic duo Two or The Dragon with Beirut-based percussionist Ali Hout, with whom he released 2 albums; “Prelude For The Triumphant Man” (2017), and "Dance Grooves For The Weary" (2021). He also co-founded the Lebanese-German beat-noise quartet Stellar Banger alongside Ali Hout, Joss Turnbull, and Pablo Giw, with whom he released the album "Data Is" (2021). Recently Kobeissy has been collaborating with electronic musician Sary Moussa, resulting in compositions such A Simple Song Of Weather And Murder and Christmas In Mourning, in which new possibilities are explored when it comes to producing and listening to Arabic music made today. Kobeissy has performed his solo and collaboration works, as well as live compositions for performance arts in various festivals and events such as The Berlin International Film Festival, CTM Music Festival, Supersonic Int’l Music Festival, Donaueschingen Musiktage, Féstival d’Avignon, Le Guess Who? Music Festival, and other international events. Kobeissy holds a degree of Masters in Advanced Studies on the semiotics of music in Arabic cinema, and has taught as a lecturer at the Lebanese American University. Since 2012, as an amateur photographer, selections of his photography are being featured and sold at art galleries in Beirut. His work in photography can also be viewed on his website. |
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