زياد سحاب

Ziyad Sahhab is a Lebanese author, composer and oud player. He started playing the oud when he was 7 years old. At the age of 13, he performed solo at the Cairo Opera House at the memorial of Abdel Halim Hafez. In 1993 he became a member of the Beirut Arabic music orchestra . A true master of words, Ziyad Sahhab plays with their meanings and delivers incisive texts depicting society, love and everyday life. His poetry is engraved and marked by a spirit of rebellion that make him a key figure in the Lebanese contemporary Tarab music scene. On top of his own texts, he sings the poems of Egyptian and Lebanese poets such as أحمد فؤاد نجم (Ahmad Fouad Najem), Mohamad Kheir, فؤاد حداد (Fouad Haddad) and Salah Jaheen. Ziyad uses his intimate knowledge of Classical Arabic music to create his unique and personal signature.