October 2011 till present Student at the Institut Supérieur de Musique at the Université des Pères Antonins (UPA) Beirut, Lebanon, majoring in General Musicology and Oud playing
October 2007 till present Graphic designer at PenguinCube, Beirut, Lebanon
February 2009 till July 2011 Drummer at the Walkabout Drum Circle, an ensemble of African percussion, Beirut, Lebanon
June 2005 BGD (Bachelor in Graphic Design), Department of Architecture and Design, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut (AUB)

September 2012 till present YPK, a musical collaborative project with Kyungso Park (Gayageum player from South Korea) and Piotr Kurek (Composer and synthesizers player from Poland) that aims at creating and exploring new sounds from the crossing of different traditions and genres.
September-October 2012 OneBeat, a musical exchange program organized by Bang on a Can and the Department of States.
Selected among the 32 musicians from around the world to create music in a residency and to perform in the USA.
September 2011 till present Composing and writing Nseet Ekhod Nafas, an album to be released in 2013, in collaboration with Fadi Tabbal from Tunefork Recording Studios, Beirut, Lebanon.
March 2011 Hal Bent Aabalha Tghanni, a 5-track EP of original compositions written and composed between 2009 and 2011. Produced by Youmna Saba and Fadi Tabbal for Tunefork and recorded at Tunefork Recording Studio, Beirut, Lebanon.
July-September 2009 Mix-Up Beyrouth, organized by Marsatac, Marseille, France. A collective project gathering musicians from Lebanon and France with the aim of creating one hour of original music, to be presented at the Festival de Marseille 2009 and Marsatac Festival 2009.
April 2009 The Ruptured Sessions: volume 1, a compilation of live performances by local musicians on Radio Lebanon’s program “Ruptures”, presented and prepared by Ziad Nawfal for Radio Liban 96.2FM.
December 2008 Min Aafesh el Beit, a 6-track EP of original compositions written and composed between 2006 and 2008. Produced by Fadi Tabbal for Tunefork and recorded at Tunefork Recording Studio, Beirut, Lebanon.

October 2012 YPK Live, the Autumn Bowl, NYC, USA. Performed with Kyungso Park and Piotr Kurek. Capacity: 500 spectators
April 2012 Labiyaeen al Haki, Metro Al Madina, Beirut, Lebanon. Performed with Fadi Tabbal and Hadi Deaibess.
Capacity: 150 spectators
March 2011 Hal Bent Aabalha Tghanni launching/concert, Théatre de Beyrouth, Beirut, Lebanon. Performed with percussionist Jade Balaben. Capacity: 100 spectators
March 2010 Talk20, lecture series on art and design, American University of Beirut. Performed a small set and gave a talk entitled “Why I think I’m similar to Fairuz (& other delusions)”. Capacity: 500 spectators
September 2009 Festival Marsatac, Dock des Suds, Marseille, France. Vocalist in Mix-Up Beyrouth Project, a collective consisting of musicians from Lebanon and France, organised by Marsatac. Capacity: 3000 spectators
August 2009 Beirut Rocks on the Moon, Deir el Qamar Festival, Lebanon. Presented a set of original compositions, accompanied by Fadi Tabbal and Ahmad Khateeb. Capacity: 300 spectators

Fluent in Arabic (mother tongue), English and French (All read, spoken and written)

Digital Finale 2009, MuseScore, Cubase, Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign…)
Basic knowledge of Ableton Live 8 and ProTools LE 7
Instruments Voice, Guitar, Oud, Percussion