Rabih Lahoud


German-Lebanese singer and composer Rabih Lahoud is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary jazz and the transcultural music scene. By
combining Arabic musical culture, European classical music, and jazz, he has developed his own artistic language that has gained international recognition.

As the singer of the multi-award-winning band Masaa, he has released five albums on Traumton Records and has received the German Jazz Prize, the WDR Jazz Prize, the World Music Prize RUTH, and the German Record Critics’ Award, among others. Lahoud is also a member of the Trickster
Orchestra (conducted by Cymin Samawatie & Ketan Bhatti), which was awarded the German Jazz Prize in the Large Ensemble category in 2022. Concert engagements have taken him as a soloist to renowned orchestras and festivals, including the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Bremen Chamber Philharmonic, the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, and the Monheim Triennale.

In addition to his artistic activities, Lahoud is a dedicated educator. He was a visiting professor at the Jazz Institute Berlin and has taught at music academies in Dresden, Mannheim, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, and Essen, among others. His focus is on voice training, ensemble work, transcultural music education, and microtonality in singing.

He is also active as an author and composer: his book Stimme im Flow (Voice in Flow) is dedicated to artistic vocal technique, flow methodology, and creativity, and his compositions range from a cappella works and cantatas to large-scale projects with orchestra.
Rabih Lahoud’s work combines cultural diversity, artistic excellence, and pedagogical experience—qualities that make him a defining voice in contemporary music.

All Sessions by Rabih Lahoud

  • Friday


  • 10:15  - 12:00
    Vocal Microtonal Fluency awakens the potential of fine Listening and transforms the core question of Intonation Skills into a function of expression and musical depth. In this workshop we experience and practice microtonal Sounds and see how this practice can improve blending and vocal expression.
    Workshops
    Where
    RAMA 236

  • 14:15  - 16:00
    We all need this wonderful State of Flow to forget about our inner critic, to be moved deeply by musical experiences, to reach and to move the heart of the ones listening to us and to experience a special kind of focus: a relaxed yet powerful and awakend kind. How do we get there? Is that state a pure coincidence, a gift of fate, so to speak? I am quite convinced that we can learn to actively create a space where Flow is allowed to happen. In this workshop we discover together the different Kinds of focus we use in every day life and we try to find a way to embrace this focus diversity playfully, to recognise the importance of this is tool and to invite the flow sate to our song space.
    Workshops

  • 16:15  - 18:00
    Muwashah (plural Muwashahat) is a song form based on arabic classical Poems from Andalusia (10th century Spain). The melodies of the Muwashahat are from Syria through Egypt and date back from last century or two. These songs use often complex rhythmic cycles of 5/4, 7/8, 10/8, 11/8, 13/8, 17/8 and so on. The Melodies are waved around these cycle and offer new experiences of intricate vocal lines and fresh grooves. In this workshop we learn together some Muwashahat and dive into their fascinating stories.
    Workshops
    Where
    Godsbanen: Remisen




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