Biographies: Ghassan Rahbani - Music Composer

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A Lebanese musician and actor, born in 1964 and raised in a family of musicians. He learned to play the piano at the age of six and began composing music when he was seven. In 1976, he sang with his brother Jad Rahbani on a famous album written by his father, Elias Rahbani, containing 13 children's songs. He is a pioneer of Heavy Metal music in Lebanon and the Middle East. He released his first album in English at the age of 15 as a solo artist and two albums at the age of 16. In 1981, Ghassan formed a band called Wild Highs and created another group called Ghassan Rahbani Group "GRG". In 1987, after performing two songs of his own, he won the Press Award in an international song competition in Poland. Ghassan has been a well-known TV personality since 2008 when he presented his TV show "Sing with Ghassan". He released 25 albums, 12 of them under the name "GRG" and 6 albums under the name "Four Cats", a girl group he founded in 1998.

• 15 September 2021
• Maryam Nouhy