The Handmade Concert DVD & CD pack



				Beirut December 10, 2008

		Forward Music is proud to present the "Handmade Concert" A DVD & audio CD pack By Charbel Rouhana & The Beirut Oriental Ensemble
		On the 24th of May 2008, Forward Music invited the public to join us in a concert of contemplative and meditative music, breaking away from the outside world and delving into the realm of serenity. After much turmoil, the concert took place under circumstances best described as delicate. Charbel Rouhana and The Beirut Oriental Ensemble succeeded in disconnecting from external realities. They played entrancingly, captivating the audience for nearly one and a half hours of soaring emotions. The public was under the spell of the music and as Charbel aptly put it: "We thought we were alone in the concert hall, we realized the public was present only when the applause broke out after each musical piece". "That Saturday night the audience and the musicians were one in this high standard experience.", quoted the press. The entire "Handmade" experience is captured in this DVD and Audio CD Pack, including: The concert, interviews with Charbel Rouhana and the musicians, behind the scenes footage and bonus material never released before. The "Handmade" concert is the first DVD of a series to be released by Forward Music.
		The "Handmade" concert will be available in stores the second of December 2008. It will also be available online at www.forwardmusic.net
		Charbel Rouhana is Born in Amchit, Lebanon in 1965. He earned a Diploma in Oud performance and a MA in musicology. Author of eight books describing a next style, technique of playing the Oud. Winner of the Murex d'Or for the year 2000 / Musician of the Year. Winner of the First Prize at the 1990 Hirayama, Japan competition.
		Forward Music: Forward Music was established in 2001 as a music label that pools together the cooperative efforts of young artists from the Middle East. It aims to encourage new and creative trends in the musical arts, blending the various cultural currents that meet and interact in the region in new fusions and fresh perspectives. It hopes to draw on the rich musical past of the Arab world and the array of contemporary influences to find new musical dialects. Forward Music is committed to making an authentic contribution to our ever-changing culture and to the growing global dialogue of World Music.
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