Le Trio Joubran - Palestine

The oud holds outstanding importance in Palestinian culture, and three gifted brothers – Samir, Wissam and Adnan Joubran, hailing from Nazareth – bring new life to this ancient instrument through a repertoire filled with magnificent improvisations and rich, subtle melodies.

The eldest brother, Samir, began performing as a solo artist, releasing two albums before Wissam, a stringed-instrument maker, joined his sibling to record the album Tamaas. Two years later, in August 2004, the trio took shape when Adnan joined his brothers, releasing the acclaimed Randana album. Now performing on stage with the great Yousef Hbeisch on percussion, the band is a symbol of Palestine’s rich culture and has been applauded from Carnegie Hall to Switzerland’s Paleo Festival, WOMAD events and the Dubai International Film Festival.

Their fame even prompted Mexican guitarists Rodrigo y Gabriela to compose a piece in tribute to the trio, and invited them to play with them at the Olympia, Casino de Paris and New York’s Radio City Hall. Le Trio Joubran are now touring their fifth studio CD, AsFâr (an Arabic reference to journeys and travels), which captures beautiful traditional melodies with sounds as compact and hard hitting as anything in rock music.

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