Rabih Abou‐Khalil

Rabih Abou-Khalil is a Lebanese oud player and composer who blends Arabic musical traditions with jazz and European classical influences. His work emphasizes modal melodies, Middle Eastern rhythmic patterns and improvisation, bringing the oud into cross-cultural ensemble settings that often include trumpet, saxophone, accordion and varied percussion. He is associated with exploratory arrangements that combine rhythmic complexity and harmonic interplay between Eastern and Western instruments.