Ziad El Ahmadie, Oud and composition
Nidal Abu Samra, Saxophone
Makram Abul Hosn, Double Bass

Ziad El Ahmadie is an Oud Player, Singer, Composer and Music Arranger and has long experience in Education. He was born in Kuwait on November 23, 1971. He graduated from “Al-Hikmah High School” in 1988 and had his BA in Communication Arts (Radio/TV/Film) from LAU (Lebanese American University) in 1997.

His career started in 1992 with the founding the “Chromatic Band”. He gave concerts and recitals, beginning with the prestigious universities in Beirut and then in the following countries (Kuwait, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Tunisia, Morocco, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherland, Australia, Russia, Bulgaria, Cyprus and the USA).

With three albums (“Bilbal” in 2003, “Beyond Traditions” in 2006 and “Silent Wave” in 2009) to his credit, Ziad El Ahmadie loves mixtures. In his three albums, he composed tunes where we can listen to Arabic-rooted melodies but at the same time mingled and mixed with other cultural elements like instrumentation, rhythms, harmony and orchestration.

In 2004, he collaborated with the Swiss composer Robert Clerc and played solo Oud in two of Robert’s Operas “A l’ombre du grand arbre”, and “OperAdon” in 2008 where he also participated as co-composer and Oud player.

From 2006 till present time, he composed music for many TV series (20 Drama Series soundtracks). He also composed music for films (10 films). He also made sound designs and composed music for plays since he was a student at Lebanese American University (10 plays). 

Close to education, Ziad El Ahmadie was the head of the Drama and Music departments at Le Lycee National (1999 till 2014) where he established his choir and participated with them in many local festivals and won many competitions in Lebanon. At present, he is an instructor at the Lebanese International University (LIU) teaching music courses since 2013. At LIU, he is lecturing in music theory as an elective course and in music methods for home class teachers for education major students.