Georges Barbar

Georges Barbar is born in Lebanon, where he started developing his artistic skills at a very young age.
At the age of 10, he was already a confirmed percussionist.

He studied Musicology at the University of the Holy Spirit Kaslik, where he also graduated in two instrumental fields: Classic Guitar and Oriental Percussions.

At the same period, he started working and exploring technical and artistic techniques related to the programming of sampling and recording softwares such as Logic Audio and Protools. Thus, he acquired a strong experience as a studio musician and technician. During this period, he performed on samplers and synthesizers.

Later on, he focused his researches on studying percussion instruments from all over the world: Brazil, Cuba, Africa, and the Middle East. As a percussionist, Georges Barbar has a unique blend and a special style inspired by cultures, music and techniques from different continents.

To many, Georges Barbar is also a prominent researcher devoted to developing new percussion instruments. His work as a researcher was awarded by The Guinness World Records™ (2006), as he designed and built the largest Bar Chimes in the world. Georges Barbar's Bar Chimes won him a great interest from magazines and media. This instrument finds many applications and is very suitable for different artistic purposes, ranging from contemporary dance performances to movie soundtracks.

In recent years, Georges Barbar has become an extremely dynamic musician. He performed in various festivals, composed and recorded with many musicians from Cuba, France, Japan, and Lebanon. He is now one of the leading percussionists of Fusion and Afro-Cuban Jazz in Lebanon.

This is an audio files and music sheet of 2 rhythms created by my
self one in 4/4 and the other in 5/4 the first one i play it on CAJON
and the second on Ashiko with stick on the left hand: Cajon - Ashiko.
For more variations of the rhythm played on Ashiko please refer to
the song called "mar" from my CD called MAR on my web site
DISCOGRAPHY page.

updated at march 2006