Oussama Rahbani
composer
Oussama Al Rahbani (Arabic: أسامة الرحباني; born 9 December 1965) is a Lebanese musician and composer. He is the son of the Lebanese composer, musician, and poet, Mansour Rahbani.
Oussama completed his education at Collège des Frères Maristes Champville until 1973, Collège des Apôtres, Jounieh until 1982 and finally Kaslik, where he got his Lebanese baccalaureate. He studied history at the Lebanese University. A keen soccer fan, he played as an amateur.
He took piano lessons from a young age and music courses at Berklee College of Music in 1990 and 1995. His classical music and jazz music was influenced by his brother, Marwan Rahbani, and his cousin, Ziad Rahbani. Oussama's background in classical music developed alongside Marwan, and Ghadi Rahbani. He is also an avid music collector.
Career
1978 to 1980, he was a choirmaster of the youth choir at St.
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