Rony Barrak is a Lebanese musician (

Darbouka The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, or zerbaghali; arz, دربوكة / ALA-LC romanization, Romanized: ) is a single-head membrano ...

player) and composer. Rony Barrak held his first Darbouka (Middle Eastern tabla) at the age of four and began playing it intuitively. Led by early self-confidence, he made his first TV performance at the age of seven. At the age of 17, Rony distinguished himself in the world of music by winning the Gold Medal in a competition on the

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(LBCI) television for talented young musicians in Lebanon and the

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. He moved to London in 1990, where he studied orchestral percussion and drum kit at the

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and later taught Middle Eastern Percussion at

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. Rony became a British citizen in year 2000 and has dual citizenship of the U.K. and Lebanon.

Orchestral Compositions

*2014 "Beirut Sensations & Phoenicia" Yerevan, Armenia, with the Academic Theatre Symphonic Orchestra of Yerevan conducted by Karen Drugaryan *2012 "Boulder Sensations" (world premiere) Boulder, USA With the

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, conducted by Michael Butterman. *2011 "Phoenicia" (world premiere) & Beirut Sensations, Bremen, Germany, with the Bremer Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Markus Poschner and broadcast live on Bremen Radio. *2009 "Beirut Sensations" (world premiere) Boulder, USA.

Awards and honors

*2010 Appreciation award by the Ambassador of Lebanon-Buenos Aires-Argentina *2010 Appreciation award by the Juventudo de la uniõn cultural Argentino-Libanesa *2010 Appreciation award by the president of Saint George Hospital *2005 Honorary Citizen of the City

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*1988 Gold Medal-Studio al Fan on LBCI Television-Lebanon

Discography

* ''Aramba'' (1999) * ''Karizma'' (EMI, 2005) * ''Darbouka City'' (EMI, 2010)

References

External links

www.ronybarrak.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barrak, Rony Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Lebanese drummers