(Palestine)

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Le Trio Joubran is composed of three brothers : Samir, Wissam and Adnan. Their repertoire is filled with magnificent improvisations and rich subtle melodies, composed with a great knowledge of the ‘ud that holds such an outstanding importance in Palestinian culture. 

Le Trio Joubran’s story started off with the eldest of the brothers, Samir, who began solo and composed the two first albums : Taqaseem and Sou’fahm. For the third album, Tamaas, Wissam joined Samir on his adventure, as he was himself the stringed-instrument maker for the band. Two years later, the Trio as we know it today is born when Adnan joins his brothers and Randana is composed. In 2007, Majâz is a complete and well-deserved success.

As the Trio’s adventure goes on, the brothers are known worldwide and have managed to give themselves an impressive reputation amongst world music bands. With the great Yousef Hbeisch on percussions, the band is a symbol of Palestine’s rich culture and is living an incredible musical adventure.

Le Trio Joubran also composed movie scores such as Nassim Amaouche’ Adieu Gary, for which they won the award of Best composer at Dubai Festival in 2009 ; but also for Karim Dridi’ Dernier Vol staring Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet.

Rodrigo y Gabriela composed a piece to pay tribute to the Trio, and invited them to play with them at the Olympia, Casino de Paris, and the NY Radio City Hall.

Le Trio Joubran continue their adventure, touring Majâz and In The Shade of Words, a show in homage to the poet Mahmoud Darwich.

Discography

Majaz
The Trio’s repertoire is filled with personal creations and wonderful improvisations inspired by traditional maqâm culture. The Joubran’s famous show and album, Majâz, reveals their complicity and talent. Their intention with this striking album was without a doubt to show that their music has gone up a whole new level of excellence.

In the Shade of Words
Album published by World Village/Harmonia Mundi on November 5th 2009.
Samir Joubran : ud Wissam Joubran : ud Adnan Joubran : ud Yousef Hbeisch : percussions
Convinced that poetry is music and that it is “to be read with your eyes and your ears”, Mahmoud Darwish considered the recital of his poems to be as important as writing them. Le Trio Joubran toured some thirty shows with him in Europe and Arabic countries. The last one was in France, in Arles, where the poet and the musicians decided to compose a piece that would follow Mahmoud Darwish’s voice during the recital. “When he passed away, we decided to turn this project into reality and pay tribute to Mahmoud through this show…”

All the poems have been translated to be projected on a screen specially designed to pass on the real deep sense of Mahmoud Darwish’s poems to all people.

Film Scores :
• Le Dernier Vol de Karim Dridi (sortie de la B.O. en janvier 2010)
• Adieu Gary de Nassim Amaouche :
Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2009
Prix du Meilleur Compositeur au Festival International du Film de Dubaï