Introduction
Rony Barrak is a Lebanese musician (Darbouka 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 Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) television for talented young musicians in Lebanon and the Middle East. He moved to London in 1990, where he studied orchestral percussion and drum kit at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and later taught Middle Eastern Percussion at Trinity College of Music. Rony became a British citizen in year 2000 and has dual citizenship of the U.K. and Lebanon.
Compositions and performances
- 2012 "Boulder Sensations" (world premiere) Boulder, USA With the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michael Butterman.
- 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 Dearborn, Michigan
- 1988 Gold Medal-Studio al Fan on LBCI Television-Lebanon
Discography
- Aramba (1999)
- Karizma (EMI, 2005)
- Darbouka City (EMI, 2010)