From Alexandria to Beirut - Sayed Darwish meets Ziad Rahbani

Pierre is a visionary pianist, composer, and educator with a career spanning over 40 years. Classically trained at USEK (Lebanon) and the Royal College of Music (London), he emerged as a prodigy, leading an 18-piece band by age 18 and winning the prestigious "Layaly Lubnan" prize in 1985.

Throughout his career, Pierre has been a pioneer in the Arabic music scene, collaborating with Middle Eastern icons. Since moving to London in 1993, he has become a cornerstone of the city’s cultural landscape, serving as a prolific bandleader and composer with an archive of over 1,000 original arrangements.

He served as the Official Maestro for the Academy of Art and Arabic Heritage in Britain and is the founder of the Echoes of the Orient music collective, where he continues to bridge cultures through large-scale productions that fuse classical elegance with modern innovation.