Lebanese artist Ziad Rahbani performs during a concert at al-Manara theatre, in Cairo on November 30, 2018. AFP
Rahbani performs during the Beirut Holidays 2019 Festival at the waterfront in the Lebanese capital on July 19, 2019. AFP
Rahbani performs during a concert at the Ehdeniyat International Festival in Ehden town in Lebanon on July 30, 2015. Reuters
Ziad Rahbani
Ziad Rahbani, the Lebanese composer, playwright, pianist and political activist, has died, aged 69. AFP
Born in 1956 in Antelias, near Beirut, Ziad Rahbani was the eldest son of renowned singer Fairouz and composer Assi Rahbani. AFP
His mother Fairouz performed some of his compositions at her concerts, blending Lebanese folklore with western syncopation and phrasing. AFP
Rahbani, left, performing with his mother Fairouz at Beirut's Piccadilly Theatre in 1975, in the musical Mais El Rim. AFP
From a young age, Rahbani showed signs of prodigious talent, composing his first musical work at the age of 17. AFP
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun said Rahbani was 'not just an artist, but a complete intellectual and cultural phenomenon'. AFP
Rahbani, right, in July 2001, at a rehearsal with Armenian conductor Karen Durgaryan in Beiteddine, in the Chouf region of Lebanon, for concerts by Fairouz at the annual festival. AFP
Rahbani at an anti-government protest organised by Lebanon's communist party, in Beirut in December 2018. AP
Lebanese composer Ziad Rahbani dies, aged 69 - in pictures
