An oud player. Born in 1965, he pursued his music education at the Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik and obtained his diploma in oud instrumentation in 1986 and his M.A. in Musicology in 1987.Winner of the Murex d’Or for the year 2000/Musician of the Year .-Winner of the First Prize at the 1990 Hirayama, Japan competition for the composition “Hymn of Peace”. He participate in different concerts, in different countries: Lebanon, Tunisia, Syria, France, Morocco, Jordan, Germany, Greece and others. Charbel composed music for the choreographer Abdul Halim Caracalla's shows"2000 and 2 Nights", “Bi Laylat Qamar”, “Andalusia, the Lost Glory”, and “Elissa, Queen of Carthage”. His albums are: 2010: Doux Zen Oud Duet with Ellie Khoury, 2008: Handmade, 2006: Dangerous,2004: Sourat,2003: The Art of Middle Eastern Oud, 2000: Mazaj Alani, 1998: Mada with Hani Siblini ,1997: Salamat,1993:Zekra.