Fundraising

Concert

for

Lebanon

and

Palestine

Patrick Watson is a singer, pianist, composer and frontman based in Montreal. He invents uncanny musical landscapes, harmoniously mixing organic elements and electronic textures, cacophonic rock songs and pristine ballads, all held together by his omnipresent voice. The recipients of Canada’s Polaris Music Prize in 2007, in addition to JUNO and Polaris nominations, Watson and his band have toured on all continents, on occasion playing with full orchestras to bring the rich music to life. Raised and still living in Montreal, Watson has composed several scores for both film and television.

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh is a Lebanese-Canadian artist, record producer, and musician based in Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal. A pivotal figure in experimental and contemporary Arabic music, he is renowned for his innovative approach to composition, performance, and cultural expression. In 2006, Moumneh co-founded the legendary Hotel2Tango studio, where he has produced, engineered, and recorded over 200 albums, contributing to the sonic identities of numerous artists across diverse genres. During the early 2010s, he launched Jerusalem In My Heart, a multimedia music project that merges electronics, electro-acoustic buzuk treatments, and Arabic modal singing. The project has toured globally and released four critically acclaimed albums, establishing itself as a vital voice in contemporary music.