Hayaf YASSINE

Hayaf Yassine earned his PhD in music, Concentration in Musicology, Musical Education Specialist. 
He is Head of the Departments of Arab Art Music & Musicology at the Faculty of Music and Musicology at the Antonine University.
General Director of «Bayt El-Mūsīqā» in the Lebanese Popular Rescue.
Musician, composer, Sanṭūr player, with 20 Albums.
Winner of the International Prize of Arabic Musical Composition in 2019, awarded by the Arab Academy of Music – League of Arab States «Muwaššah ʼUḫfī El-Hawā» (موشّح أخفي الهوى).
He won the title of «Ibda‘» (Creativity) figure in 2016, as a creative pedagogue and musician
He is the inventor of the Sanṭūr instrument in its professional and educational.
Founder and Conductor of the Arab Music Heritage.
Programmer and presenter of « One Hundred years of Arab music » @ the Orient Radio.
A participant in professional and prestigious festivals, international, Arab and local and author of numerous scientific articles published