• Public Talk

The Oriental Piano: A Story of Music and Culture in 1960s Beirut

A conversation with Zeina Abirached, graphic novelist and author of Le Piano Oriental, and Stéphane Tsapis, pianist.

April 28, 2025 @ 5:30 PM 7:30 PM

Auditorium, Georgetown University in Qatar

Book cover of Le Piano Oriental by Zeina Abirached showing a stylized black-and-white illustration of a smiling man in glasses and a woman with curly hair standing by a piano, with sheet music in the background.

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A conversation with Zeina Abirached, graphic novelist and author of Le Piano Oriental, and Stéphane Tsapis, pianist. Moderated by Alain Fouad George, Director of the Lusail Institute and Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at Georgetown University in Qatar.

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