About Victor Ghannam

Victor Ghannam is a self taught musician who has performed throughout North, Central, and South America on a variety of instruments, mainly the Oud and Qanun. He began his musical life at the age of 4 and was soon brought along to display his skills at many local events. A veteran of the stage, he has toured with many of the leading recording artists of the Middle East and is most recognized for his dazzling improvisational taqasim which can be romantic passion, technical brilliance, creative adventure, and intense emotion.

With a variety of performing experience and involvement in projects as diverse as Jazz fusion, Rock and Roll, Flamenco/Belly Dance choreography, among many, his versatality and ease of crossing musical genres is proven. As a session musician, he was a featured artist on many episodes of Xena, Warrior Princess and Hercules, Legendary Journeys, among the most successful syndicated programs in television history.

Victor continues to perform and strives to grow as a messenger of peace and goodwill through musical interpretation. Born in America to Palestinian immigrants, Victor happily resides with his wife Sultana in the state of Michigan and lives his life with an appreciation of all things bestowed upon humanity. 

Victor Ghannam is undoubtedly one of the finest Arabic musicians in the greater Detroit area and the U.S. He is a virtuoso of the oud (lute) and kanoun (zither). I have had the pleasure to work with Victor on numerous projects over the past twenty-five years. I managed Victor on a special project producing a series of bi-cultural Arabic music instructional videos produced for the University of Michigan. During that project, I found him to be creative in his artistic input and at the same time coachable--a quality rarely found in an artist. He is also a pioneer in the fusion of Arabic and American music.. Over the years, he has arranged Arabic music coupled with both the jazz and Spanish genres. Finally, Victor is a perfectionist when it comes to music and always performs superbly. He has never disappointed me in all the years I have had the opportunity to work with him. It is my pleasure to recommend Victor Ghannam as a musician/artist for an event, workshop or concert recital. August 3, 2009

- Warren David (Founder and Publisher at Arab Detroit) worked directly with Victor