Firas Andari (Born in Lebanon, 1997) is a Beirut-based singer, oud player, multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator, and actor, who started singing when he was 6, and studying, when he became 12, the classical Arabic Maqam music of the Arab and Ottoman region in the19th century. First with Dr. Hayyaf Yassine, he joined, 3 years after, the Antonine university where he learned the oud professionally with Mustafa Said. Andari is one of the few musicians who still perform and teach the classical Arabic and Maqam music. Far from being stuck in an exclusively conservative approach, his project consists of creating new contemporary music, rooted in the origins of the genuine Arabic Music: Maqam that is. A music that generates from the source and finds its own modern path without having to borrow from other musical genres. A path that was not quite met in the Arabic music in the last 100 years. Being a well-acquainted performer with his practice in traditional classical Arabic Maqam music, Folk music, and Egyptian Pop music, Andari plays regularly across Beirut in venues like Barzakh, Metro al Madina, and Now Beirut. As a member of Asil Ensemble, Andari participated in international festivals, like Shubbak at the Barbican Center London (2015), Spoleto in Italy (2015), and Beirut chants festival (2017 and 2018). He brought his singing and multi-instrumental skills to the OneBeat Lebanon residency program in 2021. As an educator, Andari is a music teacher with nonprofit Action for Hope, where he led vocal and oud workshops for underserved youth in the Bekaa Valley (2018-2021). He also teaches with the Imad Hashisho oud program in Sidon and Beit Atfal Assumoud in a refugee camp in Tyre, in addition to offering private oud and vocal lessons.His passion and love for classical Arabic music led Andari to work as an in-house recording engineer, live tech, and repairer of shellac vinyl recordings for the Foundation for Arab Music Archiving & Research (AMAR) (2019-2020), where he absorbed a tremendous classical Arabic repertoire. Also an actor, Andari has performed roles on the stage at Metro Al Madina since 2012, and he starred in the award-winning web series Shankaboot in 2010.