Musician
Zaid Hilal

Musician
Zaid Hilal

Zaid Jamal Hilal is a Palestinian musician from Bethlehem. His passion for music began at an early age. As an 8-year-old, he had the chance to enroll in the Edward Said National Music Conservatory to study the oud, where he studied for 4 years with excellent grades. Later, he continued his study of the oud during the two years he spent at the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music in Bethlehem. In October 2016, he took a step that he had been working up to for a long time: starting his own Arab pop-rock band with other talented musicians from his hometown. In April 2017 he participated in the Ethno Palestine festival in Nablus, representing my country in a project with about 20 international musicians. Between May and December 2017, his own band started touring the country and participating in festivals (Shepherd Fest, Taybeh Fest, Bethlehem Live Fest, Shafaram Oktoberfest, Lamlama fest, Dandanat fest), where they played original compositions as well as other well-known songs. In addition, over the past four years, he has released five original singles as a solo artist, “Fuadi,” “Ya Khabar,“ “Ya Rakeb al Mooj,” “Abu Samra,” and “Motna,” all recorded at his own expense. For him, self-producing with limited financial capacities is a source of both satisfaction and frustration, as the quality of the production depends to a large extent on the amount of money invested.