The Champagne Band is available for Party's and functions                                                                              Champagne, un groupe de glamour et de goûts raffiné. Champagne, un bouquet de quatre tulipes noires bien rares et d’une rose chantante unique. Tom Hornig, saxophoniste américain directement reconnaissable par le son d’un saxophone qui perfectionne tout morceau de musique. Hossam Awad, pianiste jeune, virtuose, versatile et polyvalent. Gerhard Lutz, bassiste autrichien qui rapporte au  groupe l’arome de l’Europe. Tarek Hanna, batteur jeune, polyvalent et créatif. Ces quatre musiciens, bien renommés dans la scène musicale libanaise, forment un groupe ferme et performant complimenté par une voix d’excellence, une voix de perfection professionnelle, la voie qui a mené au succès, la voix de Samantha Sayegh. Samantha, championne  Libanaise de karaoké, représenta le Liban au KWC 2004 (Karaoké World Championship) en Finlande et fut couronnée championne du monde. En Mai 2006, Samantha représenta le Liban à la compétition international Ourvision et fut couronnée championne de même. Champagne présente une sélection de tubes bien pensées, qui mèneraient toute occasion spéciale à être indélébile. Une variété multilingue de Jazz, Blues, Funk, Pop, Valse, Soft Rock, Bossa Nova, Salsa et de Samba qui donnerai à toute célébration, une image de qualité et de richesse incontestables.                                                                          For audio kindly go to: http://www.box.net/shared/mlh14ak0s8 For video kindly go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-YRdHToXZ8 Vocals: Samantha SAYEGH, Lebanon      Samantha is a professional singer since years, Lebanese Karaoke Champion in 2004, World Champion of Karaoke in 2004, Jury Member in the World Karaoke Championship in 2005; Intercontinental Ourovision Song Contest Winner in Finland in 2007 (while representing the Middle East) and has participated in the Tsunami Charity Concert in Thailand upon invitation from the Princess of Thailand in 2005. Saxophone: Tom HORNIG, USA       Tom is Professor of Saxophone at the Lebanese National Conservatory, and performs occasionally with the Lebanese Symphony Orchestra. He has since his arrival in Lebanon (1994) toured through out the Middle East and performed with many of Lebanon´s best known artists including Charbel Rouhana, Julia Boutros and Ziad Rahbani. He was awarded the Diploma DÉxecution de Saxophone from the prestigious “Ecole Normal de Musique” in Paris and has  earned several performance awards as a soloist. Piano: Hossam AWAD, Lebanon        Hossam has studied piano at the famous USEK at Kaslik from where he has got his Master´s degree in Musicology. He plays piano since more than 10 years and is founding  member of  very successfull bands in Lebanon. Being a very busy and well known piano player one could find him playing with almost all the musicians of the music-scene in Lebanon. Bass: Gerhard LUTZ, Austria          Gerhard holds a Diploma in Classical Guitar. Before starting to study he has toured  through half of Europe, giving 450 concerts in 18 months (in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Sweden). He was invited to Jazz Festivals in Zagreb  and the Mediterrean Guitar Festival. He also has played in the  most famous Jazz Club of South-Eastern Europe (Bosco Petrovic Club).     Drums: Tarek HANNAH, Lebanon   Tarek has been  playing drums in a variety of Lebanese bands. Beside having a very steady timing (wich is very rare to be found) he plays excellent piano and is a surprisingly strong singer. He is composing wonderful music and some of his songs you will  find on our next CD.