Tareq Abboushi is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. Born and raised in Ramallah, Palestine, he studied piano at the ESNCM from 1993-1995 and from 1998 - 2000, before completing his formal musical education at William Paterson University in New Jersey, where he graduated with honors in Jazz Piano Performance.
 
Tareq has been playing Buzuq since 1997, performing and touring with numerous bands throughout the US, Canada, the Middle East, and North Africa. Collaborations have included such notable musicians as Simon Shaheen, Lotfi Bouchnak, Sonia M’barek, Billy Drewes, Omar Farouk Tekbilek, and Dan Zanes.
 
As a recording artist, his discography includes two albums with his group SHUSMO, four albums with Dan Zanes, two with Amir ElSaffar, and numerous film soundtracks including: “Encounter Point”- best musical score 2006 Bend Film Festival; "Chicken Heads"- best short film 2010 Dubai Film Festival; “Man From Plains,” and the Oscar-nominated “Rachel Getting Married,” directed by Jonathan Demme. His composition “Pickles” won an award in the Palestine National Music Competition, and the United States awarded him citizenship as an artist of extraordinary ability.
 
As a teacher, his career involves lectures and workshops at Columbia University, NYU, Juilliard, Museum of the City of NY, the Children’s Museums of Brooklyn and Manhattan, and Bahrain's Spring of Culture Festival. For the academic year of 2008/09, Tareq taught at Agder University and Music Conservatory in Norway. He currently teaches at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music.