Rafik Samman studied for a Masters degree in Musicology at University de Montreal. He studied choral conducting in France with José Aquino, and Iranian percussions with Jean Pierlot. He studied medieval singing with Sequentia in Cologne, Germany
In New York, he studied ethnic percussion with Glen Velez. Finally in Montreal he studied classical guitar with Antonin Bartos, John Mills and Eli Kassner, voice with Lucette Tremblay and african, brazilian and cuban percussions with Luc Boivin.

He worked, among others, with Marcabru, La Nef, El Extasis, Les Boréades, Les Idées Heureuses, Les Voix Humaines, Ensemble Caprice, le Cirque du Soleil and Karen Young as a percussionist, singer and lutenist. He has performed several times on Radio-Canada "Les Grands Concerts" and the series "Les Goûts réunis". He has recorded with thirty different ensembles of the Renaissance, medieval and baroque music. He also recorded with Karen Young, Alain Caron, Andre Gagnon, Michel Cusson, Denis Gougeon, Sylvain Bergeron, Claire Gignac, Mattias Maute, Sophie Larivière, Camil Beslile, Catherine Hermman, Suzie Leblanc, Dan Taylor, Jean-Pierre Noiseux, Jean-Pierre Pinson, Hughes Saint-Gelais, Betsy MacMillan, Élise Guay, Éric Mercier, Vincent Dhavernas, Angèle Laberge, Isabelle Marchand, Viviane LeBlanc, Suzie Napper, Margaret Little, Francis Colpron, Sylva Balassanian, Luc Boivin etc. He has performed as soloist and chorister in an Orthodox church in Montreal. He taught drumming, gregorian chant, medieval and renaissance music for several years in various music camps. He has participated in many studio recordings of film and theater music, and demos for various artists.

He toured for 7 years and 2,500 performances around the world with Cirque du Soleil.

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