A Cultural Music Concept
Sound · Space · Human Connection
Who We Are
Host and Found is a cultural gathering platform built around sound, space, and human connection.
A meeting point for musicians, creatives, architects, thinkers, and curious individuals who believe that meaningful experiences happen when people come together with openness and intention.
Music is our language.
Human connection is our purpose.
"The most meaningful moments rarely happen on big stages. They happen in small rooms, between people who didn't expect to meet."
The Beginning
In a city built on cultural exchange and fearless artistic expression, musicians from across the world gathered in informal sessions — no stage, no audience, no script to follow.
Only people, their instruments, and a shared openness to create freely, honestly, and together.
And in those intimate, unguarded moments, something profound revealed itself. The most meaningful art is never forced.
It emerges when people feel safe,
when they feel seen,
when they feel they belong —
not when they are being watched.
Our Principles
Human Connection First
Before performance. Before recognition. The encounter between people is the work itself.
Atmosphere Before Spectacle
We design rooms that breathe. Spaces where something can happen without being announced.
Collaboration Over Recognition
Chemistry before credentials. What happens between musicians matters more than who performs.
Listening Before Speaking
Every gathering begins in stillness. The music earns its space. So does the conversation that follows.
The Sessions
Its own identity. Its own atmosphere. No two gatherings are alike.
At the center is live, original music — surrounded by conversation, cultural exchange, shared food, and the kind of encounters that cannot be planned.
Nothing here is accidental. Every moment is allowed to unfold, naturally and honestly. We keep our sessions intentionally intimate.
Meaningful connection
does not grow in scale.
It grows in space.
Space as Instrument
Every venue is chosen with the eye of an architect and the ear of a musician.
Architecture, acoustics, light, proportion, atmosphere — none of these are secondary details. They are part of the composition itself.
It is an instrument.
One that must be understood, tuned, and played with intention.
Cultural centers · Creative hubs
Architectural landmarks · Private spaces with soul
Courtyards · Rooftops · Studios
The Story Behind It
Partners in life and in Host and Found. Together, through years of moving and creating across cultures, they arrived at the same quiet realization.
Rober Ayyad
Architect · Composer · Founder
Born in Egypt, shaped by Lebanon, Berlin, and Riyadh. Through practice and academic research into the relationship between sound, architecture, and human experience, Rober brings the sonic and spatial vision that defines every gathering.
Annie
Interior Architect · Artist · Experience Designer
A Lebanese interior architect with a deep love for arts, craft, and beauty. Shaped by Lebanon and Italy, with years of experience in luxury hospitality and event curation, Annie brings the warmth, the detail, and the care that makes every gathering feel like home.
Rober composes the sound.
Annie curates the experience.
Together, they create gatherings that feel both intentional and alive.
Now in Riyadh
A city rooted in deep heritage, yet opening itself to the world. A place where people from vastly different backgrounds find themselves sharing the same space, often for the very first time.
That delicate tension between tradition and transformation is not a challenge for Host and Found. It is the very material we shape, explore, and bring to life.
"Riyadh is not simply the next location.
It is the beginning of a new chapter."
Be Part of It
For Musicians & Creatives
We welcome artists who are curious, open, and drawn to genuine collaboration.
No fixed genres. No fixed backgrounds. What matters is not where you come from stylistically, but what happens when you meet others in the room.
Our only real measure:
human chemistry before technical credentials.
For Venue Partners
We collaborate with spaces that understand the power of bringing people together around meaningful experiences.
Cultural centers, creative hubs, architectural landmarks, or private spaces with soul — each one carrying its own history, its own energy, its own way of holding people.
A shared belief: space is never passive. It participates. It shapes what happens inside it.
The right space does more than host an experience.
It changes what becomes possible within it.
Documentation
Every session is professionally documented through high-quality audio and visual production.
The way a room feels before the first note. The pause after a phrase lands. The laughter that wasn't planned. The moments that never make it onto a setlist.
This growing archive is not just a record of what happened. It is the memory and the soul of the project.
The Atmosphere
The light. The warmth. The silence before the music begins. Every room has a feeling — we capture it.
The Conversations
What happens after the music is often as meaningful as the music itself. We document that too.
The Unexpected
The unplanned moments. The laughter. The looks between strangers who just became something more.
Every gathering is an invitation
to listen, to connect,
to host — and to be found.
Get in Touch
To listen. To connect.
To host. And to be found.