This generation also includes Syrian musicians and composers such as Shafi Badreddin, Kareem Roustom, Raad Khalaf, Kinan Azmeh, Hassan Taha and Basilius Alawad and has been characterized as "transforming modern Arab music into a contemporary space for experimentation.
He received creative recognition very early and made a significant contribution to the development of contemporary Syrian music in just a few years of active work.
Concerts with his music took place in Armenia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Germany (Berliner Philharmoniker), Greece, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and in the USA (Carnegie Hall, New York).
The jury of the competition drew attention to the fresh and subtle embodiment of the synthesis of Eastern and Western traditions, as well as the depth of immersion in psychologically complex states in the music of the young Syrian composer.
[7][8] In 1999, Jabri took part in the international music forum for young musicians from Eastern and Western Europe "Musikwerkstatt Buckow" in Germany.
Further to the resulting musical performances, several symposia were held in order to highlight the influence of life in a foreign country on the composer's biography.
The impact of global geopolitical conflicts and environmental destruction on the fate of people in a particular region, artistically presented in Munif's novel, attracted the interest of Jabri and librettists Yvette Christiansë and Rosalinda Morris.
As a result of this, the musical production of Syrian composers and musicians has successfully spread through contemporary art platforms in Western and Eastern Europe, as well as in Cairo, Dubai, Istanbul and Damascus.
[15] His chamber opera Southern Crossings, based on a libretto of a fictitious meeting between 18th-century astronomer John Hershel and Charles Darwin and including references to the British slave trade, was premiered in New York City in June 2022.
In 2013, he won the Second Prize at the International Composing Competition “2 Agosto” in Bologna, Italy, with the composition Les Temps des pierres for baritone and symphony orchestra.