Naji Subhy Paul Irénée HAKIM was born in Beirut , 31 October, 1955. He studied
with J. Langlais and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique
de Paris - classes ofR. Boutry,
J.-C. Henry, M. Bitsch, R. Falcinelli, J. Castérède and S. Nigg, where he was awarded seven
first prizes. He is a licentiate teacher in organ from the Trinity
College of Music in London
and won ten first prizes at international organ and composition
competitions. In 1991 he was awarded the Prix André Caplet from the
Académie des Beaux-Arts. At first organist of the Basilique du
Sacré-Coeur,
Paris
from 1985 until 1993, he then became organist of l'église de la Trinité,
in succession to Olivier Messiaen, from 1993 until 2008. He is professor
of musical analysis at the Conservatoire National de Région de Boulogne-Billancourt, and visiting professor
at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
He is a graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications
in Paris, member of the Consociatio Internationalis Musicae Sacrae in Rome
and Doctor honoris causa of the Pontifical University Saint-Esprit
of
Kaslik, Lebanon
. In 2007, His
Holiness the Pope Benediktus XVI has awarded Naji Hakim The Augustae
crucis insigne pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, for his excellent commitment
and work for the benefit of the Church and the Holy Father. His works
include instrumental music (organ, flute, bassoon, horn, trumpet, harp,
guitar, violin, piano), symphonic music (Les Noces de l'Agneau, Hymne de
l'Univers, Ouverture Libanaise, Påskeblomst, Augsburger Symphonie, four organ concertos, a
violin concerto), and vocal music (oratorio Saul de Tarse, cantata
Phèdre, Magnificat and three masses). (French, Danish, German, Spanish, Finnish
(.doc file) )
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