NAJI HAKIM

Composer - Organist - Improviser

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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 of   R. 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 four masses). (French, Danish, German, Spanish, Finnish (.doc file) )



 

Naji Hakim TOCCATA

Richard Pinel, 1st Prize and Hakim Prize winner at the Breda International Organ Competition Grote Kerk van Breda, NL, 6 October 2012 - Audioclip

 

Naji Hakim TOCCATA

Richard Pinel - videoclip

 

 

 

2013

Sunday, 9 June, église de Sant Esteve de Granollers (Barcelona)

Naji Hakim : Rondo for Christmas for trumpet and organ

 

ESP

Marcos Faus, trumpet

Bernat Bailbé, organ

Dimanche, 9 Juin, 15h00, Cathédrale Sainte-Croix des Arméniens, Paris

6 ter rue Charlot, 75003

 

NAJI HAKIM

Intégrale de l'oeuvre pour piano

 

Ouverture Libanaise
Glenalmond Suite
Dumia
Shasta
Esquisses Persanes
Valse
Aalaiki’ssalaam
Variations sur "Auprès de ma blonde" Dédiées à Nicolas Chevereau - Création

 

 

 

FRA

 

 

 

Nicolas Chevereau, Piano

Martes, el 11 de junio, Catedrál de Logroño

Naji Hakim : Salve Regina
Jean-Sébastien Bach : Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 547
Nicholas de Grigny : Récit de tierce en taille
Naji Hakim : Bach'orama
Jean-Sébastien Bach : Liebster jesu wir sind hier BWV 633
Naji Hakim : Ezpata Dantza
César Franck : Prélude, Fugue et Variation
Naji Hakim : Gershwinesca
Improvisation

 

 

 

ESP

 

 

 

Naji Hakim, organo

Friday 14 June, Central Pori Church
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: The Hebrides -Overture
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Jacques Ibert: Hommage à Mozart
Naji Hakim: Bach'orama
Naji Hakim: Gershwinesca
Naji Hakim: Concerto no 3 for organ and string orchestra

 

 

FIN

 

Pori Sinfonietta

Naji Hakim, Paschen Organ

Petri Sakari, Conductor

Wednesday, 26 June, 10 AM, Memorial Chapel of University of Redlands, California

IDRS 2013 Convention

Naji Hakim : Variationen über Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern for
Oboe and Organ

 

USA

 

Rong-Huey Liu, oboe

Namhee Han, organ

Mardi, 16 Juillet 2013, 20h30, Chiesa Parrocchiale, Magadino

Naji Hakim : Ouverture Libanaise

César Franck : Prélude, Fugue et variation

Bach/Vivaldi : Concerto en ré mineur BWV 596

Naji Hakim : Esquisses Persanes
1. Niya Yesh
2. Raqs

César Franck : Cantabile
Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love To My Dance

Improvisation

 

 

CHE

 

 

Naji Hakim, orgue

Thursday, 1st August, 20.00, Altenberg Cathedral

Works by Widor, Franck, Couperin, Grigny, Dufourcet, Duruflé and Hakim and Improvisation

Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet: Petite Suite

Naji Hakim : ARABESQUES

 

DEU

 

Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet, organ

Friday, 2d August, 19.00, Benediktinerabtei Maria Laach

Works by Widor, Franck, Couperin, Grigny, Dufourcet, Duruflé, Hakim and Improvisation

Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet: Petite Suite

Naji Hakim : ARABESQUES

 

DEU

 

Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet, organ

Sonntag, 4. August 2013, 10:30 Uhr, Ev. Kirche "Zum guten Hirten" Fischen (Allgäu)

Orgelmatinée "Verleih uns Frieden..."

Works by Bach, Flor Peeters, Naji Hakim and Detlev Bahr

Naji Hakim : Aalaiki'ssalaam (Variationen über ein libanesisches Thema)

Detlev Bahr : Weg des Friedens (UA)

 

DEU

 

Detlev Bahr, Orgel

Mardi, 6 Août, 21.00, église Saint Pantaleon de Courmayeur - Aoste

Festival "Estate organistica di Courmayeur"
Johann-Sebastian Bach : Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541
Naji Hakim : I Love The Colourful World
César Franck : Prélude, Fugue et Variation
Naji Hakim : EZPATA DANTZA (Sword Dance)
Johann-Sebastian Bach : Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 547
Naji Hakim : ESQUISSES GREGORIENNES

Improvisation

 

 

ITA

 

 

Naji Hakim, Organ

Friday, 9 August, Chiesa Parrochiale di S. Giovanni Battista, Recco
Johann-Sebastian Bach : Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541
Naji Hakim : Sinfonia in honore Sancti Ioannis Baptistae
César Franck : Prélude, Fugue et Variation
Naji Hakim : EZPATA DANTZA (Sword Dance)
Johann-Sebastian Bach : Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 547
Naji Hakim : ESQUISSES GREGORIENNES

Improvisation

 

 

ITA

 

 

Naji Hakim, Organ

Samedi, 19 Octobre 2013, 20h00, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

Naji Hakim : AVE MARIA Fantasy on a lied by Franz Schubert (World premiere)

FRA

Anthony Hammond, orgue

(New/30 May)

Wednesday, 18 December, Royal Opera House Muscat

Participation in Pipe Organ Symposium

 

Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet: The influence of Theatrical Music on Baroque Organ Repertoire in Italy, Spain and France 

 

Naji Hakim : The Art of Improvisation 

 

 

OMN

 

 

 

(Updated/30 May)

Thursday, 19 December, Royal Opera House Muscat

Charle-Marie Widor* : Allegro vivace (from Symphony V)
Maurice Duruflé* : Scherzo
Naji Hakim* : Rondeau (from Arabesques)

Naji Hakim** : Concerto No 3 for Organ and String Orchestra

Improvisation on Omani theme(s) submitted by Prof. Dr. Issam El-Mallah**

 

 

OMN

 

Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet*

and

Naji Hakim**, Organ

 

 

 

2014

Sunday, 12 January, 17.15, St Thomas 5th Avenue, New York

Naji Hakim : Hommage à Igor Stravinski

USA

Simon Peter Leach, Organ

(New/17 April)

Dimanche, 30 Mars, église de St Tropez

Louis-Nicolas Clérambault : Suite du IIe ton

Johann-Sebastian Bach/Antonio Vivaldi : Concerto en ré mineur BWV 596

Johann-Sebastian Bach : Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 633

Naji Hakim : Suite Française

Improvisation

 

FRA

 

Naji Hakim, orgue

 

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