Classical
Lebanon
Naji Hakim
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About Naji Hakim
Hometown
Beirut, Lebanon
Born
1955
Genre
Classical
Naji Hakim is a contemporary representative of the long tradition of French organist-composers. Some of his music reflects Arab influences. In 1985, Hakim became the organist at Sacré-Coeur, Paris' 1914 hilltop monument to the Catholic faith. In 1993, he moved to the Eglise de la Sainte-Trinité. That year, he made his recording debut with the album Naji Hakim: Rhapsody. Hakim remained at Sainte-Trinité until 2008. Since then, he has devoted full time to composition. In 2010, he issued the album Hakim Plays Hakim. In 2017, an album of secular Hakim compositions was released, including a solo cantata with texts drawn from Racine's tragedy Phèdre and a recording of the Piano Concerto with Hakim himself at the keyboard. In 2023, soprano Anne Warthmann released two volumes of performances of Hakim's vocal music, entitled Anne Warthmann Sings Naji Hakim.
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