Bechara El Khoury (born 18 March 1957[1]) is a Franco-Lebanesecomposer.
Born inBeirut, he moved toParis in 1979. Before his departure he was extremely active as a composer, pianist, conductor as well asKapellmeister. He became a French national in 1987, and as a result many French institutions commissioned works for him like Orchestre de Paris, Musique nouvelle en liberté,Radio France, Festival Menuhin inGstaad, Strasbourg Philharmonic, Mecklenburg Festival etc.
He received thePrix Rossini (Institut de France) in 2000 and his work was performed by many orchestras. as theOrchestre National de France,Orchestre de Paris,London Symphony Orchestra,Czech Philharmonic Orchestra,NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg, Orchestre philharmonique du Liban,Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra,Konzerthausorchester Berlin, theDetroit Symphony Orchestra,Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, theNational Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine,Israel Chamber Orchestra,Chamber Orchestra of Europe,Basel Chamber Orchestra ...
Among the musicians who conducted his music,Pierre Dervaux (who recorded "Danse des aigles, opus 9" with the Orchestre Colonne),Kurt Masur,Daniele Gatti,Paavo Järvi,Daniel Harding,James Conlon,Cornelius Meister andJonathan Nott ...
Among the soloists who performed his musicDaniel Hope,[2]Emmanuel Pahud, Patrick Messina,Sarah Nemtanu,David Guerrier, Pascal Amoyel...
His works are predominantly orchestral and include concertos.
His works are published by the Editions Durand, Eschig, and Leduc in Paris.[3][4][5]
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