Bechara El Khoury (born 18 March 1957) is a Franco-Lebanese

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Biography

Born in

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, he moved to

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in 1979. Before his departure he was extremely active as a composer, pianist, conductor as well as

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. 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,

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, Festival Menuhin in

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, Strasbourg Philharmonic, Mecklenburg Festival etc. He received the Prix Rossini (Institut de France) in 2000 and his work was performed by many orchestras. as the

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, NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg, Orchestre philharmonique du Liban,

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, the

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, the

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, Basel Chamber Orchestra ... Among the musicians who conducted his music,

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(who recorded "Danse des aigles, opus 9" with the Orchestre Colonne),

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and

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... Among the soloists who performed his music

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, Patrick Messina, Sarah Nemtanu,

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, Pascal Amoyel... His works are predominantly orchestral and include concertos. His works are published by the Editions Durand, Eschig, and Leduc in Paris.

Major works

* Orchestral works * ''New York, tears and hope '' * Oeuvres symphoniques & oeuvres concertantes by Bechara El-Khoury * Violin Recital: Siranossian, Chouchane - RUST, F.W. / EL-KHOURY, B. / SIRANOSSIAN, C. / LECLAIR, J.-M. (Time Reflexion) * EL-KHOURY, B.: ''Violin Concerto No. 1'' / Horn Concerto / Clarinet Concerto (Nemtanu, Guerrier, Messina, Masur, J.-C. Casadesus, Elts) * Three concertos * ''Méditation poétique/Poémes: No. 1; No. 2'' * ''Paris, mélodie d'automne'' : op. 69, pour piano * ''New York dreams'' : op. 68, pour piano * Sonate no 3 : ''Jésus, l'enfant du soleil'' : op. 67, pour piano. * ''Clair-Obscur''.umpgclassical
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