Naji Hakim
Franco-Lebanese composer, organist and improviser Naji Hakim (born 1955) is known for a large body of organ, chamber, orchestral and choral works. A prize-winning Paris Conservatoire graduate, he held major Paris church posts and remains an active concert performer.
A pupil of Jean Langlais, he studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and took first prizes in harmony, counterpoint, organ, improvisation, analysis and orchestration, as well as at leading international organ competitions including Haarlem, Beauvais, Lyon, Nuremberg, Saint Albans, Strasbourg and Rennes.
He was organist of the Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur in Paris from 1985 to 1993, then succeeded Olivier Messiaen at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité from 1993 to 2008. His music is widely published in Europe; Move listeners meet it in works such as the trumpet-and-organ sonata on One Two One (MCD 149), the harpsichord suite Shasta (MD 3167), and the organ-duet Rhapsody (MD 3170).
Artist's website: www.najihakim.com
Naji Hakim is featured on the following titles
One Two One
Yoram Levy (trumpet) and Christopher Wrench (organ) explore the contrasting textures and styles of twentieth-century works by Genzmer, Tomasi, Persichetti, Duruflé and Hakim.
Compositions by Naji Hakim also appear on
Organ at the Opera
One of Move's all-time best sellers. Sydney City organist Robert Ampt and Amy Johansen play popular organ duets on the famous Ronald Sharp organ in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.
The Virtuoso Harpsichord
Melbourne harpsichordist Jacqueline Ogeil presents the instrument’s virtuosic, dramatic and passionate sides, from Bach and Scarlatti to Handel, Rameau and the premiere of Naji Hakim’s suite Shasta.