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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 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, four organ concertos, a violin concerto), and vocal music (oratorio Saul de Tarse, cantata Phèdre, Magnificat and three masses). (French, Danish, German, Spanish, Finnish (.doc file) )

 

New (14/October)

Carillon

Hymn to Alberto Giacometti's Woman with Chariot

Hymne til Alberto Giacomettis Kvinde på Kærre
for klokkespil
mp3

 

 

PÅSKEBLOMST for Strings*

CONCERTOS for Organ and Strings Nr 1 Nr 3

ESQUISSES GRÉGORIENNES for Organ*

 

St Michel Strings

Petri Komulainen, conductor

Jan Lehtola, the Paschen Organ in Juva, Finland

*World premiere recording

alba@alba.fi | http://www.alba.fi

 

 

 

GLENALMOND SUITE

SAKSKØBING PRÆLUDIER

Naji Hakim, the Harrison & Harrison Organ of Glenalmond College, Scotland

World premiere recording

MP3 download

www.signumrecords.com

 

 

"Påskeblomst" - improvisation - Video Clips
16 October 2007 - Eglise Saint Martin - Dudelange (Luxembourg)

 

2010

 

Sunday, 7 February, Stadthalle Wuppertal 

Naji Hakim : Bagatelle

J.-S. Bach: Passacaglia BWV 582

Naji Hakim : Quatre Etudes-Caprices

J.-S. Bach: Præludium und Fuge D dur BWV 532

Naji Hakim : Hommage à Igor Stravinsky

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Iveta Apkalna, organ

Monday, 22 February, 19.30, Cankarjev dom Cultural & Congress Centre in Ljubljana 

Johann-Sebastian Bach : "Aus tiefer Noth schrei' ich zu dir" BWV 686

Naji Hakim : Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt

César Franck : Prélude, Fugue et Variation

Naji Hakim : Glenalmond Suite

Louis Vierne : Étoile du Soir

Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love To My Dance

Improvisation

Slovenija

Naji Hakim, organ

Sunday, 28 February, 2 pm, War Memorial Carillon, University of Sidney

Naji Hakim : Hymne til Alberto Giacomettis Kvinde på Kærre for klokkespil

Australia

Amy Johansen, carillon

Lundi, 1er Mars, Philharmonie de Samara

Ouverture officielle de l'Année France-Russie

Francois Couperin : Offertoire sur les Grands jeux (Messe des Paroisses)

Naji Hakim : Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt

César Franck : Prélude, Fugue et Variation

Naji Hakim : Aaaliki'ssalaam

Naji Hakim : Glenalmond Suite

Louis Vierne : Étoile du Soir

Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love To My Dance

Improvisation

Russie

Naji Hakim, orgue

Mardi, 2 Mars, 18.00 Conservatoire d'État L. V. Sobinov de Saratov

Ouverture officielle de l'Année France-Russie

Francois Couperin : Offertoire sur les Grands jeux (Messe des Paroisses)

Naji Hakim : Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt

César Franck : Prélude, Fugue et Variation

Naji Hakim : Aaaliki'ssalaam

Naji Hakim : Glenalmond Suite

Louis Vierne : Étoile du Soir

Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love To My Dance

Improvisation

Russie

Naji Hakim, orgue

Saturday, 6 March, 19.30, Konzerthaus, Vienna

Johann-Sebastian Bach : "Aus tiefer Noth schrei' ich zu dir" BWV 686

Naji Hakim : Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt

César Franck : Prélude, Fugue et Variation

Naji Hakim : Glenalmond Suite

Louis Vierne : Étoile du Soir

Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love To My Dance

Improvisation

Austria

Naji Hakim, organ

Thursday 22 April, 20.00, Grote Kerk, Dordrecht

Naji Hakim : Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt

Louis Vierne : Étoile du Soir

Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love To My Dance

César Franck : Prélude, Fugue et Variation

Naji Hakim : Glenalmond Suite

Improvisation

nl Naji Hakim, Kam-organ

Samstag, 8. Mai, 20 Uhr - Kaiserdom St. Bartholomäus in Frankfurt am Main

In Memoriam Papst Johannes Paul II

 

Naji Hakim : RÖMISCHES TRIPTYCHON

Meditationen für sopran und orgel

Gedichte von Papst Johannes Paul II

Welturauffürung

 

I. Der Bergbach

1. Staunen

2. Die Quelle

 

II. Meditationen über das "Genesis" an der Schwelle zur Sixtinischen Kapelle

3. Der erste schauende

4. Bild und Ebenbild

 

III. Der Berg im Lande Morija

5. Ur im Chaldäa

6. Der Gott des Bundes

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Andrea Reuter, sopran

Naji Hakim, orgel

Saturday, 22 May, St Thomas More Catholic Church, Centennial, Colorado

Naji Hakim : Amazing Grace for soprano and organ - world premiere

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Barbara Mervine, soprano

Kenrick Mervine, organ

Juin 2010, Cathédrale de Monaco

Ouverture du IXe Festival de Musique Sacrée Naji Hakim : SAUL DE TARSE, Oratorio pour soli, narrateur, choeur et orchestre

Premier Prix du Concours de Musique sacrée de la Cathédrale de Monaco, 2009

Monaco

 

New (7/February)

Saturday, 5 June, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum

Vestfold International Festival

Naji Hakim : FANTASIA for violin over Edvard Munchs "unge mennesker på stranden" - world premiere

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Henning Kraggerud, violin

Friday, 11 June, St Vitus, Visbeck

Naji Hakim : Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt
Johann-Sebastian Bach : Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Naji Hakim : Sakskøbing Præludier
Louis-Nicholas Clérambault : Suite du Deuxième Ton
Naji Hakim : Glenalmond Suite
Improvisation

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Naji Hakim, organ

Sunday, 13 June, Sankt Sophien, Hamburg- Barmbek

Naji Hakim : Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt
Johann-Sebastian Bach : Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Naji Hakim : Sakskøbing Præludier
Louis-Nicholas Clérambault : Suite du Deuxième Ton
Naji Hakim : Glenalmond Suite
Improvisation

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Naji Hakim, organ

Saturday, 19 June 2010, St Gall Cathedral

Historic choir organs

Improvisation

Kuhn Great Organ

Naji Hakim: Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt 

Naji Hakim : Glenalmond Suite

Naji Hakim : Salve Regina

Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love to My Dance

Improvisation

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Naji Hakim, organ

Monday, 9 August, Basilica Cattedrale di Fermo

International Organ Festival

César Franck : Choral in A minor

Naji Hakim : Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt

Louis Vierne : Étoile du Soir

Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love To My Dance

Improvisation

it Naji Hakim, organ

Wednesday, 25 August 2010, Basilica della Santa Casa di Loreto

Festival Organistico Lauretano -

Loreto nel Mondo

Jean Langlais : Te Deum

Naji Hakim : Esquisses Grégoriennes

Césra Franck : Cantabile

Naji Hakim : Aalaiki'ssalaam

Louis Boëllmann : Prière à Notre-Dame

Improvisation sur Alma Redemptoris Mater

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Naji Hakim, organ

Friday, 25 September, Basilica Sta Maria de Campagna, Piacenza

Naji Hakim : Mariales

 

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Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet, organo

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