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Naji Hakim           Composer - Organist - Improviser

photo © Joseph Sieber

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 nine 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 (7/June)

 

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

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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)

 

 

Fanfare! - AFNOM composition competition 2009

 

 

2009

 

 

Vendredi 26 June, Kollegiorgel Schwyz
Naji Hakim : Le Bien-aimé

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Eugenio Maria Fagiani, orgue

New (22/June)                                                   Monday 29 June, 2009 REGION VII AGO CONVENTION IN ALBUQUERQUE & SANTA FE                                                      Naji Hakim : Ouverture Libanaise

 

 

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Crista Miller, organ

Saturday, 4 July, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche Berlin

Naji Hakim : Mit seinem Geist.

 

 

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Jochen Steuerwald, organ

New (22/June)

Lundi, mercredi, vendredi 6./8.10. Juillet 20:00

Sommerliche Orgelkonzerte Bistum Essen

Gelsenkirchen St. Urbanus

Essen – Werden Basilika                                

Bottrop Liebfrauenkirche

Naji Hakim: Esquisses Grégoriennes

 

 

 

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Arno Hartmann, orgue

Tuesday, 7 July, 20.30, Nijmegen, St Stevenskerk, Nijmegen

Naji Hakim : Canticum

1.       Conditor alme siderum

2.       Rorate coeli desuper

3.       O Emmanuel

 

 

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Gerben Mourik, organ

New (22/June)

Lundi, mercredi, vendredi 6./8.10. Juillet 20:00

Sommerliche Orgelkonzerte Bistum Essen

Gelsenkirchen St. Urbanus

Essen – Werden Basilika                                

Bottrop Liebfrauenkirche

Naji Hakim: Esquisses Grégoriennes

 

 

 

 

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Arno Hartmann, orgue

Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 21.20 - Santuario, La Verna

XXII Festival Internazionale di Musica d’Organo
Naji Hakim : Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt
Louis Boëllmann : Prière à Notre-Dame
Naji Hakim : Glenalmond Suite
César Franck : Cantabile
Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love To My Dance
Improvisation

 

 

 

 

 

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Naji Hakim, organ

Wednesday, 8 July, Iglesia Santa Lucía, Santander

Naji Hakim : Mariales Mariales

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Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet, organo

New (22/June)

Lundi, mercredi, vendredi 6./8.10. Juillet 20:00

Sommerliche Orgelkonzerte Bistum Essen

Gelsenkirchen St. Urbanus

Essen – Werden Basilika                                

Bottrop Liebfrauenkirche

Naji Hakim: Esquisses Grégoriennes

 

 

 

 

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Arno Hartmann, orgue

Jeudi, 16 Juillet - Eglise de Long
Festival d'Orgue

Naji Hakim : Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt
Louis Boëllmann : Prière à Notre-Dame
Naji Hakim : Glenalmond Suite
César Franck : Cantabile
Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love To My Dance
Improvisation

 

 

 

 

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Naji Hakim, organ

Friday, 17 July, Memmingen

Naji Hakim : Mit seinem Geist.

 

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Heike Ittmann, organ

Saturday 18 July, 15:00, St Lambertusbasiliek, Hengelo

Naji Hakim : Agapê

    1. Lauda Sion salvatorem

    2. Bone pastor, panis vere

    3. Tantum ergo sacramentum

 

 

 

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Gerben Mourik, organ

Sunday, 19 July, Festival Herforder Orgelsommer Herforder Münster

Naji Hakim : Aalaiki'ssalaam

 

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Stefan Kagl, organ

 

Thursday, 23 July, Bad Kissingen Kath. Stadtpfarrkirche

Naji Hakim : Aalaiki'ssalaam

 

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Stefan Kagl, organ

 

New (22/June)

Jeudi 23 Juillet, 12:45, Sint-Baafskathedraal Gent

Naji Hakim: Esquisses Grégoriennes

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Arno Hartmann, orgue

Saturday, 25 July, Dresden Kreuzkirche

Naji Hakim : Aalaiki'ssalaam

 

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Stefan Kagl, organ

 

New (22/June)

Dimanche, 26 juillet 2009, 19:00,

Christuskirche Bochum

Orgelfestival.Ruhr 2009

Naji Hakim: Esquisses Grégoriennes          

 

 

 

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Arno Hartmann, orgue

New (22/June)

Samedi, 1er Août 2009, 18:30,

Dreifaltigkeitskirche Bern

Naji Hakim: Esquisses Grégoriennes          

 

 

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Arno Hartmann, orgue

New (22/June)

Jeudi, 6 Août 2009, 21:15, Senigallia

Festival organistico Internazionale

Naji Hakim: Esquisses Grégoriennes

 

 

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Arno Hartmann, orgue

Friday, 7 August, 7 pm, Rocca Massima

Naji Hakim : Suite Rhapsodique

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Petri Komulainen, French Horn

Jan Lehtola organ

Samedi 8 Aout, St. Michael Schwäbisch Hall
Naji Hakim : Le Bien-aimé

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Eugenio Maria Fagiani, orgue

Saturday, 8 August, Organ Festival in Selva di Fasano

Naji Hakim : Aalaiki'ssalaam

 

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Stefan Kagl, organ

 

New (22/June)

Vom 10. bis zum 13. August

22. Internationale Orgelakademie für Orgelimprovisation, Altenberg

 

 

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Hayo Boerema

Wolfgang Seifen

Naji Hakim

New (22/June)

Tuesday, 11 August, 20:00, Altenberg Dom

22. Internationale Orgelakademie für Orgelimprovisation, Altenberg

Improvisation Concert

 

 

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Naji Hakim, organ

14 August, 2009, 19:00 - Stiftskirche Stuttgart

„Internationaler Orgelsommer“

Naji Hakim: Sakskøbing Præludier          

César Franck : Pastorale
Naji Hakim : Glenalmond Suite
Louis Boëllmann : Prière à Notre-Dame
Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love to My Dance
Improvisation

 

 

 

 

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Naji Hakim, organ

Dimanche 16 Aout, Iserlohner Orgeltage
Naji Hakim : Le Bien-aimé

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Eugenio Maria Fagiani, orgue

Wednesday, 19 August, 7 pm, Espoonlahti Church

Naji Hakim : Suite Rhapsodique

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Petri Komulainen, French Horn

Jan Lehtola organ

Thursday, 20 August, Organ Festival in Camaiore

Naji Hakim : Aalaiki'ssalaam

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Stefan Kagl, organ

 

Saturday, 22 August, 7 pm Loppi Church

Naji Hakim : Suite Rhapsodique

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Petri Komulainen, French Horn

Jan Lehtola organ

Onsdag d. 9. september 2009, kl. 19.30, Thyregod Kirke, Grundtvigs Plads, Thyregod, Give

Orgel for 4 hænder og 4 fødder. 

Værker af bl.a. J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, G.F. Händel, N.W. Gade og N. Hakim.

Naji Hakim : Rhapsody for organ duet

 

 

 

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Vibeke Astner og Inge Hermann, orgel

Thursday, 17 September - Cathedral St Elisabeth, Košice

Charles Tournemire : Fantaisie (Office de l'Epiphanie)
Naji Hakim : Glenalmond Suite

Johann-Sebastian Bach :  "Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend“ BWV 632
Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love To My Dance
Louis Boëllmann : Prière à Notre-Dame

Improvisation

 

 

 

 

 

Slovakia

 

 

 

 

 

Naji Hakim, organ

Søndag d. 27. september, kl. 14, Brøndbyvester Kirke, Seminarievej 2, Brøndby

Orgel for 4 hænder og 4 fødder. 

Værker af bl.a. J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, G.F. Händel, N.W. Gade og N. Hakim.

Naji Hakim : Rhapsody for organ duet

 

 

 

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Vibeke Astner og Inge Hermann, orgel

Freitag, 2. Oktober ab 21.00 Uhr,

Alte lutherische Kirche am Kolk, Wuppertal

im Rahmen der 10. Wuppertaler Orgelnacht

Naji Hakim: Bacho'rama

Naji Hakim: Salve Regina

 

 

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Detlev Bahr, Orgel

Lørdag, 3. oktober, kl. 16, Sakskøbing Kirke

Naji Hakim : Aalaiki'ssalaam (4)

Henrik Rung : I al sin glans (2)

Melchior Franck - Thomas Laub : Du, som går ud fra den levende Gud (2)

Christian Barnekow : Kom, Gud Helligånd, kom brat (2)

Naji Hakim : Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt(4)

Naji Hakim : Det strømmende (1) (canon for to stemmer - Tekst af Sognepræst Hanne Margrethe Tougaard)

Fællessalme "Måne og sol"

Visemelodi : Far, verden, far vel (2)

Visemelodi : Sorrig og glæde (2)

Oluf Ring : Se, nu stiger solen (2) Improvisation over "Se, nu stiger solen" (4) 

Naji Hakim : The Angel Cried (3)

Hanne Kurup : Vil du danse med mig? (1+4) (arrangement for pigekor og klaver af Naji Hakim) Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love To My Dance (4)

Improvisation over en dansk efterårssang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sakskøbing Kirkes Pigekor (1) 

Sakskøbing Kammerkor (2)  

Voci Fluenti (3) [Carina Frederiksen, sopran, Hanne Margrethe Tougaard, alt, Flemming Chr. Hansen, tenor, Bjørn Seiding, bas]  

Naji Hakim, orgel (4)

Flemming Chr. Hansen, dir.

 

Sunday, 11 October, Speyer                            Naji Hakim : Le Bien-aimé

 

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Pascale Mélis, organ

Sunday, 25 October, Catedral de Palma de Mallorca

Naji Hakim : Mariales

 

Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet, organo

Thursday, 12 November, 7 pm, St. Paul's Church, Helsinki

Organo Novo

Naji Hakim : Concerto 3 for Organ and string orchestra

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Petri Komulainen, Conductor
Jan Lehtola, Organ
St. Michel's Strings

Sunday, 22 November, 18:00, Konzerthaus, Dortmund

Jean Langlais : Te Deum

Louis Boëllmann : Prière à Notre-Dame

Louis-Nicholas Clérambault : Suite du Deuxième ton

Louis Vierne : Etoile du Soir

César Franck : Choral en la mineur

Intermission

Naji Hakim : Ouverture libanaise

Naji Hakim : Sakskøbing Præludier

Naji Hakim : To Call My True Love to My Dance

Improvisation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Naji Hakim, organ

 

 

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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

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

New (22/June)

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