Bechara El-Khoury's piano music aims to create atmosphere, with expressive states that constantly shift between violence, anger, suffering, rebellion, and peaceful or dreamlike meditation.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bechara El-Khoury's musical inspiration comes from natural elements like rivers, waves, clouds, and mountains, as well as times of day and seasons.
Performer Biography
Giacomo Scinardo, the pianist on this recording, has performed worldwide and won over 20 national and international piano competitions, including the Mendelssohn Cup.
Compositional Technique
From his First Sonata onwards, Bechara El-Khoury deliberately moved away from the abstract architecture of traditional sonata form, focusing instead on unity through limited materials.
Composer Biography
Bechara El-Khoury, born in Beirut in 1957, moved to Paris in 1979 to study with Pierre-Petit, then Director of the École Normale de Musique.
Composer Biography
A televised gala concert of Bechara El-Khoury's works in 1983, marking the centenary of Khalil Gibran, proved ground-breaking in his career.
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