This album, "Lebanese Piano Music • 2", is a co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk - Studio Franken.
Performer Biography
Tatiana Primak-Khoury is married to Lebanese composer Houtaf Khoury, whose Piano Sonata No. 4 'Sham' is featured on this album, and she has premiered several of his piano works.
Composer Biography
Anis Fuleihan, one of the composers on this album, was born in Cyprus, grew up there, and later became a US citizen, pursuing a career as a pianist, conductor, and composer in America.
Compositional Technique
Anis Fuleihan's Piano Sonata No. 4, composed in 1951, is driven by the contrast between chromaticism and diatonicism, juxtaposing archaic and modern ideas.
Performer Biography
Tatiana Primak-Khoury, the pianist on this album, is Ukrainian-Lebanese and has performed in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East.
Composer Biography
Anis Fuleihan, a composer featured on this album, conducted the New York Philharmonic and had his orchestral works premiered by notable figures like Sir John Barbirolli and Leopold Stokowski.
Composer Biography
Boghos Gelalian, a composer on this album, was known as 'al-batrak' or 'the Patriarch' in Lebanon due to his vast musical knowledge and dedication to his students, who included Ziad Rahbani, a popular Arab songwriter.
