Dia Succari

Dia Succari (born July 30, 1938 in Aleppo , † December 3, 2010 in Suresnes ) was a French composer and music teacher of Syrian origin.

Life

As a child, Dia Succari took music and violin lessons from his father and Michael Boricenko . At the age of 13 he went to the Paris Conservatory , where he studied music theory with Henri Challan , Noël Gallon , Marcel Bitsch and Jeanine Rueff , composition with Tony Aubin and Olivier Messiaen and conducting with Robert Blot and Manuel Rosenthal . Between 1967 and 2003 he taught at the conservatories of Damascus , Saint-Denis , Suresnes and Paris, as well as at the Sorbonne . Succari composed chamber music, songs and choral works as well as orchestral music. In his works he combines traditional Arabic and Western European music.

personal data
SURNAME	Succari, Dia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French composer and music teacher of Syrian origin
DATE OF BIRTH	July 30, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aleppo
DATE OF DEATH	December 3, 2010
Place of death	Suresnes