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.
Web links
- Homepage of Dia Succari
- Brunel Institute for Contemporary Middle Eastern Music - Dia Succari
- Instant Encore - Dia Succari, Composer
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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 |