Career

Born in Beirut in 1957, he moved to Paris in 1979. Having written a hundred works between 1969 and 1978, he became extremely active as a pianist, conductor and Kapellmeister. He became a French national in 1987, and as a result many French institutions commissioned works for him.

His most ambitious work is the symphony Les ruines de Beyrouth, composed in 1985 in memory of the 1975 war.

Bechara El Khoury"s Les fleuves engloutis was a finalist in the 2003 Masterprize international composing competition.