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C o n c e r t s

18 November 2019 Paris premiere of Requiem - two pianos transcription Performed by Betty Salkhanian Kourtian and George Daccache at Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris.


19 October 2019 Recording of Sonata for Violin and Piano number 2 entitled "VENGEANCE" that was composed in 2017 in memory of his teacher Yervand Yerkanyan and dedicated to the Romanian violinist Sorin Horlea. It was performed and recorded in the European University Cyprus (EUC) in Nicosia, Cyprus with an original 1857 Vuillaume violin. The piano part was performed by the composer and the violin, by Sorin Horlea.


15 April 2018 Pierre V. Aboukhater Hall, USJ, Beirut, Lebanon, Requiem – two pianos transcription Performed by Betty Salkhanian Kourtian and George Daccache


28 November 2015 Chamber Music Concert: Classical Music Today, from Lebanon to France.  Rodolphe Gault (violin), Claire Foison (piano) and Bahia El Bacha (cello), interpreted pieces of three Lebanese composers Naji Hakim, Abdel Rahman El Bacha and Sevag Derghougassian.  Médiathèque Hermeland, Saint-Herblain, France

7 April 2015 Chamber Music Dinner Concert: A Taste and Musical Expedition through Lebanon, presenting works by Lebanese composers of classical music Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Sevag Derghougassian and Naji Hakim. Claire Foison, pianist; Rudolf Gault, violinist; and Bahia El Bacha, cellist.  Bé2M, Nantes, France

17 March 2015 Concierto del Instituto Cervantes, Pierre V. Aboukhater Hall, Universite Saint Joseph (USJ), Beirut, Lebanon, Spanish repertoire for the Piano Soloist


5 December 2014 AUB Music Club presents 'Chopin and Liszt, Assembly Hall, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon with Alec Babahekian (piano)


18 June 2014 Concierto del Instituto Cervantes, Pierre V. Aboukhater Hall, USJ, Beirut, Lebanon, Spanish chamber music repertoire with Sergiu Zare (violoncello) and Cristina Pirlea (violin)


30 March 2012 Concierto del Instituto Cervantes, Pierre V. Aboukhater Hall, Universite Saint Joseph (USJ), Beirut, Lebanon, Premiere of Five Studies for the Piano Soloist


21 September 2010 Freikeh Festival, Freikeh, Lebanon, French romantic repertoire for soprano and piano with Soprano Aline Maalouf


10 February 2009 Pierre V. Aboukhater Hall, USJ, Beirut, Lebanon Nocturno in B minor with Cristina Pirlea (violin)


24 June 2008 Pierre V. Aboukhater Hall, USJ, Beirut, Lebanon with Cristina Pirlea (violin)


6 June 2008 Pierre V. Aboukhater Hall, USJ, Beirut, Lebanon, Second piano concerto – two pianos transcription Sevag Derghougassian as Soloist


6 June 2008 Pierre V. Aboukhater Hall, USJ, Beirut, Lebanon with Sergio Zare (cello)


March 2004 Beirut, Lebanon, Premiere of Violin Sonata with Sorin Horlea (violin)


March 2004 Beirut, Lebanon, Premiere of Concertino for Piano and Chords Quintet, members of Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra


Summer 2003 Center for Chamber Music, Apple Hill, New Hampshire, US Apple Hill Summer Chamber Music Workshop Ensemble


June 2002 Highlights of Classical Music, Assembly Hall, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon with Claude Chalhoub (violin)


Summer 2001 Western Eastern Divan Orchestra, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, US Premiere of Nocturne in B minor with Asaf Maoz (violin)

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