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The French Minister of Culture has appointed Toufic Maatouk the prestigious Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres for serving the culture at the highest level.
ABOUT
“Toufic Maatouk, is one of the most compelling conductors of his generation. In the 2012 season, Maatouk began his tenure as Artistic Director of the Beirut Chants Festival in Lebanon. He is also Guest Conductor of the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra since 2013 and a Guest Conductor of the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra Orchestra since 2017. Maatouk was appointed Artistic Director and Choir Master of the Antonine University Choir in August 2005 and Head of the vocal department in the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music since October 2015. He has been Head of Academy of the Saudi Music Hubs in Riyadh (KSA). He is currently the Executive Manager of Programming at the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts organisation (UAE) and Academic Board member of the Global Leaders institute in Washington DC (USA).
He holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from the Istituto Pontificio di Musica Sacra (Pims) in Rome where he conducted and published different studies on the syro-maronite chants. As chief conductor, Toufic Maatouk has led the Antonine University choir for more than 17 years.
“The orchestra and choir owe their success to the musical direction of maestro Toufic Maatouk who showed an enviable capacity for concertation and control of the masses. His musical sensitivity was immediately evident from the first sounds of the cellos and the care in the search for a specific and symbolic sound. For each connotation, right from those first thrilling moments, the distinctive feature of his enlightened reading was found” (Opera magazine)
In 2020, Maatouk was knighted by the President of the Italian Republic as “Cavaliere dell’Ordine Della Stella d’Italia” and in 2023 by the French Ministry of Culture he was granted the prestigious “Chevalier des arts et des lettres”.
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Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra
D. Cimarosa- Il Maestro Di cappella
A. Salieri- requiem
- 29 March 2023
- Radio Romania Hall - Bucharest, Romania
DEBUT OF TOUFIC MAATOUK WITH RADIO ROMANIA NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
Program: G. Rossini- Stabat Mater
- 24 November 2023
- Radio România Hall- Bucharest- România
Beirut Chants Festival
Grand Opening
J.S.Bach
Magnificat in D
Program: TBA
- 1 December 2023
- Saint Joseph Church - Beirut, Lebanon
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The orchestra and choir owe their success to the musical direction of maestro Toufic Maatouk who showed an enviable capacity for concertation and control of the masses. His musical sensitivity was immediately evident from the first sounds of the cellos and the care in the search for a specific and symbolic sound. For each connotation, right from those first thrilling moments, the distinctive feature of his enlightened reading was found
– Opera magazine
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