Bechara El Khoury (born 18 March 1957[1]) is a Franco-Lebanese composer.
He became a French national in 1987, and as a result many French institutions commissioned works for him like Orchestre de Paris, Musique nouvelle en liberté, Radio France, Festival Menuhin in Gstaad, Strasbourg Philharmonic, Mecklenburg Festival etc.
He received the Prix Rossini (Institut de France) in 2000 and his work was performed by many orchestras.
Among the musicians who conducted his music, Pierre Dervaux (who recorded "Danse des aigles, opus 9" with the Orchestre Colonne), Kurt Masur, Daniele Gatti, Paavo Järvi, Daniel Harding, James Conlon, Cornelius Meister and Jonathan Nott ...
Among the soloists who performed his music Daniel Hope,[2] Emmanuel Pahud, Patrick Messina, Sarah Nemtanu, David Guerrier, Pascal Amoyel... His works are predominantly orchestral and include concertos.