Dia Succari
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Dia Succari (July 30, 1938 - December 3, 2010) was a Franco-Syrian composer and music educator noted for opening new horizons in Arabic music. His catalog of compositions includes a wide variety of works written for solo instruments, magnetic tape, choir, orchestras, voice, and various chamber music ensembles. Among his most famous works include the Syrienne Suite and La Nuit de Destins for solo piano, and Sact el Zind for chamber orchestra.[1] Oliver Messiaen said he created“works based on Arabic rhythms or styles, without ever falling into the folkloric reconstruction, but on the contrary - with a gift of life and of invention.”
As an educator, Dia Succari taught as Professor of Harmony at the Damascus Conservatory, and Professor of Musical Training at the Conservatory of Saint-Denis and Suresnes. From 1977 to 2003 he was Professor of writing (harmony and counterpoint) and harmonic analysis at the Conservatoire National de Region - CNR Paris. In 1978-1979 he was lecturer in music and musicology at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. From 1980 to 1996 he was a member of the Pedagogical Commission for Musical Training at the National Federation of Conservatories, authoring didactic books and texts for all of the conservatories in France.
Born in Aleppo, Syria, Dia Succari began studying music and violin as a child with his father before entering the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris at the age of 13. His music education there focused on traditional Western theory, harmony, counterpoint and fugue - and included the study of composition with Oliver Messian.[2]
As a composer, he took inspiration from his homeland, Near East history, and landscapes from the past.(1) He studied the Arabic maqam, a musical scale of 7 notes that began in the fourteenth century and used in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish music. Each of the 72 maqams is a type of melody only, to be used in compositions and improvisations where the rhythmic component has no definite organization, but is instead supplied by the performer. While the use of maqams is quite recognizable in Succari's work, he melded their rhythmic flexibility with classical harmony, counterpoint and orchestration and included instruments of the Middle East to integrate traditional Syrian music into a Classical language influenced by composers such as Debussy, Ravel and Faure that is neither European or Arabic, but both. Dia Succari remained an active composer, conductor and teacher in Paris since 1969(1) until his death in Suresnes, France in 2010.[3]
His music has been discovered by Western musicians, and championed by pianist Joel Fan, who included the World Premiere recording of La Nuit de Destin on his disc World Keys.[4] It's title refers to the night the Heavens sent down the Quran, revealing their verses to the prophet Muhammad. To Muslims, the importance of this night of prayer and spiritual illumination is without equal, and it is celebrated during the last days of Ramadan. In the Islamic faith, the blessings and mercy of God are so abundant on this night, that any act of worship one performs on it cannot be equaled during an entire lifetime. Joel Fan says “There's also a moment of enlightenment in the middle of the work, where it just stops and you listen to the silence. It's kind of like when you've reached the apex of understanding. Imagine throwing a ball in the air, and when it reaches its highest point it just stops and hangs there. That's the effect."[5] Written for solo piano - an instrument not usually associated with Syrian music - Fan's description of the piece in the albums liner notes offer insight into Succari's creative process:
Succari’s La Nuit de Destin (The Night of Destiny) refers to a night of prayer and spiritual illumination. This work combines traditional Western composition style - where notes and rhythms are specifically notated - with interior sections where the pianist has the liberty to improvise in a style called takism. The timber of the taksim sections call forth Persian instruments such as the santour - in the soft left hand of the piano - and the plucked intensity of the ud, a Persian lute. In La Nuit du Destin, emotional power derives not from the development of it’s lovely themes, but from the repeated incantations and improvisations of he core melodic material.[6]
Dia Succari: La Nuit du Destin (World Premiere)
References[edit]
- ↑ "DIA SUCCARI / COMPOSITEUR". Dia Succari - Compositeur. Retrieved May 11, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Dia Succari - Copmpositeur". dia-succari.com. Retrieved May 11, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Biographie UK - Dia Succari". dia-succari.com. Retrieved May 11, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Joel Fan: World Keys - Reference Recordings". referencereccordings.com. Retrieved May 11, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Scheinin, Richard (September 4, 2010). "Steinway Society of the Bay Area - Interview with pianist Joel Fan" (PDF). San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Joel Fan: World Keys - Reference Recordings". referencerecordings.com. Retrieved May 11, 2021. Unknown parameter
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