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KATIA MAKDISSI-WARREN'

KATIA MAKDISSI-WARREN'

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atia specialized in composition at conservatories in Quebec City and Hamburg, before travelling to Beirut to study Arabic and Syrian music. She has also attended courses given by Franco Donatoni, Ennio Morricone, Manfred Stahnke and Father Louis Hage.

Known for her innovative compositions that offer a unique blend of Middle Eastern and Western musical styles, Katia created the score for the multimedia gallery spaces in the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

Her compositions have been performed by leading instrumentalists such as Sergio Puccini and Marcel Khalife in countries across the world, including France, Germany, Argentina and Spain.

Last September, she composed the soundtrack for the international TedX congress in Beirut. Her work is regularly broadcast and performed by a variety of prestigious Western and Oriental musical ensembles, including the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, the Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental-Arabic Music, the Appassionata ensemble, the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal (ECM+), as well as the McGill University chamber orchestra.

2019-08-07
Quartier des spectacles Montreal, Quebec