Heiller, at Southern Missionary College in Collegedale, Tennessee. In addition, he was awarded the Prix de Composition Musicale André Caplet from the Académie des Beaux Arts in 1991. He has also been the recipient of prizes at the International Organ Competitions held in Beauvaiss (1981), Haarlem (1982), Lyon, Nuremberg, St. Albans (1983) (where he has since served on the jury), Chartres (1984), Strasbourg, and Rennes. 2002: Honorary doctorate from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon 2007: Pope Benedict XVI conferred on him the "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" medal Personal life He currently lives in Bayonne with his wife Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet (who he married in 1980), annually visits his homeland of Lebanon, and composes regularly. They have two children, Jean-Paul, who has followed in his footsteps as a composer, and Katia-Sofia, a musicologist and poet. Hakim is a polyglot and speaks six languages: French, Arabic, English, Basque, Spanish, and German. Music Hakim began composing in 1983. Organ solo Cosmogonie (composed 1983. Unpublished.) Petite suite (composed 1983. Waltham Abbey, Essex: UMP, 2004) Symphonie en Trois Mouvements (composed 1984. Paris: Combre, 1984) The Embrace of Fire: Triptyque (composed 1986. Paris: Combre, 1986) Hommage à Igor Stravinsky. Triptyque (composed 1986. Paris: Leduc, 1990) Expressions (composed 1988. Chicago, Illinois (USA): H. T. FitzSimons, 1988) Memor (composed 1989. London: UMP, 1990) Rubaiyat (composed 1990. London: UMP, 1991) Variations on two themes: "Old hundredth" & "Donne secours" (composed 1991. London: UMP, 1991) Rhapsody for organ duo (composed 1992. Waltham Abbey, Essex: UMP, 2005) Mariales (composed 1993. London: UMP, 1993) Incantation Pastorale Antienne Hymne Danse Le Tombeau d'Olivier Messiaen: Trois Méditations symphoniques (composed 1993. London: UMP, 1994) Vexilla regis prodeunt (composed 1994. Paris: Leduc, 1995) Canticum (composed 1995. London: UMP, 1996) Sinfonia in honore Sancti Ioannis Baptistæ (composed 1996. London: UMP, 1997) Pange lingua (composed 1996. Paris: Leduc, 1997) Pange lingua Nobis datus In supremœ nocte cœnœ Verbum caro Tantum ergo Genitori, genitoque Te Deum (composed 1997. London: UMP, 1998) Bagatelle (composed 1997. London: UMP, 1998) Chant de Joie (composed 1997. London: UMP, 1998) The Last Judgment (composed 1999. Paris, Leduc, 2000) Quatre Études-Caprices for pedal solo (composed 2000. Paris: Leduc, 2001) Gershwinesca (composed 2000. Mainz: Schott, 2008) In Organo, Chordis et Choro (composed 2001. Paris. Leduc, 2002) Le Bien-aimé: Suite symphonique (composed 2001. Paris: Leduc, 2002) 1. J'ai trouvé celui que mon cœur aime 2. Notre joie et notre allégresse 3. Viens, mon Bien-Aimé 4. Avant