About Harfouch
Omar Harfouch is a pianist-composer and businessman born in Tripoli, Lebanon. He studied piano in the Soviet Union, a country in which he also trained in diplomacy.
Omar Harfouch
Omar Harfouch remains very attached to Lebanon. He is particularly involved in two major issues: the environment and the fight against corruption. Between 2018 and 2019, he organized several events in France and Lebanon to improve consideration of the environment in Lebanon and respond, in particular, to the waste crisis that threatened the city of Tripoli. 4 August 30, 2018 , he organized a meeting between French senators mobilized in this file and President Michel Aoun.33
Omar Harfouch remains very attached to Lebanon. He is particularly involved in two major issues: the environment and the fight against corruption. Between 2018 and 2019, he organized several events in France and Lebanon to improve consideration of the environment in Lebanon and respond, in particular, to the waste crisis that threatened the city of Tripoli. 4 August 30, 2018 , he organized a meeting between French senators mobilized in this file and President Michel Aoun.33
To fight against corruption in Lebanon, Omar Harfouch launched a petition on the change.org platform which brought together nearly 100,000 signatories to recover “looted money” 34 The success of this mobilization made it possible to subscribe to the agenda of the European Parliament on this issue. On November 14, 2019, a conference was held in Brussels, in which Omar Harfouch participated, on the future of Lebanon.
Since then, Omar Harfouch has been campaigning for the establishment of a third secular republic. His positions were relayed in many Lebanese media. He went so far as to announce the creation of a Lebanese government in exile to make things happen.35,36
On September 4, 2020, he pays tribute to Beirut, after the explosions that ravaged the Lebanese capital during an exceptional concert in the French Senate.37 On this occasion, he presents his new composition “Beirut, does not die “.
To build a homeland for all without sectarian discrimination
Omar Harfouch
YES
- Yes to a new, third Lebanese republic that crosses sectarian lines,
- yes to a parliament with new national faces,
- yes to a prosperous, civilized Lebanon
A Pianiste - Composer
born in Lebanon, musical education in USSR- Moscow & Ukraine
Concert at the Senate - Palais de Luxembourg - Paris - France
A concert by the pianist and composer was held on Friday September 4 at the French Senate in Paris at the Luxembourg Palace, Salle Boffrand.
Composer and Pianist Omar Harfouch
“It’s an exceptional event. It had been ten years since there had been a concert in the Senate. Initially, I had envisioned it taking place in the open air, but the President (of the Senate), Gérard Larcher gave his authorization to organize it at the High Assembly. This is proof of the attachment of the President of the Senate to Lebanon, “said centrist Senator of the Orne, Nathalie Goulet.