NOTE: The next Fes Festival will take place 4-12 June 2010
The 15th annual
Fes
Festival
of World Sacred Music
29 May - 6 June 2009
Provisional Programme
Friday 29 May
Bab Makina 20h30
Marcel Khalifé with the Al Mayadin Orchestra, with Oumeima Al Khalil and Yolla Keryakos (Lebanon/Morocco/Greece) Tribute to Mahmoud Darwich
Saturday 30 May
Batha Museum
Shantala Shivalingapa (India) Kuchipudi Dance
Bab Makina 20h30
Marwa Wright (USA) Gospel
Sunday 31 May
Batha Museum 16h30
Mohammad Motamedi (Iran) Songs: The Art of Radif
Bab Makina 20h30
1st part: The Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Turkey) From Eternity to Modernity
2nd part: Ziya Azazi (Turkey) Icons: Contemporary Dervish Dance
Monday 1 June
Batha Museum 16h30
Yuval Ron with Najwa Gibran (USA) Music in the Judeo-Arab Tradition
Bab Makina 20h30
Didier Lockwood (France) with his String Sextet, with Ihsan R'Miki and the Zaman al Wasl Ensemble (Morocco) and Caroline Casadesus (vocals) Strings & Soul a creation by Didier Lockwood
(arrangements: R. Regragui, Morocco)
Tuesday 2 June
Batha Museum 16h30
Women of Mayotte (Mayotte) Deba de Hamjago
Bab Makina 20h30
Souad Massi Musk Rose - Honeysuckle (France/Algeria)
Wednesday 3 June
Batha Museum 16h30
I Muvrini (France) Sacred and popular songs from Corsica
Bab Makina 20h30
Keyvan Chemirani (musical director) with Samira Kadiri, Esperanza Fernandez & Giorgios Xyloyris (Iran/Morocco/Spain/Greece) Melos - Songs of the Mediterranean
Thursday 4 June
Batha Museum 16h30
Divna (Serbia) Orthodox Sacred Songs
Bab Makina 20h30
Abed Azrié with the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra & the Choir of the Institut Supérieur de Musique de Damas (France/Syria) The Gospel according to John
Friday 5 June
Batha Museum 16h30
Gabriel Garrido and the Elyma Ensemble (Switzerland) Baroque Music of Monteverdi
Bab Makina 20h30
Sami Yussuf (United Kingdom) Spiritual Songs of the Arab World
Saturday 6 June
Batha Museum 16h30
Razbar Ensemle and The Ahl e Haqq Brotherhoods Mystical songs of Iranian Kurdistan
Bab Makina 20h30
Loreena McKennit (Canada) The Book of Secrets - in the footsteps of Celtic legends
FEZ MEETINGS (formerly known as Fez Encounters Colloquium)
Living between the Sacred and the Secular - The Force of Things and the Hand of God
09h00-13h00 Saturday 30 May to Wednesday 3 June at the Batha Museum
Programme
May 30: The origin of the world: 'big bang' and divine explanations
May 31: The origin of man: creationism and evolution
June 1: The contemporary issues about life and death
June 2: The sanctity of life
June 3: The sacredness of woman
Discussions at 18h00 at Dar Batha
FESTIVAL IN THE CITY PROGRAMME
30 May to 7 June: Free admission
Concerts at 18h30 at Boujloud Square and at 20h00 at Ait Skato
23h00 at Dar Tazi: Rituals and chants of the Sufi Brotherhoods
15h00 to 18h00 at Al Houria Complex: Children's educational activities and art workshops
Keep your eye on The View from Fez for more Festival news.