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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.