Al Bustan Festival

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Al Bustan Festival
Genremusic, drama, dance
Location(s)Beit Mery, Lebanon
Years active1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Founded byMyrna Bustani
Websitealbustanfestival.com

The Al Bustan Festival of Music and the Performing Arts is an annual music and performing arts festival based in Beit Mery, Lebanon.[1][2] The festival occurs every year over five weeks during February and March.[3][4] It is a non-profit and the first major festival in Lebanon dedicated to classical music.[5]

Background[edit]

The Al Bustan Festival of Music and the Performing Arts was founded in 1994 by Myrna Bustani[6][7] to revive the country's cultural scene after seventeen years of civil war.[8] Every year the festival organizes a program exploring a particular theme.[9][10] In 2016 Music & Shakespeare was selected as the theme to mark 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare, the English playwright.[11]

Most performances are held at the Emile Bustani Auditorium of the Al Bustan Hotel in Beit Mery, with the rest occurring in churches and cultural venues across Lebanon, such as the Sursock Palace and the Jeita Grotto.[12][13]

The festival performances include opera, dance, and orchestral concerts,[14] performed by a mix of international artists and local ensembles. Public master classes and workshops are organized with visiting artists to keep up with the festival's cultural vocation.[15][16] Most of the festival budget is covered by donations from private sponsors and foundations. [17] The festival is also known for spotting rising stars and showcasing them early in their careers.[18]

Selection of past performers[edit]

Pianists

Violinists

Singers

Cellists

Flutists

Orchestras

Quartet, Chamber Ensemble

Opera Companies

Baroque Orchestra

  • Accademia Bizantina

Conductors

World Music

Theatre Companies

Dance

  • Paco Pena Flamenco Dance Company
  • Irek Mukhamedov & Company

Puppet Companies

References[edit]

  1. ^ "مهرجان البستان الدولي في لبنان ينطلق على أنغام الموسيقى الإيطالية". Reuters. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  2. ^ "Al-Bustan International Festival to kick off in Lebanon - Music - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  3. ^ العرب, Al Arab. "مهرجان البستان الدولي يعود إلى نشاطه رغم كورونا والأزمة اللبنانية |". صحيفة العرب (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  4. ^ "انطلاق «البستان الدولي» بأسعار بطاقات موحدة". الشرق الأوسط (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  5. ^ "خاص- لورا لحود توجه رسالة مهرجان البستان الدولي في هذا العام وتكشف كواليس هذا الحدث الثقافي الكبير". Elfann News (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  6. ^ "Al Bustan – the classical music festival in Beirut that survives war and assassinations". the Guardian. 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  7. ^ "Lebanon's Al Bustan festival launches 25th edition with sense of 'mission accomplished' | Gareth Smyth". AW. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  8. ^ "Al Bustan – the classical music festival in Beirut that survives war and assassinations". the Guardian. 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  9. ^ "مهرجان البستان الدولي يعيد الحياة الموسيقية إلى لبنان". euronews (in Arabic). 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  10. ^ María, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Periodismo II Ortega Pérez, Ana (2016). Influencias chiíes en la televisión árabe libanesa: los casos de Al-Manar y AlMayadeen. El aparato mediático-ideológico de Hezbollah en la guerra de Siria. Sociedad Latina de Comunicación Social. OCLC 1148654285.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Shakespeare celebrated at Beirut's Al Bustan festival". euronews. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  12. ^ "Cello Serenade at Al Bustan Festival 2022 « Lebtivity". Lebtivity. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  13. ^ "Letters: Gay Beirut". The New York Times. 2009-08-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  14. ^ "Beirut Concerts - Find classical concerts in Lebanon". www.classictic.com. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  15. ^ "انطلاق النسخة الـ26 من «مهرجان البستان» تحت عنوان «لودفيغ»". الشرق الأوسط (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  16. ^ "لبنان يكرم مدينة براغ بمهرجان البستان لهذا العام". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  17. ^ "Al Bustan International Festival of Music and the Arts". www.annalindhfoundation.org. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  18. ^ "With "That Breath We Held", Li Beirut sheds light on an unimaginable collective trauma | UNESCO". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
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