Al Bustan Festival Explained
Music Festival Name: | Al Bustan Festival |
Genre: | music, drama, dance |
Location: | Beit Mery, Lebanon |
Founders: | Myrna Bustani |
Host: | Al Bustan Hotel |
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
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
Pianists
Violinists
Singers
Cellists
Flutists
| Orchestras
Quartet, Chamber Ensemble
Opera Companies
Baroque Orchestra
Conductors
World Music
Theatre Companies
Dance
- Paco Pena Flamenco Dance Company
- Irek Mukhamedov & Company
Puppet Companies
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Notes and References
- News: 2019-02-13 . مهرجان البستان الدولي في لبنان ينطلق على أنغام الموسيقى الإيطالية . en . Reuters . 2022-06-16.
- Web site: Al-Bustan International Festival to kick off in Lebanon - Music - Arts & Culture . 2022-09-15 . Ahram Online.
- Web site: العرب . Al Arab . مهرجان البستان الدولي يعود إلى نشاطه رغم كورونا والأزمة اللبنانية . 2022-06-16 . صحيفة العرب . ar.
- Web site: انطلاق «البستان الدولي» بأسعار بطاقات موحدة . 2022-06-16 . الشرق الأوسط . ar.
- Web site: خاص- لورا لحود توجه رسالة مهرجان البستان الدولي في هذا العام وتكشف كواليس هذا الحدث الثقافي الكبير . 2022-06-16 . Elfann News . ar.
- Web site: 2015-04-11 . Al Bustan – the classical music festival in Beirut that survives war and assassinations . 2022-06-16 . the Guardian . en.
- Web site: Lebanon’s Al Bustan festival launches 25th edition with sense of ‘mission accomplished’ Gareth Smyth . 2022-06-16 . AW . en.
- Web site: 2015-04-11 . Al Bustan – the classical music festival in Beirut that survives war and assassinations . 2022-09-15 . the Guardian . en.
- Web site: 2022-02-17 . مهرجان البستان الدولي يعيد الحياة الموسيقية إلى لبنان . 2022-06-16 . euronews . ar.
- Book: María, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Periodismo II Ortega Pérez, Ana . 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 . 2016 . Sociedad Latina de Comunicación Social . 1148654285.
- Web site: 2016-03-03 . Shakespeare celebrated at Beirut's Al Bustan festival . 2022-06-16 . euronews . en.
- Web site: Cello Serenade at Al Bustan Festival 2022 « Lebtivity . 2022-06-16 . Lebtivity . en.
- News: 2009-08-13 . Letters: Gay Beirut . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-16 . 0362-4331.
- Web site: Beirut Concerts - Find classical concerts in Lebanon . 2022-06-16 . www.classictic.com.
- Web site: انطلاق النسخة الـ26 من «مهرجان البستان» تحت عنوان «لودفيغ» . 2022-06-16 . الشرق الأوسط . ar.
- Web site: لبنان يكرم مدينة براغ بمهرجان البستان لهذا العام . 2022-06-16 . www.aljazeera.net . ar.
- Web site: Al Bustan International Festival of Music and the Arts . 2022-06-16 . www.annalindhfoundation.org . en.
- Web site: With “That Breath We Held”, Li Beirut sheds light on an unimaginable collective trauma UNESCO . 2022-06-16 . www.unesco.org . en.