The provisional programme for next year's Fes Festival of World Sacred Music has been announced.
The festival runs from 4-12 June in Fez medina, and promises some interesting innovations such as morning ragas at the Batha Museum and a night in the medina, when artists will perform in various locations, including the Bouanania Medersa and Riad Sheherazade.
The 16th annual
Fes Festival of World Sacred Music
4-12 June 2010
Provisional Programme
Theme: In Search of the Sacred Other
Friday 4 June
Bab Makina 20h30
Royal Ballet of Cambodia (Cambodia) The Legend of the Creation of the Khmer Kingdom
Saturday 5 June
Batha Museum 16h00
The Young Gotipuras Dancers (India) Ritual acrobatic dance from the temples of Orissa
Bab Makina 20h30
Ben Harper (USA) The roots of popular American music, from gospel to blues, from reggae to folk
or
Al Green (USA) Gospel (to be confirmed)
Sunday 6 June
Batha Museum 16h30
Shakila Saidi & the Rajab Suleiman Trio (Tanzania) The art of taraab in Swahili tradition
Bab Makina 20h30
Africa Spirit: The Sufi Ensemble Mtendeni Maulid (Zanzibar) and Les Maîtres Tambours (Burundi) Sufi ritual and sacred rhythm
Monday 7 June
Batha Museum 16h30
Ahmed Essyad and the Accroche Note Ensemble (Morocco) Forbidden Voices: mystical poems of Hussain Mansour Al-Hallaj
A Night in the Medina 20h30
Various locations including the Bouanania Medersa, Riad Sheherazade, Dar Jnan Sbil, Dar Adiyel Conservatoire and Dar Ba Mohamed Chergui:
The Constantinople Ensemble and Barbara Furtuna (Iran & France) Canti di a Terra
Parvathy Baul (India) The poetry of God's fools
Poets and musicians from Kabul (Afghanistan) (in partnership with the Aga Khan Initiative)
Epi (Mongolia) Songs of the Steppe Nomads
Gülay Haçer Toruk (Turkey) Songs of Anatolia
Raïs Qenawi Bakhit Qenawi and the Mizmar Ensemble (Egypt) Songs of Luxor
Tuesday 8 June
Batha Museum 16h30
SamulNori Hanullim Ensemble (South Korea) Percussion and Sacred Dance of Korea
Bab Makina 20h30
Shahram Nazeri (Iran) with Mohamed Bajeddoud (Morocco) and the Arabo-Andalusian Orchestra of Fez The poetry of Jalâl ud Dîn Rûmî
Wednesday 9 June
Batha Museum 16h30
Camille (France) Sacred songs
Bab Makina 20h30
Jordi Savall and the Hesperion XXI Ensemble (Spain) with guests from Morocco, Iraq, Greece, Israel, Galilee and Armenia Jerusalem, City of Heavenly Peace and Earthly Peace
Thursday 10 June
Batha Museum 08h00
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (India) Morning ragas on a bansuri flute
Batha Museum 16h30
Bagdad-Jerusalem Ensemble (Israel & Iraq) Music of the Jewish tradition of Baghdad
Bab Makina 20h30
Sizero Tabla Experience (India & United Kingdom) Rhythmic India
Friday 11 June
Batha Museum 16h30
Dhafer Youssef and his Ensemble (Tunisia) Sufi Songs revisited
Bab Makina 20h30
Sabah Fakri and the Aleppo Singers (Syria)
Saturday 12 June
Batha Museum 16h30
David Murray and the Gwo Ka Masters invite Archie Shepp (USA & Caribbean)
Bab Makina 20h30
Gospel Voices:
1st part: Sista Kee (USA)
2nd part: The Blind Boys of Alabama (USA)
FEZ MEETINGS (formerly known as Fez Encounters Colloquium)
and
FESTIVAL IN THE CITY PROGRAMME
to be announced
Useful links:
For full details of these artists, see the Festival website.
For festival accommodation, see Fez Riads
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