The Baalbeck International Festival (Arabic: مهرجانات بعلبك الدولية, French: Festival International de Baalbeck) is a cultural event in Lebanon.[1] Since 1955, people from around the world have gone to the city of Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon to attend the annual festival. Classical music, dance, theater, opera, and jazz as well as modern world music are performed each July and August in the ancient Roman Acropolis.[2]
The presidents of the festival have been as follows:
Aimée Kettaneh from 1956 to 1968,
Salwa es-Said from 1969 to 1972,
May Arida from 1973 to 2010 and
Nayla de Freige from 2011 to present.
^LBTAdmin (2018-07-05). "Get Ready for the Baalbeck International Festival". Lebanon Traveler. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
^http://www.baalbeck.org.lb/venu.asp?lng=en Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, BIF Venues.
and 26 Related for: Baalbeck International Festival information
summer of 1957, Fairuz held her first live performance at the BaalbeckInternationalFestival where she was awarded with the honor of "Cavalier", the highest...
summer 2018, Mouzanar and his orchestra opened the prestigious BaalbeckInternationalFestival with the score of Capernaum in the temple of Bacchus. In 2019...
directed the 2004 "The Journey of Four Songs", a musical for the BaalbeckInternationalFestival. Elefteriades is founder and co-owner of "Elef.Records", a...
The Edinburgh InternationalFestival is an annual arts festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, spread over the final three weeks in August. Notable figures from...
The White Nights Festival is an annual summer festival in Saint Petersburg celebrating its midnight twilight phenomena due to its location near the Arctic...
German Archaeological Institute GCatholic – Latin titular see BaalbeckInternationalFestival Baalbek Railway Station (2006) at Al Mashriq Hussey, J.M.,...
appeared with Fairuz in a play for the Rahbani Brothers at the BaalbeckInternationalFestival. In 2007, Nehme interpreted the leading female role in Andalusia...
first time at the BaalbeckInternationalFestival; it was the first time that local Lebanese artists had appeared in the festival. Fairuz and the Rahbani...
markets. In 1957, the trio performed for the first time at the BaalbeckInternationalFestival. After the Lebanese Civil War erupted, the Rahbanis continued...
Alama Husein El Deek and Ali El Deek Wael Kfoury Music of Lebanon BaalbeckInternationalFestival Byblos InternationalFestival Beiteddine Festival v t e...
Camille Chamoun initiated the founding of the BaalbeckInternationalFestival to foster international appreciation of Lebanese arts, and Arida was tasked...
Gamal became the first raqs sharqi dancer to perform at the BaalbeckInternationalFestival. She also appeared at the Cairo Opera House and danced for...
Lucerne Festival is one of the leading internationalfestivals in the world of classical music and presents a series of classical music festivals based...
Festival Public holidays in Kyrgyzstan List of festivals in Laos BaalbeckInternationalFestival (music) Beirut Nights (music) Beirut Rock Festival (music)...
cultural history. . In 1972, the festival was expanded with federal support to include more events to add a more international flavor. Since then, FIC has...
important musical events including the BaalbeckInternationalFestival, the Jerash Festival, the Carthage Festival, and a number of concerts around Europe...
School, Research in Practice and the Dartington Music Summer School & Festival. In addition to its own live arts and learning programmes, the Trust uses...
the Byblos InternationalFestival in 2002, and the Beirut Spring Festival in May 2013, and was chosen by The BaalbeckInternationalFestival to perform...
Lebanese Composer – Knight, 2001. May Arida, President of BaalbeckInternationalFestival – Commander, 2000. James Sreenan – Chief of Staff of the Irish...
The Sarajevo Winter Festival (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Sarajevska zima / Сарајевска зима) is a cultural festival held annually since the winter of...
participated in the programs of the Al Bustan Winter Festival in Beit Mery and the BaalbeckInternationalFestival. They were also featured on an unreleased track...
The Rheingau Musik Festival (RMF) is an international summer music festival in Germany, founded in 1987. It is mostly for classical music, but includes...
Global Information