Fez Festival of World Sacred Music, Morocco

Europe’s best summer festivals for 2014

Europe’s best summer festivals for 2014

Ok, ok, we know Morocco isn’t in Europe, but we don’t want you to miss out on this one since it really is one heck of a music fest. ‘Sacred’ is a loose description of the music on the bill at this nine-day event, as it’s definitely not just for the religious. Instead it’s a massive feel-good get-together, featuring shows from all sorts of traditions. French gypsy songs, Chicago blues and nightly Moroccan Sufi performances are all on the bill this year, as is a Youssou N’Dour tribute to Nelson Mandela. You can’t top the setting either – concerts are held at atmospheric sites throughout the city, such as the 14th century Bab Al Makina, medina riads and the Batha Museum’s gardens.
When: 13-21 June 2014

Getting there: Fez Airport is about 15km away from the cit centre – take a taxi or grab a shuttle bus into town.
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Fez Festival of World Sacred Music, Morocco

Program

Friday, June 13

Bab Al Makina – 09:00pm :

Opening concert: specially commissioned by the Spirit of Fes Foundation

Conference of the birds: Journey of Cultures

Concept and Artistic Direction: Faouzi Skali and Layla Benmoussa

Director: Thierry Poquet

Musical composition: Arash Sarkechik

Saturday, June 14

Batha Museum 09:00 am – noon

Fes Forum – Theme: Our era of transition and challenge: Culture and identity

Round Table:Mandela’s spiritual legacies: Lessons for our era

Sacred Music – Batha Museum 04:00 pm

Rokia Traoré – Mali

Beautiful Africa

Sacred Music – Bab al Makina 09:00 pm

Roberto Alagna – France

Mediterraneo

Sunday, June 15

Batha Museum 09:00 am – noon

Fes Forum – Theme: Our era of transition and challenge

Round Table: culture and identitySocial harmony in plural, multicultural societies: what have we learned?

Sacred Music – Batha Museum – 04:00 pm

Luzmila Carpio – Bolivia

Sacred Music – Bab Al Makina – 09:00 pm :

Youssou N’Dour & Johnny Clegg

Tribute to Nelson Mandela

Monday, June 16

Batha Museum 09:00 am – noon

Fes Forum – Theme: Our era of transition and challenge: culture and identity

Round Table: Morocco: managing and savoring diversity – an ideal, a model, a challenge

Sacred Music: Batha Museum – 04:00 pm

Bardic Divas – women poets of Central Asia

Night in the Medina I: Dar Adiyel – 08:00 pm & 10:00 pm

Breezes of the Atlas & the Jews’s harp of China – China/Morocco

Wang-Li and the Amazigh Poets

Night in the Medina I: Dar Mokri – 08:00 pm & 10:00 pm

The Choir of Saint Ephraim – Hungary

Directed by Tamás Bubnó

Night in the Medina I: Dar Batha – 08:00 pm & 10:00 pm

Majlis Trio – France

Night in the Medina I: Batha Museum – 09:00 pm

Altan Ensemble – Ireland

Tuesday, June 17

Batha Museum 09:00 am – noon

Fes Forum – Theme: Our era of transition and challenge: culture and identityRound Table: What would Mandela counsel today to achieve peace in the Middle East?

Sacred Music: Batha Museum – 04:00 pm

Jordi Savall

Orient – Occident

Night in the Medina II: Dar Adiyel – 08h00 pm

The canticle of the birds – a musical lecture by Leili Anvar – France & Iran

Night in the Medina II: Dar Adiyel – 10h00 pm

Marifat

Group Leader: Dr. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal , Qawali of Pakistan

Night in the Medina II: Dar Mokri – 08h00 pm and 10:00 pm

Khalil Abu Nicola – Palestine

Night in the Medina II: Batha Museum -09:00 pm

Tomatito Sextet – Spain

with the exceptional participation of Omar Bouzmaazought – Morocco

Wednesday, June 1

Batha Museum 09:00 am – noon

Fes Forum – Theme: Our era of transition and challenge: culture and identity

Round Table : New ethical and spiritual challenges for modern capitalism

Night in the Medina III: Dar Adiyel – 08:00 pm and 10:00 pm

The art of Melhoun music from Fez and Meknes – Morocco

Night in the Medina III: Dar Mokri – 08:00 pm and 10:00 pm

Mor Karbasi – Sacred Ladino Song

Night in the Medina III: Batha Museum: 09:00 pm

Zakir Hussain, tabla – India

Thursday, June 19

Sacred Music: Batha Museum – 04:00 pm

Sacred songs of the Gypsies of Provence – France

Sacred Music: Bab Al Makina – 09:00 pm

Judéo-arabe Night with Francoise Atlan & Lior El Maleh

Friday, June 20

Sacred Music: Batha Museum – 04:00 pm

Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar – India

Sacred Music: Bab al Makina : 09:00 pm

Kadim Al Sahir – Iraq

Saturday, June 21

Sacred Music: Batha Museum – 04:00 pm

Raza Khan & Coumbane Mint Ely Warakane – India/Mauritania

Poetry of the Sands and Words of the Nomads

Sacred Music: Bab Al Makina – 09:00 pm

Buddy Guy Legend & Hot8 brass band From Chicago blues to New Orleans jazz – USA

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