Tuesday

choir
chamber music
orchestra
opera & Lyric
piano
World music
Tuesday
February 18
8:30 p.m.
A colourful opening
to the 21st Festival
In the Kingdom of Nature
Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi bandoneon
Pan-European Philharmonia
festival orchestra
Gianluca Marcianò conductor
Dvorak's overture evokes the
creation of Nature by the Almighty.
Nino Rota composed the music of
the Godfather film and the Nino
Rota Suite includes four pieces
written for Fellini movies.
Molinelli has dedicated his composition
“Heart of Spring, Stormy weather”
to Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, the
king of the bandoneon.
Gianluca Marcianò, the festival’s music
director, will conduct the Pan-European
Philharmonia Festival Orchestra.
Dvorak, In the Nature’s Realm op.91; Nino Rota,
Suite; R. Molinelli, Heart of Spring; Stormy Winter;
Dvorak, Symphony n0.9 “From the New World”
Thursday
February 20
8:30 p.m.
In the Kingdom of Nature
Same program as Tuesday 18
Pan-European Philharmonia festival orchestra
The Pan-European Philharmonia was
established in 2008 by Peter Tiboris.
The orchestra’s mission is to assemble
some of the best Conservatory and
professional musicians from Europe to
perform at various festivals and events.
It includes artists from Poland, Lithuania,
Norway, Sweden, Germany and Spain.
The orchestra’s partners include, among
others, the Fryderyk Chopin Institute
(Warsaw, Poland), Festival of the Aegan
(Syros, Greece), and Klassik Air Berlin
Festival (Berlin, Germany), and the Al
Bustan Festival.
The orchestra has performed under the
baton of several major conductors and
has a large repertoire.
2nd appearance at the Al Bustan Festival
Saturday
February 22
8:30 p.m.
Winter Dreams
Alexandra Soumm
Violin
Pan-European Philharmonia
Festival orchestra
Gianluca Marcianò
conductor
Mendelssohn takes us to the west
coast of Scotland by depicting the
echoes of the extraordinary Fingal’s
Cave in the Hebrides archipelago. This
famous cave is mentionned by Jules
Verne in his book « Le Rayon Vert ».
Beethoven’s violin concerto will be
played by Russian born violinist
Alexandra Soumm, from France.
The orchestra will play Tchaikovsky’s
first symphony, also called “Winter
Day Dreams”.
Alexandra Soumm plays a 1785 Guadanini violin.
GIANLUCA MARCIANÒ
Gianluca Marcianò is one of the most
exciting young conductors to emerge
from Italy in recent years. The 37-yearold conductor holds the title of Musical
Director and Principal Conductor of the
Tbilisi State Opera and Ballet and is also
the Music Director of the Al Bustan
Festival. He made his debut in the English
National Opera (ENO) in 2013, conducting a
revival of Anthony Minghella’s awardwinning production of Madama Butterfly.
Future projects will see Marciano return
to Grange Park in the UK as well as
performances in Moscow at the Vivacello
Festival and at London’s Wigmore Hall.
4th appearance at the Al Bustan Festival
Tuesday
February 25
SALLE MONTAIGNE 6:00 p.m.
Musique et
Impressionnisme
The Festival Lecture
Alain Duault
“Impressionism in music” is the
subject of the lecture given by Alain
Duault, a music lover and connoiseur.
The lecture will be in French.
De Liszt à Borodine ou de Delibes
à Debussy bien sûr et encore de
Wagner à Philip Glass, la musique
impressionne les sens, tente de
restituer des impressions ou d’en
produire. Comment la Nature y
trouve-t-elle ses racines?
Wednesday
February 26
8:30 p.m.
The Last Four Songs
Johanni Van Ostrum
soprano
Pan-European Philharmonia
festival orchestra
Gianluca Marcianò
conductor
We celebrate the 150 years of Richard
Strauss with his « Last four songs ».
The fourth Symphony by Tchaykovsky
can be considered as one of the most
uplifting pieces of music ever written.
Weber, Der Freischütz Overture;
R. Strauss, The Last Four Songs;
Tchaikovsy, Symphony n0.4
Friday
February 28
8:30 p.m.
Stormy Weather
Sergej Krylov
violin
Pan-European Philharmonia
festival orchestra
Gianluca Marcianò
conductor
World famous violinist Sergej Krylov
will play Tchaikovsky's violin concerto
featured in french film 'Le Concert'.
The second part of the concert will be
a collection of storms by Tchaikovsky
and Rossini.
Tchaikovsky, violin concerto in D major, Op. 35;
Rossini, Willam Tell Overture;
Rossini, Barbiere di Siviglia: The Storm;
La Cenerentola: The Storm; Tchaikovsky,
The Storm
Saturday
March 1
8:30 p.m.
Whispers in the Forest
Paolo Restani
piano
An impressionist piano recital
painted with the colours of Liszt,
Ravel, and Debussy.
Liszt, Ravel, Debussy.
Saturday
March 1
10:00 p.m. CRYSTAL GARDEN
Late night Oriental Jazz
Nabil Khemir
Rayjan
Nabil Dous
Drums
Hatem Gafsia
bass
Rafik Gharbi
piano
Celebrate the marriage of a guitar and
a mandolin; the result is a “Rayjan”.
A thrilling new musical flavour brought
to us by Tunisian artist Nabil Khemir and
his band.
“
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An extraordinary musical spectacle.
(The Times)
Sunday
March 2
8:30 p.m.
Rhythm and Sound
Karbido
The Table:
Paweł, Igor, maot, Michał
“(THE
A virtuosic and deeply moving hour.”
AUSTRALIAN)
The four musicians perform on one unique
and unusual instrument: a table especially
designed with inbuilt wind instruments and
other acoustic components. Karbido's crew,
far from being precise when defining their
music, passionately shuffle their own puzzles.
They are energetic optimists who like driving
at full speed on an uneven ground.
You have never seen or heard something like
“The Table” before.
A mesmerizing and witty performance.
“performers
A big hit on the Edinburg Festival Fringe. "some
hit harder than others" - polish jazz-
rock band Karbido are putting their percussive
skills to less destructive ends - on a table.”
(THE GUARDIAN)
Tuesday
March 4
8:30 p.m.
The Nightingale
Helikon Opera
Stravinsky’s famous and most loved opera.
A nightingale sings for the Chinese Emperor who
admires its song. Later three Japanese emissaries offer
the emperor a mechanical nightingale, which pleases the
Emperor. The real Nightingale flies away and the angry
Emperor banishes the bird from his realm.
The Court musicians call back the real Nightingale who
sings to the dying Emperor and revives him.
Thursday
March 6
8:30 p.m.
La Finta Giardiniera,
“The fake
lady gardener”
Helikon Opera
Mozart was only a teen-ager when he wrote this opera.
Countess Violante is believed dead after she was
wounded in a lover’s quarrel with Belfiore. She is still in
love with him and persues him to Lagonero where she
pretends to be the gardener, Sandrina, in the Mayor’s
garden. Her servant, Nardo is with her.
This is a lighthearted paper-back romance, full of
misunderstandings and fake identities, where everyone
is playing with love.
Sung in Italian with English and French Surtitles
Logo Philippe Jabre
Friday
ST. GEORGE GREEK
ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL,
BEIRUT
March 7
8:30 p.m.
Singing from Heaven
The Helikon
Opera choir
Tchaikovsky Vespers.
A soul awakening performance
Sunday
March 9
8:30 p.m.
All Beethoven
Patricia
Kopatchinskaja
violin
Fazil Say
piano
Possibly the greatest violinist today,
Patricia will play with the celebrated
pianist, Fazil Say.
An all Beethoven program ...
Beethoven,Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 in
F major, Op.24 "Spring" ; Sonata for Violin and
Piano No. 8 in G major op. 30/3; Sonata for
Violin and Piano No. 9 in A major, Op. 47
She plays a Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, 1834
with the participation of
Tuesday
March 11
8:30 p.m.
All Chopin
Jan Lisiecki
piano
“count
A pianist who makes every note
” (N.Y.Times)
“of Perhaps
the most complete pianist
his age” (BBC Magazine)
Gramophone award in 2013
Chopin, Grand Valse Brilliante Op. 18; 24 Préludes
Op.28; 3 Nocturnes Op. 9; 3 Valses Op. 64;
Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brilliante
Op. 22
Wednesday
Chirping of the nightingale
Lautten Compagney Berlin
Baroque Ensemble
This group is a Berlin based baroque
ensemble of the highest quality.
March 12
8:30 p.m.
Thursday
March 13
8:30 p.m.
Our home grown choir
Al Bustan Festival Choir Concert
Edouard Torikian
Choirmaster
Friday
March 14
8:30 p.m.
Music by Candle Light
MAR SASSINE CHURCH,
BEYT MERI
Leipzig Quartet
The Leipzig quartet has won numerous prizes and awards including the
“Diapason d’Or”. The quartet's repertoire includes over 300 works by 100 composers.
Haydn, Sunrise Mozart, The Hunt
Haydn, The Lark Afanasiev, Volga
Saturday March 15
& Sunday March 16
8:30 p.m.
Dreams and Romance
The State Ballet
of Georgia
Featuring the acclaimed ballerina Nina
Ananiashvili in the role of Marguerite in
the Fredryk Ashtron ballet “Margueritte
and Armand” (La Dame aux Camélias)
composed for Nuryev and Margot
Fonteyn. The performance will also
include “Chopiniana” choreographed
by Mikhail Fokine, as well as “The
Dying Swan” by Saint Saëns.
Tuesday
March 18
8:30 p.m.
Logo Banque
Libano Francaise
The Four Seasons
Red Priest
Baroque Ensemble
Four musicians with period instruments
strolling in Venice with Antonio Vivaldi,
the Red Priest.
Vivaldi, Concerto in G major ‘The Sea Storm’;
Cima, Sonata in A minor; Purcell, Two in One upon a
Ground; Cazatti, Zefiro’s Ground; Ortiz,Two
Ricercadas; Tartini, Listen to the Sea;
Van Eyck, The English Nightingale; Telemann, Sonata
in A minor; Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
Wednesday
March 19
8:30 p.m.
ST JOSEPH JESUIT CHURCH
Beethoven’s Ninth
Yasko Fujii soprano
Clare Presland mezzo soprano
Irakli Murjikneli tenor
Sašä Čano bass
Choirs of the Lebanese Conservatoire,
the Antonine University and the Notre dame university
Fthr Khalil rahme, Toufic Maatouk O.A.M. Choir Master
The State Youth orchestra of
Armenia, SYOA
Gianluca Marcianò Conductor
Armenian Embassy
Beethoven’s
Ninth
Sergey Smbatyan
Conductor
Born into a family of musicians, Sergey
began his career as a violinist at the age
of 13 and received a number of awards at
international violin competitions in Japan,
Romania and Italy.
In 2005, at only 18 years of age, Mr.
Smbatyan founded the State Youth
Orchestra of Armenia, and became its
Artistic and Music Director. In 2008 the
President of the Republic of Armenia
granted the Orchestra the prestigious
status of “State Orchestra” for its
outstanding pro fe ssio na lism and
understanding of contemporary music.
Under Mr. Smbatyan’s leadership, SYOA
has appeared at leading international
festivals and accompanied artists like
Vladimir Spivakov, Vadim Repin, Krysztof
Penderecki, Maxim Vengerov, Boris
Berezovsky among others.
In 2011, he was selected to take part in
the London Symphony Orchestra’s public
master classes .He worked with the LSO
under the direction of Valery Gergiev and
Sir Colin Davis. In addition, he has taken
conducting lessons with Riccardo Muti.
Friday
March 21
8:30 p.m.
Cello Fantasy
Antonio Meneses
cello
The State Youth orchestra
of Armenia, SYOA
Sergey Smbatyan
conductor
The smoothest of cellists Antonio
Meneses, plays with the SYOA
orchestra conducted by Sergey
Smbatyan
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite
Dvorák: The Wild Dove (Orchestral poem, Op. 110)
Antonio Meneses plays an
Alessandro Gagliano cello, 1730
Saturday
March 22
8:30 p.m.
Khaled Mouzanar
film scores
Khaled Mouzanar
Composer
Claude Chalhoub
conductor/violinist
You already know his music from the award winning movie soundtracks
“Caramel” , “Where do we go now” and “Beirut After Shave”; now you will
experience his first live performance, complete with 30 musicians.
You will listen to Khaled Mouzanar and his ensemble orchestra, under the
direction of violin soloist Claude Chalhoub, while viewing some of the most
memorable scenes from these films.
THE STATE YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF ARMENIA
The SYOA was founded in 2005 by
conductor Sergey Smbatyan, its artistic
director and principal conductor. Mr
Smbatyan gathered young energetic
musicians and paved the Orchestra’s
way to great stages and awards.
SYOA has managed to get high
appraisal from audiences in the most
prestigious concert halls in Germany,
France, Belgium, The Netherlands,
and other countries. In the Opera
Garnier, (Paris) BKonzerthaus (Berlin)
Dr Anton Philipszaal,(The Hague) Palais
des Beaux Arts, (Brussels), p.Tchaikovdky
Philharmonic Concert Hall and Conservatory
Great Concert Hall ( Moscow ) etc.
The SYOA has close relations with the
Masters of the world stage Valery Gergiev
Krzysztof Penderecki, Vladimir Spivakov,
Grigori Zhislin, Maxim Vengerof, Denis
Matsuev, Vadim Repin, Vahagn Papyan,
Boris Berezovsky and many others.
Sunday
March 23
8:30 p.m.
The heat of summer
Ruxandra Donose
mezzo soprano
The State Youth orchestra
of Armenia, SYOA
Gianluca Marcianò
conductor
Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été
Beethoven 6th: Symphonie Pastorale
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