Festival of Sufi Culture 2012

20 02 2012

Festival of Sufi Culture 2012

The 6th Edition of the Festival of Sufi Culture will take the stage this April in a shortened version than preciously presented. From Thursday the 12th to Saturday 14th a series of round tables, conferences and concerts will take place. The theme of this years festival is Hakim – “Sufi Sapiens”

The venues have yet to be published but the a provisional program is as follows..

Thursday 12th April

10 a.m.           Official opening of the Festival.

11 a.m.           Conference : the literature of Hakim in the Sufi tradition

4 p.m.            Conference : Hakim and poetry in the works of Mohammed Iqbal

8.30 p.m.        Concert by the Nidhamouddine Brotherhood from New Dehli India.

Friday 13th April

10a.m.            Conference : Hakim and the voice of spiritual chivalry (futuwwa)

4 p.m.             Conference : Hakim and Culture

8.30 p..           Concert : Samaâ of Tariqa Khalwatiyya from Turkey

Tariqa Khalwatiyya Brotherhood

Saturday 14th April

10 a.m.           Conference : Can one teach Knowledge?

4 p.m.             Round Table with  Eva de Vitray Meyerovitch lecturer of Iqbal : l’Islam in mouvement

8.30.pm.m      Closure concert : Arab/Andalusian and Samaa – with Sufi Brotherhoods from Morocco.

 

For more information see http://www.festivalculturesoufie.com


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Andalusian Music Festival of Fez the17th Edition

20 02 2012

Ensemble arabo-andalous led by Abdelkrim Raïs à Fès.

The Programme

Tuesday, February 21: 
4 pm to 6 pm: Opening of the music program in Fez’ Riads. An evening at Riad Yaqout in the Fez Medina. The event features the choir of the Fez Music Conservatory conducted by Idriss Barada.

Wednesday, February 22: 
4 pm to 6 pm: An evening in l’Mnebhi Palace in the Talaa Sghira with the al-Baath Choir with conductor Abdul Fattah Benmoussa.

Thursday, February 23:
7 pm at the City Hall of Fez: – The opening of an exhibition of books and studies on Andalusian music and the opening of the exhibition of traditional musical instruments.
7.30 pm:  The Al-Brihi Choir from Fez conducted by al-Hajj Anas al-Attar. and the Musical Conservatory Choir from Tetouan conducted al-Mehdi Chaachoue.

Friday,February 24:
7.30 pm at the City Hall of Fez.  Mohamed Larbi Tamesmani Choir fom Tetouan conducted by Mr. Mohamed.   Fez al- Ala Tarab Youth Choir of Fez conducted by Mohammed al-Otmani.

Saturday, February 25:
10 am at the Cultural Complex al-Hurriya, a seminar on the subject, “Composition and Copyright Movement in the Moroccan Musical Heritage; Reality and Issues: The Case of the Moroccan Andalusian Music” with the participation of professors and authors: Prof. Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Jalil, Prof. Youness Chami, Prof. al-Amine, al-Chaachoue, Prof. Abdul Fattah Benmousa. In addition, these authors will sign their latest books.

4 pm to 6 pm: An evening in Riad Scheherazade in Bab Lehdid Street. Andalusia Youth Choir from Rabat, conducted by Mr. Mohamed al- Ouefer.

7.30 pm at the City Hall of Fez. The Abdul Karim Rais Choir conducted by Mr. Mohamed Berioul. Rawafed Association Choir of Tangier conducted by Mr. Omar Moutioui.

 Sunday, February 26:
4 pm to 6 pm at the the City Hall of Fez. The closing ceremony of the festival will include: A selection by the Grand Hijaz division performed by the Vocal Group of al-Ala House from Casablanca, under the supervision of Prof. Hamid Sibai and Mr. Ahmed Merbouh. They will be accompanied by al-Brihi choir from Fez, chaired by al-Hajj Anas al-Attar.


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