Al Bustan Festival – Symphony No. 5 – Piano Concerto “The Emperor”
The 27th edition of the Festival takes off with Beethoven’s best known Fifth Symphony. Who doesn’t know its ominous first four notes Da Da Da Dum? Also called the Fate Symphony, it was composed when Beethoven was in his mid-thirties and troubled by increasing deafness.The Piano Concerto No. 5 is Beethoven’s most accomplished concerto and […]
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Al Bustan International Festival 2020 – “Ludwig”
The Italian Cultural Institute in Lebanon and the Embassy of Italy support the 27th edition of the Al Bustan International Festival, this year dedicated to Ludwig Von Beethoven and which will see the participation of numerous Italian artists, including musicians and opera singers, and of the Sicilian Opera Choir.For more information on the program: https://albustanfestival.com/program-2020/
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SOL 2020 – A concert by outstanding students of the organ class at NDU
A concert by the outstanding students of the NDU’s School of Music, which has been organizing since 2015 a pipe organ class (the only one in Leb¬anon) with the support of the Italian Institute of Culture and the Custody of the Holy Land, under the guidance of the Italian organist and professor Cosimo Prontera. The […]
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SCREENING OF THE MOVIE “LEONARDO, THE MAN WHO SAVED SCIENCE”
The screening is part of the BAFF-Beirut Art Film Festival program, dedicated this year to Leonardo da Vinci, on the fifth centenary of his birth. Leonardo Da Vinci was an extraordinary artist and inventor. But researchers have discovered, in ancient manuscripts, drawings and treatises that prefigure many of his inventions and trace back to classical […]
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SOL 2020 – Chants and Pipe Organ Concert of the Maestri Caporali and Jeanbart
A concert by Maestro Fausto Caporali in the church of St. Anthony of Padua in Harissa, both with solo pieces, and accompanying the Lebanese baritone Fady Jeanbart.
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SOL 2020 – Pipe Organ Concert by Maestro Fausto Caporali
The opening concert of the Festival takes place at the Notre Dame de Louaize monastery (Zouk Mosbeh) featuring the Italian organist Fausto Caporali, profes¬sor of organ of Turin conservatory and titular organist of Cremona cathedral. This concert will be a special commemoration of the Pilgrimage of Peace of St. Francis of Assisi to the Middle […]
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SOL 2020 – LEBANESE PIPE ORGAN WEEK
The Italian Cultural Institute in Lebanon participates to the 5th edition of the pire organ festival, with two concerts given by the Maestro Fausto Caporali and one concert given by the best students of Maestro Cosimo Prontera in NDU’s Music School. The Pipe Organ Week is organized by NDU’s Schoo of Music and by the International Pipe […]
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CONCERT OF THE DUO GATTO-LIBEER
The concert of the Trio is organized in collaboration with the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute. LORENZO GATTO, Violin 2nd prize of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2009 JULIEN LIBEER, Piano Juventus award 2008 FREE ENTRANCE
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CONCERT OF THE SOPRANO JESSICA PRATT
The concert, organized in collaborazione with the Italian Embassy, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music, is conducted by the Italian-Lebanese maestro Fr. Toufic Maatouk, oam. JESSICA PRATT, Soprano Best soprano of the year (2016) Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra FREE ENTRANCE
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EXHIBITION “PUNTI DI VISTART”
“Punti di VistArt” is a project aiming to providing the viewer with an overview of some Italian cities from a new and unusual perspective. The outcome is a series of insights of the daily life, of the hidden corners and of the dynamic art that catches the eye of visitors walking around the Italian streets. […]
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