The music festival will feature a concert every evening from 30 November to 23 December in the Lebanese capital. The events will be held in churches, the old souk, Assemby Hall at the American University of Beirut and Gulbenkian Hall at the Lebanese American University.
This is the sixteenth edition of the festival, which will be chaired by Micheline Abi Samra and is set against the backdrop of the current tragedy in occupied Palestine and Israel. The conflict has many consequences in Lebanon, starting with the country's armed involvement, particularly in southern Lebanon.
This festival is a place for encounters, music and love," said the president of Beirut Chants. It is also a space to express our pain and our fears, a space where we share what remains of hope despite all the pain, a space where, in all humility, we pray for the peace of those who remain, and for the eternal rest of those who have left", concluded Mrs Abi Samra." - Micheline Abi Samra for OLJ.
The festival will be celebrating the centenary of the soprano Maria Callas, and will be welcoming a number of foreign artists (Michel Kanka from the Czech Republic, Ilva Eigus from Switzerland, LE DIV4S from Italy, etc.).
The programme can be found at https://beirutchants.com/