The Beiteddine Festival () is an annual summer festival that takes place in Beiteddine Palace in Beiteddine, Lebanon. It was launched amidst war and destruction in the middle of the 80's. It came as an act of faith in Lebanon's cultural specificity and its power of creativity and artistic freedom. It was a call for normality in the middle of the chaos and madness of the civil war.
The Palace The festival takes place in the 200-year-old Beiteddine Palace in the Chouf Mountains, in Lebanon.
Festival highlights
Roberto Alagna Kadim Al Sahir Charles Aznavour George Benson Caracalla Dance Theatre Mariah Carey José Carreras Phil Collins Plácido Domingo Montserrat Caballé Juan Diego Flores Anna Netrebko Majida El Roumi Fairuz Garou Gilberto Gil Sylvie Guillem Elton John Patricia Kaas Marcel Khalifé Diana Krall Ricky Martin Katie Melua Joss Stone Il Divo Notre-Dame de Paris UB40
See also Culture of Lebanon
References
Further reading https://www.meer.com/en/16766-a-resounding-beat-by-the-mediterranean https://www.arabnews.com/node/1348846/art-culture https://www.aub.edu.lb/osb/news/Pages/BeiteddineFestivalCulturalCohesion.aspx https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012%2F07%2F03%2F224280 https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music-stage/2023/07/09/beiteddine-festival-2023-what-to-see-at-the-popular-lebanese-cultural-event/
External links Beiteddine Festival Official Site