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In the Middle East organ music is perceived as a specific contribution of Christians to world culture, as organs are present almost exclusively in churches. The Lebanese Pipe Organ Week is a great cultural occasion that allows everyone (of any religious affiliation) to listen for free to a musical repertoire, to which people would not otherwise have access, since pipe organs are mainly used in churches for religious celebrations. The Sol Festival is the only event in Lebanon dedicated to organ music and is the only festival in Lebanon that aims to extend throughout the country, while the other festivals are geolocalized in specific places.
ADMISSION FREE TO ALL CONCERTS
Thursday, March 27, 8:00 pm
BEIRUT | National Evangelical Church
Wolfgang Reisinger (Austria), pipe organ
In collaboration with the Embassy of Austria
Monday, 31 March, 8:00 pm
ZOUK MOSBEH | Church of Notre Dame de Louaizeh – OMM
Roberto Prosseda (Italy), piano & Eugenio Maria Fagiani (Italy), pipe organ
Concert organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut in collaboration with the SOL Festival and with the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Lebanon
Tuesday, April 1, 7:00 pm
TRIPOLI (El Mina) | Latin Church of St. Francis – Custody of the Holy Land
Louisa El Khoury (Lebanon), soprano voice & Matteo El Khoder (Lebanon), countertenor voice
Wednesday, April 2, 6:00 pm
HARISSA | Church of St. Anthony of Padua – Custody of the Holy Land
Louisa El Khoury (Lebanon), soprano voice & Matteo El Khoder (Lebanon), countertenor
Thursday, April 3, 8:00 pm
AJALTOUN | Church of Mar Zakhia
Elie Njeim (Lebanon), trumpet & Eugenio Maria Fagiani (Italy), pipe organ
In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut and Ajaltoun Centre Culturel
Friday, April 4, 8:00 pm
BEIRUT Gemmaizeh | Collège des Frères, Sacré-Coeur
Nuit française pour les 70 ans de Naji Hakim
Naji Hakim (Lebanon/France), pipe organ
In collaboration with Institut Français Liban and the patronage of the French Embassy
Sunday, April 6, 8:00 pm
BEIRUT | National Evangelical Church
Francisco Javier López García (Spain), pipe organ
In collaboration with the Embassy of Spain
SEMAINE DE L’ORGUE AU LIBAN
Notre Dame University
School of Music
P.O.B. 72 Zouk Mikael
Zouk Mosbeh – Kesserwan
Lebanon
Tel: +961 09 208 286
Mob: +961 3 314 130
e-mail: sol@solfestival.org