20 October 2018
Bahrain 27th International Music Festival Honors the Memory of Creative music of the late Artist Mohammad Ali Abdullah
The 27th Bahrain International Music Festival will remember and honour the Deceased Loved Ones who have contributed hugely to the local and GCC music history through a very special evening of music at the Cultural on 21 October 2018 at 8:00pm. Indeed, the Bahrain Music Band, led by Maestro Khalifa Ziman, will pay tribute to one of the foremost ambassadors of Bahraini songs, the late great artist Mohammed Ali Abdullah. Free admission.
Worthy to mention that the 27th Bahrain International Music Festival kicked off on 18 October 2018 with Iraqi artist Hussain al-Adhamy concert at Bahrain National Theatre. On 19 October 2018, the Palestinian music group, Nawa, and in cooperation the Palestinian Embassy in Bahrain, Nawa: Palestinian Institute for Cultural Development performed a musical concert attended by crowded audience hall.
Bahrain music festival calendar includes also an array of music and culture events to be organized in many locations, such as the Cultural Hall, Bahrain National Museum, Art Center, Tree of Life, Dar Al-Riffa and Dar Muharraq.
On 23 October, the Cultural Hall will host an unforgettable showcase of contemporary transcultural music by the exceedingly talented Belgian artist Natacha Atlas and her band of distinguished musicians, while Moroccan artist Nabyla Maan will take the audience on a musical journey that explores how traditional Arab Andalusian music meets jazz improvisation on 25 October 2018. The Cultural will end its festvive music concerts on 26 October with distinguished Syrian singer Waed Bouhassoun.
Bahrain National Museum, in collaboration with the Office of Her Royal Highness Wife of the HM King of Bahrain, will host, On 24 October, a marvellous evening of music on the occasion of album launch of “Traditional Bahraini Women’s Songs – Orchestral Works”, a cultural project in which renowned Bahraini composer Dr. Mubarak Najem used the heritage of Bahraini women’s folk songs to create unique orchestral works inspired by this glorious heritage. Bahrain 27th International Music Festival programme will end in the city of Muharraq where Dar Al Muharraq will host on 27 October 2018 at 7:00pm, “The Art of Women’s Songs”, the immensely rich heritage of local women’s song is showcased in this lecture by Bahraini academic and researcher Jassim bin Harban along with a live show.
As part of 2018 Bahrain 27th International Music Festival’s programme,” Syncopation” exhibition will be open for the public until 31 October.
Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities would like to thank the Daily Tribune newspaper, ‘Marhaba fil Bahrain’, “ Fact” and ‘ OHLALA’ magazines for their media support and the festival concerts’ coverage.
For more information, please visit the official website of Bahrain’s Authority for Culture & Antiquities at www.culture.gov.bh
