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Baalbeck International Festival

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The Baalbeck International Festival (مهرجانات بعلبك الدولية) is a cultural event in Lebanon. [1]

38 relations: Acropolis, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Alwin Nikolais, Ancient Rome, Baalbek, Béjart Ballet, Beqaa Valley, Caracalla Dance Theatre, Chamoun, Comédie-Française, Deep Purple, Ella Fitzgerald, English Chamber Orchestra, Fairuz, Joan Baez, Johnny Hallyday, Lebanese Civil War, Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra, Lebanon, Lord of the Dance (musical), Mashrou' Leila, Maurice Béjart, Miles Davis, New York Philharmonic, Nina Simone, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Plácido Domingo, Rahbani brothers, Rambert Dance Company, Sabah (singer), Sting (musician), Stuttgart Ballet, The Australian Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Umm Kulthum, Warda Al-Jazairia.

Acropolis

An acropolis (Ancient Greek: ἀκρόπολις, tr. Akrópolis; from ákros (άκρος) or ákron (άκρον) "highest, topmost, outermost" and pólis "city"; plural in English: acropoles, acropoleis or acropolises) is a settlement, especially a citadel, built upon an area of elevated ground—frequently a hill with precipitous sides, chosen for purposes of defense.

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) is a modern dance company based in New York, New York.

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Alwin Nikolais

Alwin Nikolais (November 25, 1910 in Southington, Connecticut – May 8, 1993) was an American choreographer.

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Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Baalbek

Baalbek, properly Baʿalbek (بعلبك) and also known as Balbec, Baalbec or Baalbeck, is a city in the Anti-Lebanon foothills east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, about northeast of Beirut and about north of Damascus.

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Béjart Ballet

The Béjart Ballet Lausanne is a Swiss ballet company.

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Beqaa Valley

The Beqaa Valley (وادي البقاع,, Lebanese; Բեքայի դաշտավայր), also transliterated as Bekaa, Biqâ and Becaa and known in Classical antiquity as Coele-Syria, is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon.

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Caracalla Dance Theatre

The Caracalla Dance Theatre is a dance company based in Beirut, Lebanon.

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Chamoun

Chamoun, Chamun or Shamoun, is an Aramaic given name and family name and a variant of Symeon and Shimun.

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Comédie-Française

The Comédie-Française or Théâtre-Français is one of the few state theatres in France and is considered the oldest still-active theatre in the world.

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Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968.

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella.

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English Chamber Orchestra

The English Chamber Orchestra (ECO) is a British chamber orchestra based in London.

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Fairuz

Nouhad Wadie' Haddad (نهاد وديع حداد) (born November 21, 1935), known as Fairuz (فيروز), also spelled Fairouz, Feyrouz or Fayrouz, is a Lebanese singer who is one of the most admired and influential singers in the Arab world.

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Joan Baez

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist whose contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest or social justice.

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Johnny Hallyday

Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited for having brought rock and roll to France.

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Lebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Civil War (الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية – Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon, lasting from 1975 to 1990 and resulting in an estimated 120,000 fatalities.

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Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra

L’Orchestre symphonique national du Liban or The Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra was founded in late 1999 in Beirut under the guidance of Dr.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (لبنان; Lebanese pronunciation:; Liban), officially known as the Lebanese RepublicRepublic of Lebanon is the most common phrase used by Lebanese government agencies.

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Lord of the Dance (musical)

Lord of the Dance is an Irish musical and dance production that was created, choreographed, and produced by Irish-American dancer Michael Flatley, who also took a starring role.

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Mashrou' Leila

Mashrou’ Leila (مشروع ليلى Lebanese pronunciation:; sometimes transliterated as Mashrou3 Leila or Leila's Project) is a Lebanese five-member indie rock band.

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Maurice Béjart

Maurice Béjart (1 January 1927 – 22 November 2007) was a French-born dancer, choreographer and opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland.

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Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.

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New York Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic, officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., globally known as New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States.

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Nina Simone

Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and activist in the Civil Rights Movement.

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Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) is an Italian symphony orchestra based in Rome.

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Paul Taylor Dance Company

Paul Taylor Dance Company, is a contemporary dance company, formed by famed dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor.

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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is an American orchestra based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Plácido Domingo

José Plácido Domingo Embil, (born 21 January 1941), known as Plácido Domingo, is a Spanish tenor, conductor and arts administrator.

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Rahbani brothers

The Rahbani Brothers (Arabic: الأخوان رحباني), Assi Rahbani (Arabic: عاصي الرحباني; May 4, 1923 – June 21, 1986), and Mansour Rahbani (Arabic: منصور الرحباني; born 1925 – January 13, 2009) were Lebanese composers, musicians, songwriters, authors, playwrights/dramatists.

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Rambert Dance Company

Rambert Dance Company is a leading British dance company.

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Sabah (singer)

Sabah (صباح Ṣabāḥ Lebanese pronunciation:; born Jeanette Georges Feghali; 10 November 1927 – 26 November 2014) was a Lebanese singer and actress.

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Sting (musician)

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English singer, songwriter, and actor.

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Stuttgart Ballet

Stuttgart Ballet is a leading German ballet company.

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The Australian Ballet

The Australian Ballet is the largest classical ballet company in Australia.

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The Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England.

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Umm Kulthum

Umm Kulthum (أم كلثوم;; born (فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي; see kunya) on an uncertain date (December 31, 1898, or May 4, 1904), died February 3, 1975) was an internationally renowned Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s.

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Warda Al-Jazairia

Warda Al-Jazairia (وردة الجزائرية 22 July 1939 – 17 May 2012) was an Algerian singer who was well known for her Egyptian Arabic songs and music.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baalbeck_International_Festival

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