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Artists from around the world flock to Morocco's spiritual capital during the annual Fez Sacred Music Festival. The event features performances in a variety of styles, ranging from local Sufi chants to haunting gypsy songs from Spain - a romantic setting for a fine selection of devotional music.

The spread of the gypsy-inspired style is such that musicians from France to Rajasthan can find common ground - and they certainly do over the course of this event, with double bills and collaborative performances forming the majority of the program.

To satisfy even the most demanding customer, organizers add annual spectaculars to each year's program. This has included Whirling Dervishes from Iran. There are also concerts on the Bab Boujloud Square, children's educational activities and the famous Sufi nights at Dar Tazi......and much more.

The 15th annual - Programme
Fes Festival of World Sacred Music
May 29 - June 06, 2009

Friday, May 29
Bab Makina 20: 30
Marcel Khalifé with the Orchestra «Al Mayadin»: «a tribute to Mahmoud Darwiche» with Oumeima Al Khalil and Yolla Keryakos ( Lebanon – Morocco – Greece ).

Saturday, May 30
Batha Museum 16: 30
Shantala Shivalingapa : Kuchipudi Dance ( India ).
Bab Makina 20: 30
Marwa Wright - Gospel ( USA ).

Sunday, May 31
Batha Museum 16: 30
Mohammad Motamed - Chant - The Art of Radif ( Iran ).
Bab Makina 20: 30
Transes Derviches - from Eternity to Modernity.
Part 1
The Whirling Dervishes of Konya ( Turkey ).
Part 2
Ziya Azazi : «Icons»: Derviche Contemporary Dance (Turkey).

Monday, June 1
Batha Museum 16: 30
Yuval Ron with Najwa Gibran - Songs and music of Jewish tradition - ( USA ).
Bab Makina 20: 30
«Cordes & Ames»: by Didier Lockwood - ( France )
with Didier Lockwood and his String Sextet and Ihsan R’Miki and Zaman al-Wasl group, ( Morocco )
(Arrangements : R. Regragui - Morocco) .

Tuesday, 2 June
Batha Museum 16: 30
«Deba of The women of Mayotte» – songs, dances, and Sufi rituals (Mayotte).
Bab Makina: 20: 30
Souad Massi - « musk rose - honey suckle » ( France - Algeria ).

Wednesday, June 3
Batha Museum 16: 30
I Muvrini: Popular and Sacred Songs from Corsica ( France ).
Bab Makina 20: 30
Melos: Songs of the Mediterranean - (Creation) - Keyvan Chemirani: Musical direction with Samira Kadiri / Esperanza Fernandez / Giorgis Xyloyris ( Iran - Morocco - Spain - Greece ).

Thursday, June 4
Batha Museum 16: 30
Divna: Orthodox Sacred Songs (Serbia).
Bab Makina 20: 30
Oratorio Abed Azrié « Gospel according to St. John » - ( France - Syria ).
Youth Orchestra of the Mediterranean - Instrumental group and Choir of High Institute of Music in Damascus.

Friday, June 5
Batha Museum 16: 30
Gabriel Garrido and Elyma group - Monteverdi: Sacred Music and Baroque Songs ( Switzerland ).
Bab Makina 20: 30
Sami Yusuf: Spiritual Songs from the Arab world (England).

Saturday, June 6
Batha Museum 16: 30
Razbar group - Ahl-e Haqq Brotherhood - Mystical Chants of Iranian Kurdistan ( Iran )
Bab Makina 20: 30
Loreena Mc Kennit «The book of secrets» (Canada).