Le festival Irtijal revient pour sa 21ème édition et s’installe du 15 au 17 septembre dans trois lieux emblématiques de la vie culturelle et artistique beyrouthine : Metro Al Medina, Beirut Art Center et The Ballroom Blitz. La gamme musicale de sa line-up ravit les amateurs de musique expérimentale, alternative, électronique, et bien d’autres encore.  Pour en savoir plus, lire notre entretien avec Ziad Nawfal

Day 1 – Wednesday, September 15th, 2021

Metro Al Madina, Hamra – 8.00pm

Maurice Louca – Solo

Maurice Louca guitar, synth

Fadi Tabbal & Julia Sabra

Fadi Tabbal synth
Julia Sabra voice, synth

Conca/Koch Beirut Septet

Caroline Ann Baur laptop, synth
Paed Conca clarinet
Akram Hajj drums
Mortada Hariri oud
Hans Koch clarinet
Marc Ernest synth
Zakaria Al Omar voice

Day 2 – Thursday, September 16th, 2021

Beirut Art Center – 8.00pm

Hans Koch – Solo

Hans Koch clarinet

Jawad Nawfal & Elyse Tabet

Jawad Nawfal modular synth
Elyse Tabet modular synth

Mazen Kerbaj’s Synesthesia

Shakeeb Abu Hamdan drums
Jad Atoui modular synth
Mazen Kerbaj drawing
Abed Kobeissy buzuk, electronics
Sary Moussa synth, electronics
Malek Rizkallah drums
Sharif Sehnaoui guitar

Istimrar Phase 1

Commissions Launch

Day 3 – Friday, September 17th, 2021

The Ballroom Blitz – 8.00pm

Bana Haffar

Hans Joachim Irmler’s Beirut Ensemble

Sandy Chamoun voice
Antonio Hajj bass
Hans-Joachim Irmler synth, conduction
Farah Kaddour buzuk
Anthony Sahyoun guitar, synth
Pascal Semerdjian drums
Marwan Tohme guitar

Bakisa – Hybrid Set

Moe Choucair laptop, electronics