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Music Festival 2026 | Processions
For the Music Festival, the Arab World Institute is hosting The Book of Processions by Gibran Khalil Gibran, a unique musical and poetic creation. Under the artistic direction of Walid Ben Selim, choristers and musicians come together to explore the themes of…
Event information
Time: 2026-06-21 19:00 UTC – 2026-06-21 22:30 UTC
Place: L'Institut du Monde Arabe, 1 rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard, 75005, Paris France
Price: Free
Tags: Concert
About this event
The choir and orchestra of the Musicales du Liban under the direction of Fadi Khalil, give this work its human and sonic scope. exterior
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With the support of: DGCA - SACEM; Their presence places Les Processions in a living connection between the Orient and the Mediterranean. target="_blank">LinkedInYoutubeInstagramTiktokJewel of classical Arabic poetry The Book of Processions by Gibran Khalil Gibran, first published in Arabic in 1919 in New York, explores the duality of being, the tug between roots and the impulse towards a new future.
The poems are set to music by Walid Ben Selim in an inspiration from the traditional liturgical ensembles which populated the Mediterranean, while there Occitanie region; Through the richness of the timbres, the power of the collective and the anchoring of a musical tradition deeply linked to the languages, rites and memories of the Levant, they galvanize this creation carried by the Institute of the Arab World and give it the dimension of a great poetic gathering.
Conceived like a Mediterranean oratorio, this work brings together voices, gestures, languages and cultures around the same ambition: to celebrate the power of collective singing, the beauty of poetry href="https://soundcloud.com/imarabe" target="_bintegrating the modernity and relevance of Gibran's poetry and current music. Orange Foundation; embodied.
This project is part of the 2026 Mediterranean Season, Institut Français
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