Nélida Nassar   04.06.2016 While the world of architecture and design was mourning the untimely passing away of Dame Zaha Hadid, the first woman winner of the Pritzker Prize dubbed gravity-defying …

Source: Donizetti’s Messa da Requiem Baroque and Di Capella Music Unwrapped

Nélida Nassar   03.17.2016 Guest soloist Alexei Volodin offers a gracefully woven program honoring Shakespeare. He masterfully tackles the “Romeo and Juliet Ten pieces for Piano” by Prokofiev. From…

Source: Virtuoso Alexei Volodin Superbly Controlled, and Beautifully Subtle Performance

Nélida Nassar   03.17.2016 A gifted pianist, Patrick Fayad performs in Budapest a romantic program during the week of the Francophonie at the Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre. Born …

Source: Patrick Fayad A Gifted Pianist from the Mediterranean Eastern Shores

Violinist Yury Revich Thrills with the Georgian Philharmonic Strings

Source: Violinist Yury Revich Thrills with the Georgian Philharmonic Strings

Nélida Nassar   3.15.2016 In adapting for the stage Choderlos de Laclos’s Dangerous Liaisons, Joe Kodeih has tackled a seminal text of French literature, a subject he has studied closely since his …

Source: Joe Kodeih’s Brilliant Dangerous Liaisons and a few Missed Opportunities

Nélida Nassar   03.09.2016 David Aladashvili took place behind the piano at Al Bustan auditorium, and swiftly attacked a short piece from the Georgian music repertoire. His rendition was fierce and…

Source: Mezzo Soprano Anita Rachvelishvili and Pianist David Aladashvili: A Beautifully Nuanced Operatic Evening

Nélida Nassar   02.05.2016 Jacques Maroun directs a rich subject for a psychosexual submission comedy. Lina Khoury and Gabriel Yammine adapted David Ives Broadway success “Venus in Fur” 
re-naming …

Source: Venus alias “Venus of Fur” A Probing on Slippery Power Dynamics Between Sexes

Nélida Nassar   03.05.2016 Al Bustan Festival presents Noh master-performer Naohiko Umewaka in King Lear and the Death of a Pianist. Naohiko Umewaka writes, directs and reenacts his role as King Le…

Source: King Lear and The Noh Theatre Elusive Visual and Musical Beauty

Nélida Nassar   03.05.2016 Al Bustan Festival presents Noh master-performer Naohiko Umewaka in King Lear and the Death of a Pianist. Naohiko Umewaka writes, directs and reenacts his role as King Le…

Source: King Lear and The Noh Theatre Elusive Visual and Auditive Beauty

Nélida Nassar   03.01.2016 Al Bustan Festival brought a clever and unusual pairing that merit great praise to their current season, an astounding dual interpretation of Shakespeare’s Otello. It pre…

Source: A Tour de Force and a Triumph in Otello versus Otello at Al Bustan Festival