Venue
Baalbeck Baalbeck Temple, Lebanon
Produced by the Baalbeck International Festival
Designed & directed by Nabil El Azan.
Ilik Ya Baalbeck is the opening act for the Baalbeck Festival's 2015 edition. It is a grand show dedicated precisely to Baalbeck! By calling upon writers, musicians and Lebanese artists that carry out highly the name of Lebanon to the world, by asking them to write, each on his own way, a brief composition a creation that is a tribute to Baalbeck.
Original texts: Adonis, Etel Adnan, Talal Haydar, Issa Makhlouf, Wajdi Mouawad, Ghadi Rahbani, Salah Stetie, Nadia Tueni.
Musical works : Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Marcel Khalife, Bechara El-Khoury, Naji Hakim, Ibrahim Maalouf, Zad Moultaka, Ghadi Rahbani, Gabriel Yared.
Interpretation: The Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Harout Fazlian, Fadia Tomb El-Hage (Vocals & Texts) and Rafic Ali Ahmad (Texts).