Mittelstrasse 14, D-99425 Weimar (Oberweimar)
Weimar
Germany
- International/Cultural relations
Naturally, such a festival considers itself a multi-cultural event between orient and occident in order to lower the threshold between the people in Germany and the Islamic world. The town of Weimar that honours the two great poets Goethe and Hafis with its West Eastern Divan Memorial is a very suitable place to perform such an event which needs to be close to the citizens in terms of content, but on the other hand has to meet great artistic demands in order to initiate international interest in the message that is to be transported through this festival. The festival was designed in a way that a positive effect is likely thanks to the anticipated media association.
The festival shall consist of three complementing main pillars. Each year, one country of the Middle East will be invited to come to Weimar, and together with them the respective annual programme will be designed. These three emphasis consist of the following cultural areas:
Festival Programme with the subjects
Music
■ classical music interpreted by artists from the host countries
■ traditional and contemporary music from the host countries
Dance
■ this part of the programme is supposed to particularly attract young people from the age of 16
Plastic Arts
■ exhibition presenting works (paintings) of artists from the host countries
○ film week presenting films of the host countries
○ lectures of authors from the host countries (including simultaneous interpreting into German and/or in German) and presentation
○ presentation of the host countries in the form of accompanying lectures