Tunisian and international performances featured in next Carthage International Festival
Tunis , June 30, 2007 (TunisiaOnline) --The next Cathage International Festival will feature, as usual,a variety of Tunisian and international artists.
In a press conference held in Tunis on Friday, Mr Raja Farhat, the Festival Director said that Tunisia 's participation to this year's festival will make up 60% of the program.
The festival, which will straddle over the months of July and August (July 14 to August 16, 2007 ) will be held in both the Carthage open air Roman Theatre and the magnificent Abdellia Palace in la Marsa, a historical monument dating back to the Hafside Dynasty.
Apart from the celebration of the 50h anniversary of the Tunisian Republic , the festival will include ballet, musical performances, and comic one-man-shows by such humorists as French stand-up comedian Gad El Maleh.
A plead of well known Tunisian singers of the likes of Latifa Arfaoui and Soufia Sadok will also put their talent at the service of the” Besma” caritative association for the promotion of the handicapped, while Leila Hejaiej and Chokri Bouzaiene will perform their best songs to the delight of their many fans.
Western music will also be featured through the shows of Danny Brillant, one of France's most promising singers, the Funk rock group “Ozomatli” from Los Angeles, and the “Igor Mosseiev Ballet” from Russia .
Arab singers such as the UAE's Houcine El Adhami and Iraq 's Kadhem Essaher, but also Lebanon 's Nawel Zoghbi and Amel Hijazi will present their shows in partnership with the music channel “Rotana”, with whom the festival has a partnership agreement since 2004.
One of the distinctive features of the festival, said Mr Raja Farhat , is the fact this year's event will open by an all Tunisian performance dubbed “Voices of Tunisia”, and will close with a similar performance by the well- known “Rachidia” troup, conducted by Zied Gharsa.
“Our goal is to reach a balance between artistic exigency and the financial aspect. We are also trying to safeguard our heritage while being in tune with the times”, concluded Mr Farhat, adding that “therein lies our greatest challenge”.
One of the most important cultural venues in Tunisia , the Carthage International Festival, attracts each year a large public of music lovers.
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