Ferhat Tunc was the guest of Red Zone 2016. The theme for the Festival’s eighth season was “Freedom of Artistic Expression and Breaking the Barriers”. The singer gave two concerts, the first in Tunisia on May 14 and in Beirut on May 16. Accompanying the singer was Ertan Tekin, the famous duduk (wind instrument) player.

Singer Ferhat Tunc, last night put on a memorable concert in Beirut, following a performance in Tunisia as a guest of the Red Zone 2016. The Beirut Onomatopoeia Music Hub was filled to capacity as Beirutians witnessed an unforgettable performance.

The Syrian/American Hip-Hop artist Omar Offendum was the opening act at the Redzone 2016 festival in Tunis on Saturday (May 7).

The Redzone 2016 festival highlights freedom of expression through the arts. It is initiated and funded by KKV in cooperation with the Norwegian  ministry of foreign affairs. The festival which happens simultaneously in Tunis and Beirut is organized by Cultural Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy) in partnership with local venues. The concert on Saturday happened at RIO in Tunis. On Wednesday May 11 Omar Offendum plays at Radio Beirut.

Download the program here:

• REDZONE Tunis 2016
• REDZONE Beirut 2016
• REDZONE SHOWCASE ARTISTS 2016 Lebanon

From the first day of REDZONE 2015 and the celebration of Music Freedom Day at Kulturkirken Jakob

From the opening of the exhibition  “Images from Anatolia” by the photographer Magdalene Mądra in Kulturkirken Jakob today, 03.03.2015.

Greeting from Freemuse, the founder of Music Freedom Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvT_7lwfwso

Parallell with REDZONE 2015 The Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities presents the seminar: 

The Armenian Genocide and the Politics of Denial

March 6 from 10 am to 4 pm.

http://www.hlsenteret.no/arrangementer/2015/the-armenian-genocide-and-the-politics-of-denial.html

I dag er det Norgespremiere på Kate Pendry’s “Points of Pain” som hadde verdenspremiere i Beirut under Redzone.

Les lederen på KKV sine nettsider og på Dagbladet.no (krever Dagbladet+). Du kan også lese om “Points of Pain” på NRK.no.

Article about Mahsa and Marjan’s concert in Beirut on skou.net.

Le concert a débuté avec une longue rengaine lancée par la voix puissante de Mahsa qui monte dans les aigus, relayée par la voix plus grave de Marjan.

http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/866885/parfums-diran-avec-mahsa-et-marjan-vahdat.html