Morgenland Festival
The Morgenland Festival Osnabrück 2006 focussed on the music of Iran.
Guests 2006
Teheran Symphony Orchestra
Salar Aghili
Harir Shariatzdeh
Nader Mashayekhi
Teheran Sinfonietta
Abdo Dagher Ensemble
Roman Bunka
Claudia Ott
Farhad Darya Band
Trio Joubran
Farida Muhammad Ali & Iraqi Maqam Ensemble
Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester / Hermann Bäumer
Midori
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Anat
André el Hajj
Jihad Michel Assaad
Rony Barrak
Saleem Ashkar
Simone Nold
Stephan Rügamer
Cyminology
Nadja Kayali
Paul Sonderberger
Asim Al-Chalabi
DJ Herb-T
The Festival was opened by the first concert of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra in Germany. Under the baton of Nader Mashayekhi the orchestra played works by Riahi, Mashayekhi, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Zappa. Daniel Barenboim spontaneously offered the Staatsoper Unter den Linden as the venue for a further concert. Deutschlandradio Kultur broadcast the concert in Osnabrück. A live recording of the concert made by Deutschlandradio Kultur is also available on CD. Further highlights were concerts by the Afghani singer Farhad Darya, by Rabih Abou-Khalil, Midori with the Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra and its conductor Hermann Bäumer, the Iranian Maqam singer Farida Muhammad Ali, and the Egyptian violinist Abdo Dagher.