Bethlehem brought in the Christmas season with the seventh annual Christmas Festival, run by the ESNCM. The festival, which took place between 30th November 2018 and 5th January 2019, showcased local and international talent. From choral singing to string quartet, Arab music trio to wind band, professional musicians and promising students joined to delight audiences in Bethlehem and Beit Sahour. The recitals were held in the concert halls of the ESNCM branch in Beit Sahour and the ESNCM’s Tchaikovsky Music School in Bethlehem and welcomed almost 700 audience members.