The Jasmine Festival is an annual festival that has been primarily hosted in Ramallah since the spring of 2011, with concerts also held in several other Palestinian towns and cities such as Bethlehem, Nablus, Shafamer, Jerusalem and Hebron, as well as the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The Jasmine Music Festival highlights genres such as Jazz, Western Classical music, Contemporary Arabic music, Sufi and traditional music from India, and traditional and folkloric music from Palestine and the world, and as such is an integral part of the ESNCM mission to promote music in Palestinian society in its different genres and forms. The Jasmine Festival brings together Palestinian and international musicians to share their experiences and music, and introduce their music to the Palestinian public.  As well as the concerts, the Jasmine Festival also provides opportunities for ESNCM students to attend workshops, masterclasses and lectures given by the visiting musicians.

 

The Jasmine Music Festival 2015 will take place in March, and will consist of 10 performances in Ramallah and Jerusalem, in ESNCM venues from March 3rd, 2015 until March 10th, 2015. The festival will host eight local and international music groups: Watar Band from Gaza, Zaridash Choir from Palestine, The International Pianist Tuluyhan Uğurlu from Turkey, the Innocent Sorcerers Jazz Quartet from Italy, a piano duo from Palestine, a Santoor-Sitar-Tabla Trio from India, Opus (ESNCM Teachers), and the Ramallah Jazz Quartet.

The JMF 2015 is the product of cooperation between the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music and several local and international partners, and will be organized this year under the auspices of the Palestinian Ministry of Culture. These partners include the Municipality of Ramallah, Yabous Cultural Center, the European Union, Diakonia, SIDA, Republic of Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Representative Office of India, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Association of Palestinian Graduates from Indian Universities and Colleges, Jasmine Café, Retno Hotel, Gasman Production, Al Falstiniah, and Raya FM.

 

Attached below are the festival poster and program.