On the picture Sindicato Sonico.
On Saturday 3 September 2016, the free-accessible Embassy Festival will take place at the Lange Voorhout in The Hague. Forty-three Embassies will participate in this year’s festival, bringing a vibrant and versatile programme to the city. Stroll across the tree-lined boulevard and expect to feel like you’re in ten different countries at once!
You will experience the most unique aspects of various parts of the world, with culinary delights, worldly handicrafts and wines from undiscovered regions. At the Embassy Festival you will feel like an absolute world traveller! On three outdoor stages a variety of international acts will be performing.
Australian Hammond player Lachy Doley will bring funk and blues on the Contemporary Stage. On the Classical Stage, world class soprano Elodie Fonnard will enchant the audiences. Rwandan warrior dance and Nepalese traditional dance beautifully show the contrast between these cultures at the Creative Arena. A performance by singer songwriter Levi Silvanie, from Curaçao, will start off the Haagse UIT Nach, part of the Haagse UIT Festival.
Cultural diversity
More and more Embassies have found their way to the Embassy Festival, offering a diverse programme that grows every year. On the stage of the Creative Arena, performances include the traditional Marinera from Peru, Nepalese and Rwandan dances, Indonesian jazz and Slovenian folk music.
The International Market of the Embassy Festival offers visitors a variety of culinary delights and cultural surprises presented in the various country pavilions. With this cultural richness concentrated on 500 metres, the festival sets an important social statement; cultural diversity brings atmosphere and togetherness.
While their parents are discovering the world, children are invited to make a colourful journey at the Kids Compound. Below you will find a list of participating Embassies.
Musical programme
The musical programme of the fourth edition of Embassy Festival is outstanding to say the least. In addition to the previously announced acts Lachey Doley (AUS), Hudson Taylor (IRL), Akua Naru (United States), Shishani (NAM) and Sindicato Sonico (MEX), a unique combination of Orsi Burján the Pálinkálom with the Zoli Soós Vinsky Project (HON) complete the line-up of the Contemporary Stage.
Embassy Festival’s Classical Stage brings classical music to the ears of anyone ready to listen.
Acclaimed by the New York Times for her ‘expressive, poignant, clear voice and admirable stylistic facility’, soprano Elodie Fonnard (FRA) will bring classical pieces from the Baroque scene. Paula Perez (violin) and Alma Barroca (ESP, ITA, NLD) bring classical pieces by Liszt, Bartók, Vivaldi and Corelli.
Aldona Bartnik (POL) examines the influences of Polish folk music on the Polish identity. Anna Stegmann (DUI) presents music of Eyck’s’s Der Fluyten Lushof, one of the richest collections from the 17th century.
The rest of the programme include viola da gamba virtuoso Susanne Herre (DUI), flamenco singer Maria Marin (ESP) and pianist Eva Szalai (HON).
The ‘singer songwriter of sunshine soul’ Levi Silvanie (CUR) will lead the audience to the end of the festival with a performance at 7:30PM.
The classic stage will then be transformed into the stage for the ‘Haagse UIT Nach’, which starts right after the Embassy Festival at 20:00. The UIT Nach is part of the Haagse UIT Festival, which takes place from the 3rd to 4th of September and marks the start of the cultural season.
So after you’ve visited the Embassy Festival, you can stick around and visit one of the 150 activities, performances or concerts, offered by various The Hague institutions, venues and museums. For more information visit www.haagsuitfestival.nl.
Embassies involved in the fourth edition of the Embassy Festival are: Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Panama, Peru, Ukraine, Palestinian Mission, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Vietnam, South Africa.
EMBASSY FESTIVAL | SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3rd 2016 | 12 – 8 PM LANGE VOORHOUT, THE HAGUE | FREE ADMISSION MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: WWW.EMBASSYFESTIVAL.COM
