Damascus-SANA
Dar Al-Assad for Culture and Arts in the Umayyad Square in the center of the capital, Damascus, has embraced Syrian creativity in all its forms for the past 18 years, after it became the meeting place for generations of musicians, artists and the rest of the Syrian cultural elite.
On the cusp of the anniversary of the inauguration of the house, the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra, led by Maestro Misak Baghbudrian, races against time to complete the preparations for a classical evening with the participation of a group of academic musicians, to confirm that music with culture and creativity are tools with which Syria faces all difficulties so that life continues and the flame of civilization does not extinguish.
Since its official opening on May 7, 2004, Dar Al-Assad has endeavored to achieve many tasks of spreading and developing musical and theatrical culture, raising its level, reviving the popular, social and artistic heritage, introducing the community to international musical and theatrical arts, developing the artistic taste of the public, encouraging the national creativity movement, advancing the level of all arts, and informing the public about the good. What is produced in this regard.
Since its establishment, Dar Al-Assad for Culture and Arts has been the first incubator for major cultural events and events, from the celebration of Damascus, the capital of Arab culture, and hosting Mrs. Fairouz after a long absence from Damascus, in addition to a number of music, cinema and dance performances by important names in the world.
The house celebrated the Syrian creative achievement of the departed giants from Amir al-Buzuk Muhammad Abdul Karim, musicians Sami al-Shawa, Najib al-Sarraj, Abd al-Fattah Sukkar, Suhail Arafa, Muhammad Mohsen, poet Nizar Qabbani and many others.
The house also receives the stars of contemporary Syrian classical music, led by Misak Baghboudrian, Nuri Al-Rahibani and Nuri Iskandar, in addition to the international pianist Ghazwan Al-Zarkali with a large number of Syrian bands specialized in authentic oriental singing, Arab and foreign bands, and great singers who presented in its halls their most beautiful creations.
The house hosts, through periodical concerts, the most prestigious Syrian bands of the National Symphony and the Syrian National Arabic Music, which is led by the Dean of the Higher Institute of Music, Maestro Adnan Fathallah.
Dar al-Assad displays a group of plastic artworks in its halls and offices, in addition to sculptures by well-known artists on the Syrian cultural scene, as well as rare collectibles for projectors and cinema cameras dating back to the beginnings of the seventh art, and musical recordings available to visitors for major Syrian artists that the house supervised recording, in addition to a hall prepared to host art exhibitions. .
During the most difficult years of the terrorist war on Syria, not only did the monthly Dar party program remain full, but new activities were launched. The grudges that targeted this institution did not discourage the movement of creativity in it, even though it led to the death and injury of a number of employees, creators and visitors.
During the Corona pandemic, and after the cessation of cultural and musical activities as a result of exceptional health conditions, Dar Al-Assad worked flexibly to keep pace with the technological developments of the era to remain close to its audience. Quarantine remained.
In a statement to SANA, the Director-General of Dar al-Assad, Maestro Andre Maalouli, said that since the first day of the opening of Dar al-Assad, it bears the responsibility of preserving and promoting cultural identity and the taste of the Syrian public, spreading all kinds of arts in various fields, supporting new cultural ideas and presenting different experiences and opinions in its various schools.
Maestro Maalouli confirmed that Dar al-Assad has become an important place on the map of international opera houses, through what we see of the influx of important names to hold cultural evenings and add these concerts to the journey of every artist who came to Syria and performed on the stage of the house for the past 18 years.
He pointed out that the home did not stop working for a single day, even in the most difficult times that Syria experienced, and its mission was to spread love, hope and the culture of life and stand up to the culture of death, ignorance and darkness.
Maestro Maalouli pointed out that all professional cadres working in this ancient cultural edifice set their eyes on preserving it and advancing it for the better always, in the hope that celebrating it would become an annual custom in order to recall its importance and role in empowering, spreading and developing the Syrian culture.
Rasha Mahfoud
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