Residencies

B&B x Prozess Residencies

Given the success of the first collaborative residency produced by Beirut and Beyond (Lebanon) and Prozess (Switzerland) for Ziad Moukarzel in January 2022, and in partnership with international institutions, the two parties received funding to produce 5 more residencies, taking place at Prozess in Berne, Switzerland, between July 2022 and the summer of 2023.

This series of residencies is meant to offer musicians from Lebanon and the MENA region an opportunity to disconnect from their daily lives and focus on their music for a period of 4 weeks. The artists can take this time to explore new creative processes, work on a project, finish working on a project, produce new material, etc.

Following an open call for applications, a committee consisting of Amani Semaan [Beirut and Beyond], Christian Krebs [Prozess] and Basem Abuarab (music programmer and expert) went through the applications and selected the following artists to take part in the new edition of residencies: Rust (LB/SYR), Meryem Aboulouafa (MOR), Sary Moussa (LB), Aly Eissa (EGY), and YUNIS (EGY).

This residency program is made possible with the help and support of Artlink, The Norwegian Embassy in Beirut, and the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation.

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With the generous support of

Local Residencies

As a response to the socio-economic situation in Lebanon, we developed a series of local residencies to provide support for the artists residing in the country. Following the selection of a committee of professionals from the music industry, we produced residencies for 3 artists based in Lebanon, curated to fit their needs. The fourth one, with Makram Aboulhosn, is currently on-going; and the last one, with Sandy Chamoun, will take place during the first half of 2023.

Programs