Festival international de musique symphonique d'El Jem
The Festival international de musique symphonique d'El Jem (Arabic: المهرجان الدولي للموسيقى السمفونية بالجم) is a symphonic music festival held every summer in the Tunisian town of El Jem since 1985. It is held in the El Jem amphitheater,[1] built in the third century, with a capacity between 27,000 and 30,000 spectators. Since its inception, the festival has attracted many orchestras who come to give performances, including the , the Rome Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tunisian Symphony Orchestra, the Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra for the first time in Africa and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma led by Francesco La Vecchia.
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- ^ Model, Katherine T.; Thacker, Clint D...; Bester, Matthew J... (1 January 1998). Let's go: Italy : (including Tunisia) : 1998. Macmillan Publishers Limited. p. 616. ISBN 978-0-333-71183-5.
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- Music festivals in Tunisia
- Classical music festivals in Tunisia
- Music festivals established in 1985
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