Casablanca – From April 30 to May 3, Essaouira will once again come alive with the Printemps Musical des Alizés as it marks its 22nd edition.
Under the theme “Dialogue,” the city will host 12 free concerts across some of its most iconic venues, with the full lineup and artist details to be announced soon.
The festival unfolds across four days, turning Essaouira into a living stage where music moves between venues, moods, and eras.
It opens on April 30 with the Concert d’ouverture at Dar Souiri at 9 p.m, setting the tone for a programme built around exchange and dialogue.
The next morning, the city itself becomes part of the experience with a musical promenade through the medina led by musicians of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Maroc, where sound and streets briefly merge.
Later that afternoon, Dar Souiri hosts “Souvenir de Florence,” where Tchaïkovski’s world is revisited through a chamber formation bringing together violins, violas, and cellos in a work that balances memory and emotion.
The same venue then welcomes “Carte blanche” by Pierre Génisson alongside pianist Dina Bensaïd, unfolding in parallel with Trio Arnold at Bayt Dakira. The trio brings a different kind of intimacy, a string conversation shaped by three voices in constant dialogue, where each instrument listens, responds, and shifts the balance between tension and calm.
As the day progresses, the evening takes a larger turn at 9 p.m with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Maroc performing at Salle La Marche Verte. Built around Brahms’ Double Concerto, the piece stages a dialogue between violin and cello, where both voices search, collide, and eventually meet.
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On May 2, the focus turns to emerging voices with Matinée Jeunes Talents at Dar Souiri, followed by a piano recital by Michel Bourdoncle exploring musical landscapes across cultures.
The day continues with “Le pianiste aux cinquante doigts,” a performance by Pascal Amoyel at Dar Souiri, unfolding in parallel with Trio Arnold at Bayt Dakira, where strings take the form of a three-voice conversation in constant motion. The programme then culminates with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Maroc at Salle La Marche Verte.
The final day opens with Cello 360, a journey through centuries of sound from Bach to John Lennon, before the festival draws toward its closing dialogue between Rachmaninov and Shostakovich, where two musical worlds meet in contrast and continuity.
Across the four days, Alizés Music Spring Festival builds a rhythm of its own, where each concert becomes part of a wider conversation carried through Essaouira’s spaces and silence.
