Miles Davis (1973) Charles Mingus (1974) Herbie Hancock Quartet (1998) Buena Vista Social Club (2000) Gilbert Gil (2002) Ahmed Jamal (2003) Orchestra The New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1959) Chamber Orchestra of Stuttgart (1960) The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1964) Chamber Orchestra of Moscow (1965) English Chamber Orchestra (1966) Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra (2002) (2019 with Marcel Khalife) Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra Singers, musicians, actors Fairuz (1957-73) Umm Kulthoum (1966) Joan Baez (1974) Nina Simone (1998) Charles Aznavour (1999) Marcel Khalife (2000)(2015) Sting (2001) Johnny Hallyday (2003) Plácido Domingo (2004) Warda Al-Jazairia (2005) Jessye Norman (2012) Gerard Depardieu (2014) Jean Michel Jarre (2016) Mika (2016) Ibrahim Maalouf (2017) Ben Harper (2018) Fanny Ardant Angela Gheorghiu Sabah Angelique Kidjo Matthieu Chedid Bands Massive Attack (2004) Deep Purple (2009) Mashrou' Leila Toto Theatre Fairuz, the Rahbani Brothers and the Lebanese popular troupe (from 1957 until 1973) Comédie-Française (1961) Théâtre National de Belgique References External links Baalbeck International Festival Website Music festivals in Lebanon 1955 establishments in Lebanon Annual events in Lebanon Music festivals established in 1955