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For this 31st edition : a message from Artistic Director, Ziya Tabassian
Ziya Tabassian – Festival Accès Asie’s Artistic Director – © Pantea Pezeshkan
A Message from Our Artistic Director:
This year, the Festival Accès Asie celebrates its 31st edition, continuing its mission to highlight the richness and diversity of Asian cultures through an interdisciplinary, inclusive, and accessible artistic program. Founded in 1995, the festival is the oldest in Canada to celebrate Asian Heritage Month and remains a cornerstone of Montreal’s cultural landscape, bringing together established and emerging artists from across Asia and its diaspora.
The festival serves as a true space for encounter, dialogue, and discovery, showcasing the voices and practices of artists from Asia and its diaspora across a wide range of disciplines: performing arts, classical and contemporary music, dance, theater, cinema, visual and media arts, literature, interdisciplinary arts, and culinary arts.
For over 30 years, Festival Accès Asie has celebrated the vitality and diversity of Asian artistic expression, fostering exchanges and collaborations with other cultural traditions. By connecting generations and disciplines, it has become a space for exploration and transmission, highlighting unique artistic journeys and bold, innovative creations.
This edition, presented throughout Asian Heritage Month in Canada, honors artistic commitment and innovation. It reflects the festival’s ongoing dedication to amplifying Asian voices in all their diversity and to showcasing its impact on the cultural landscape while fostering new perspectives.
It is my honor to present this year’s program, an invitation to explore stories, aesthetics, and sensibilities that shape an open and ever-evolving artistic scene.
May this celebration of Asian heritage be a time of sharing, discovery, and inspiration.
Wishing everyone a wonderful edition!
Ziya Tabassian – Festival Accès Asie’s Artistic Director
For more information, visit Ziya Tabassian’s website.
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