Throughout its history, Asia Festival® has been presented at prominent cultural institutions such as the Library of the National Congress of Argentina and the National Library of Argentina. It has also been selected twice by the Mecenazgo program of the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires and received the Cultural Interest Declaration from the Ministry of Culture of Argentina.
Asia Festival® combines artistic programming and cultural outreach. Throughout the year, its activities are organized across different formats —performances, workshops, academic events, and outreach initiatives— with the aim of providing audiences with a contextualized perspective on the music, dance, and cultural heritage of Asia and North Africa.
Throughout its history, Asia Festival® has been held at universities, museums, and prominent cultural institutions across Buenos Aires.
These venues have supported its mission and expanded the festival’s reach:
Museo Nacional de Arte Oriental
Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación
Universidad del Salvador
Biblioteca Nacional
Manzana de las Luces
Museo Etnográfico
Director of Estudio Sahar® and creator of Asia Festival®. Her work integrates research, teaching, and cultural management, with an academic approach applied to the promotion of dance and music within institutional settings.
Asia Festival® has a permanent production team coordinated by Marina Barrionuevo and Lorena Martínez, together with a staff made up of Estudio Sahar® students and graduates who actively participate in organization, assistance, and cultural management tasks. The festival’s visual documentation is carried out by Mercedes Cepeda, official photographer, who accompanies each edition with professional records of the program and its artists.
Asia Festival® is complemented by the Congress of the History of Arabic Dance and Music (since 2013) and the Asia en Buenos Aires podcast, broadcast by the Radio of the Library of the National Congress of Argentina, as platforms for research, outreach, and audience development.
Contact for programming, press, and partnerships
For programming proposals, press inquiries, institutional partnerships, and sponsorship opportunities, contact us and we will send you the dossier, technical requirements, and available format options.