With traditional souqs, opulent palaces and awe-inspiring mosques, Kuwait is hailed as one of the strongest proponents for art, music and theater in the Middle East with a thriving jazz scene, music festivals and music schools aplenty.
Classical Movements started traveling to the Middle East in 1994, first with its brochure program under Blue Heart Tours. It has organized 50 different trips with individualized itineraries in recent years for the Collegiate Chorale, Yale Symphony Orchestra, Yale Alumni Chorus, George Washington University, Yale Glee Club and the Yale Institute of Music (among others). Classical Movements also works closely with Middle Eastern musicians: in 2003, it arranged the historic tour of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra to the United States.