The first Morgenland Festival Osnabrück in 2005 presented musicians from the Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Israel, Iran, Morocco, USA, India, Spain, Italy and Germany.
For the first time in a long while, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Embassy of the State of Israel both sponsored a cultural event.
As a commission by the Morgenland Festival Osnabrück, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh composed the Concerto for Double Bass, Tabla and String Orchestra “Deyishme“. It was given its first performance by Nabil Shehata (Double Bass), Sankha Chatterjee (Tabla) and the Chamber Academy Potsdam directed by David Geringas.
Further highlights were the performance by the André Hajj Trio from Beirut, a recital of works based on poems by Goethe and Hafez with Scot Weir and Salar Aghili, the Piano Duo Saleem Abboud Ashkar and Itamar Golan, and many more.

The Morgenland Festival Osnabrück 2005 was made possible by:

Niedersächsische Sparkasse Foundation
Foundation Niedersachsen
Niedersächsische Lotto Foundation
Embassy of the State of Israel
Landschaftsverband Osnabrücker Land e.V.
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
T-Com
Sparkasse Osnabrück
Piano-house Kemp
Middle East Airlines

Cooperation partners: German Foundation for Peace Research; FOKUS e.V.; St Marien church; Art History Museum/Felix Nussbaum House