Arts & Culture - Music

Call to participants of 5th International Chopin Piano Competition Egypt

The organisers of the upcoming 5th International Chopin Piano Competition Egypt invite applicants for its upcoming edition scheduled to take place in November 2015

Umm Kalthoum 40 years later: 'She was never gone'

The icon of classic Egyptian music still overshadows her field, and Egyptian culture, 40 years after she died

Art Alert: Ahmed Nazmi quartet performs at El Sawy Culturewheel

Bassist Ahmed Nazmi and his recent formation will perform at El-Sawy Culturewheel on Sunday 8 February

Art Alert: Three Valentine's celebrations at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Celebrating Valentine's day, Bibliotheca Alexandrina will host three concerts filled with love songs and romantic melodies, on 12, 14 and 15 February

After shooting to fame with Pink Floyd, Eldin designs Massar Egbari's latest album cover

Alexandrian band Massar Egbari's new album Toqa' w Toqoum, whose cover features inverted pyramids by Ahmed Emad Eldine, is set to be launched at a concert on 20 February in Alexandria

Art Alert: An evening with Georges Bizet

The Cairo Opera Orchestra is to play two suites and a symphony by French composer Georges Bizet on Friday 6 February

Flip the coin: Choosing between Metropolitan opera and Cairo Symphony Orchestra

New York Metropolitan opera’s HD transmissions screened in Cairo always coincide with important concerts at the opera's main hall. Spoiled for choice, the opera regulars began to voice concern

DJ Zo'la's funeral takes place in Cairo

Egyptian DJ Ahmed Mohsen, aka Zo'la, died last Sunday after he was shot during clashes in the northern Cairo district of Matariya

Art Alert: Renowned Egyptian pianist Ramzi Yassa to give two concerts in Cairo

Ramzi Yassa will play with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Nader Abbassi, who will premiere his own composition grounded in childhood memories

Egypt-born Greek singer Demis Roussos dies at 68: VIDEO

The Egypt-born singer, who became popular in the 1960s and 70s and sold 60 million records globally, had been in hospital with an undisclosed illness for some time

Music in a sandy valley: Final countdown to Sinai's Oshtoora festival

The Oshtoora team reveals details about the three-day independent music festival, which is scheduled to take place in Kiteloop, Ras Sudr between 10 and 12 April

Art Alert: Cairo Opera House suspends all concerts for seven days

The Cairo Opera House joins the national mourning for the Saudi king

Art Alert: Cairo Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Sibelius's 150th birth anniversary

On Saturday, 24 January, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ahmed El-Saedi will dedicate its programme to the Finnish composer Johan Julius Christian Sibelius

Art Alert: Opera Aida to be performed in Cairo

Aida is among the most popular operatic works performed in Egypt. It will be staged between 20 and 23 January at the main hall of the Cairo Opera House

From Cairo Conservatory to the Carnegie Hall: Egypt's pianist Mohamed Shams

Mohamed Shams is among the brightest stars of his generation. The pianist played recently at the Cairo Opera House and is now preparing for his debut recital at the New York's renowned Carnegie Hall

Art Alert: An evening with contemporary Egyptian composers

Works by contemporary Egyptian composers will be performed by the Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mohamed Saad Basha

Egyptian musicians to take part in Sharjah World Music Festival

Ines Abdel Dayem and Nesma Abdel Aziz will take part in the Sharjah World Music Festival scheduled to take place between 16 and 25 January

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