Concerts:
Saturday 19 May
Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Zamalek
6pm: Opening Ceremony
8pm: Ensemble Linea
Programme:
Pierre Boulez (*1925): Dérive (1984)
Gérard Pesson (*1958): Ne pas oublier coq rouge dans jour craquelé (2010)
Nahla Mattar (*1971): Core Three (2008)
Philippe Hurel (*1955): Step (2007)
Gérard Grisey (1946-1998): Talea
Wael Sami (*1976): Crescendo II (2012)
Wael Sami’s Crecendo II is played by Rasha Yehia (viola), Ahmed Kamal-Ezzat (violin) and Nermin Ismail (double bass)
Sunday 20 May
Alexandria Opera House at 8pm
Sayed Darwish Theatre, 22 Tariq Al-Horreyya, Alexandria
Ensemble Linea
Programme:
Pierre Boulez (*1925): Dérive (1984)
Gérard Pesson (*1958): Ne pas oublier coq rouge dans jour craquelé (2010)
Nahla Mattar (*1971): Core Three (2008)
Philippe Hurel (*1955): Step (2007)
Gérard Grisey (1946 – 1998): Talea
Monday 21 May
El Sawy Culturewheel at 8pm
26 July Street, Zamalek
Marie Uitti and Ayman Fanous
Improvisation
Tuesday 22 May
Malak Gabr Theatre at 5.30pm
American University in Cairo, new campus, New Cairo
Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble
Programme:
Amr Okba (*1972): Integration (2003)
Ahmed Madkour (*1967): White Shroud (2011)
Mohamed Saad Basha (*1972): Lament Song (2012)
Ramz Sabry Samy (*1973): Copticum (2012)
Wael Sami (*1976): Crescendo II (2012)
Thursday 24 May
Prince Taz Palace at 8pm
27 Al-Syoufiya Street, Al-Khalifa district, Cairo
Therry Pecou and The Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble
Programme:
Olivier Messiaen (1918 – 1992) Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1941)
Friday 25 May
El Sawy Culturewheel at 8pm
26 July Street, Zamalek
Aliquid
Progressive Jazz
Workshops and Master Classes:
Sunday 20 May
11am: Cairo Opera House, Zamalek
Members of the Slagwerk Den Haag (Netherlands): Percussion workshop - How we work and what we can do together
3pm: Hanager Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek
Francis Marie Uitti (Netherlands): Cello workshop with contemporary violoncello works, open to all string players and composers
Monday 21 May
11am: Cairo Creative Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek
Thierry Pécou (France): Composition master class
5pm: Cairo Creative Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek
Jürg Stenzl (Switzerland) and Azza Madian (Egypt):
Music after 1945 – Lecture on the aesthetics of contemporary music
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