Arts & Culture
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Music
6/19/2023 7:14:06 PM
The Cairo Opera House will hold a number of concerts featuring Egyptian singer Medhat Saleh in an initiative to revive the works of Arab music icons in an orchestral approach.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/19/2023 3:08:27 PM
World Music Day on Wednesday will bring several interesting concerts to stages in Cairo and Alexandria.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/14/2023 3:25:03 PM
Singer/songwriter Mostafa Kamel was unanimously re-elected on Tuesday as the head of the Egyptian Musicians Syndicate.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/13/2023 8:23:55 PM
The 2024 Grammy Awards will feature new honors including for Best African Music Performance, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/13/2023 11:43:33 AM
Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events this week (14-20 June) in Egypt.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/12/2023 10:57:10 AM
The Cairo Opera House announced on Sunday the four main topics of discussion in the upcoming 32nd edition of the Arab Music Festival and Conference, which will take place under the overarching theme of the variety and richness of Arab music.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/12/2023 9:43:17 AM
At his workshop in Tunisia's capital, Khaled ben Khemis pieces together a type of bagpipe once banned from airwaves but now embraced by artists infusing its sound into new musical styles.
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Books
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Reviews
6/7/2023 9:02:14 PM
In a rhythmic and poignant memoire, legendary Egyptian musician Hany Shenouda shared moments in a life of passion for the tunes he has been making and an a national identity he tried to preserve - and modernize.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/5/2023 1:18:54 PM
When the Beatles broke up more than 50 years ago, devastated fans were left yearning for more. Now, artificial intelligence is offering just that.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/3/2023 3:13:49 PM
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho died Friday in Paris at the age of 70, her family and publisher said in separate statements.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/24/2023 10:13:42 PM
Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ‘70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping "What's Love Got to Do With It," has died at 83.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/24/2023 7:15:55 PM
Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore has scored landmark hits from "Silence of the Lambs" to "Lord of the Rings". He says the music emerges from his dreams.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/23/2023 2:24:32 PM
Egyptian musicians — El Dor El Awal band, Hawas band, and BalQeis — will join a rich lineup of performers from around the world in the upcoming 36th edition of the French University International Music Festival (FIMU).
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/14/2023 1:53:23 PM
Many Arab cultural entities and personas have mourned the death of Kuwaiti renowned singer Abdul Karim Abdul Qader.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/14/2023 12:38:21 PM
Sweden won the Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday, as singer Loreen beat out 25 competitors in the finale of the world's biggest live music event, hosted by Britain on behalf of war-torn Ukraine.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/7/2023 4:26:26 PM
At Lebanon's national music conservatory, pianos collect dust and classrooms sit empty, making the institution another casualty of an economic collapse that has crippled the public sector and hampered education.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/7/2023 1:10:39 PM
Lebanese star Hiba Tawaji has released her new album titled Baad Sneen (After Years), which combines 13 songs and three music videos.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/6/2023 11:56:35 AM
Anghami, the leading music and entertainment streaming platform in the Middle East and North Africa region, announced the upcoming launch of its AI-powered personalised podcast service, the first of its kind in the world.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/4/2023 6:59:50 PM
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Heritage
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Heritage special
5/1/2023 3:16:22 PM
Andrew Simon, historian of media and popular culture in the Middle East, talks to Ahram Online about a dear element of Egypt's intangible cultural heritage, the audio cassette.
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