New singles and albums, local and international successes, musical revivals, new initiatives as well as a few unfortunate losses... Egypt's 2018 brought a lot of changes worth looking into
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Gamal Fahmy launched his first visual art exhibition 'Forms & Colors' at Cairo's Picasso Art Gallery on Sunday 9 December
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Something Else — Off Biennale opened on 1 November and continues until 15 December
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Three young pianists: Zaina Qadoora, Lara Ossama and Jomana Youhanna, visit Poland as a first prize for winning Egypt's Chopin competition
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The line-up of a newly formed Mosaic quintet includes French horn, oud or qanoun, piano, double bass and percussion.
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Zaii Zaman just returned from their performance in Shakhrisabz, Uzbekistan, where they participated in the first Maqom Art International Forum (6-10 September)
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Nagy Shaker, puppeteer, painter, stage and film director, costume, set and lighting designer and all-round scenograph passed away on 18 August. His favorite puppet Rihana and endless creations live on
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Born in 1938 and having spent over six decades in Egypt, the Italian choir master and voice coach Aldo Magnato died on 31 July in the Italian city of Marsala
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In Tokyo, Nayer Nagui conducted the gala concert on 6 July and two performances of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera on 14 July
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The Egyptian conductor, jazz musician and trumpeter Magdy Boghdady was appointed head of the Artistic House at the Cairo Opera House last month
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The Grand Musical Spectacle at Gomhoreya Theatre featured a selection of Egyptian and internationally known songs
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The fifth edition of Backstreet Festival which took place between 12 and 16 April brought Egyptian and international troupes to Alexandria
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Screened recently in Cairo, the Polish film Breaking the Limits is a great combination of discussions about drug addiction with the always attractive element of achievements in sports
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In its fifth edition, the multidisciplinary festival offers a tantalizing range of performances across the Mediterranean city between 12 and 16 April, with street arts dominating
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AJAM is a newly launched project by Moustafa Hussein, gathers people from different walks of life and teaches them how to sing. Their first concert took place on 21 March at El-Sakia
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Founded by Mohamed El Ghawy, the Hakawy International Arts Festival for Children (8-13 March) has established itself as one of the most impressive initiatives of recent years
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Their first release The Mask is out now
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Since the beginning of 2018, Egypt’s ballet lovers have been spoiled for choice in this art form. The most recent ballet treat came to Cairo with St Petersburg Ballet Company performing Swan Lake (7-9 March)
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Hakawy takes place 8-13 March hosting plays from the UK, Holland, France and the USA alongside events by the Egyptian storytellers, the Bibliothequebus, a film screening, seminars and workshops
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The director of the Youth Theatre Troupe spoke to ON Live TV about the Start Your Dream workshops
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