Art Alert: A night of classical, tango and Arabic music with Egypt's Awtar Quartet

Ahram Online , Ahram Online , Sunday 3 Jul 2016

The ensemble was founded in 2012 and reaches out with music to a variety of communities and cultures

Awtar Quartet
Awtar Quartet (Photo: courtesy of Awtar Quartet)

Awtar Quartet will perform a selection of classical, tango and Arabic music at Al-Rabaa Cultural Centre in Islamic Cairo’s El-Moez Street on 15 July.

Founded in December 2012, the Awtar Quartet performs a variety of music genres, from Arabic to easy listening compositions, as well as Western classical music gems.

The ensemble has also organised and participated in numerous events that aimed to bring classical music to young listeners and fuse storytelling with music.

The quartet consists of Egyptian musicians Yasser Ghoneim on first violin, Khaled Saleh on second violin, Essam Abdel-Hamid on viola and Mohamed Abdel-Fattah on cello. 

Programme:
Friday, 15 July, 8pm

Al-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Moez Street, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907)

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