Awtar Quartet (Photo: courtesy of Awtar Quartet)
On Sunday 10 April, Egypt's well known Awtar Quartet will give a concert at the Bridges Cultural Centre inside the All Saints' Cathedral.
The quartet will be joined by flutist Howaida Harak in the programme that includes works by Mozart, Boccherini, Gluck, Piazzolla, Michael McLean, and Mahmoud Elsherif.
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 also organised as well as 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.
Established in 2013, the Bridges Cultural Centre operates inside the All Saints' Cathedral.
According to the centre's note on the website, it's vision is "to be a place where people from many backgrounds are given an opportunity to learn about each other through art, music, cultural, and educational activities."
Programme:
Sunday 10 April, 8pm
All Saints' Cathedral, 5 Meshel Lotf Allah street, behind Marriott hotel, Zamalek, Cairo
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