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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/28/2021 6:07:15 PM
Award-winning Egyptian designer Naiema Agamy, who worked over decades with the best-known directors and the most successful theatre troupes, died on Monday in Cairo after a struggle with illness.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
12/26/2021 4:25:00 PM
It would be impossible to review a year in the performing arts without taking into account the ongoing pandemic. Covid-19 changed the lives of musicians, theatre makers and dancers all through 2021.
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Stage & Street
12/24/2021 3:11:00 PM
Every year in December, the Cairo Opera Ballet Company performs ‘The Nutcracker’ at the Cairo Opera House’s main hall, continuing a long tradition of performances of this magical work.
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Music
12/22/2021 5:09:53 PM
Egyptian singer Dalia Ihab Younis will perform Arabic versions of popular Christmas carols as part of St. Patrick’s Cathedral ‘Guest Choir Concert Series’ in New York on Wednesday 22 December.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/19/2021 3:25:29 PM
Five stage, set and light designs from Egypt, Palestine, Taiwan and China were announced winners of the set and light design exhibition held within the 28th edition of the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET)
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/18/2021 2:28:02 PM
Greek director Vicky Mastrogianni talks to Ahram Online about Antigone, a Hubris, the performance by Group 7, staged as part of the ongoing 28th Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET, 14-19 December).
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/17/2021 4:10:59 PM
Renowned Egyptian mezzo soprano Farrah El Dibany took the stage of Ajami Square in Beirut Souks this past Wednesday to perform within the Lebanon Chants Festival's Divas of the Mediterranean segment.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/15/2021 5:17:35 PM
The 28th edition of the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET) opened yesterday with an exhibition held at Adam Henein Hall of the Hanager Theatre and a play from Germany staged at the Balloon Theatre.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/12/2021 5:31:20 PM
The 28th edition of the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater (CIFET) takes place between 14 and 19 December, offering 14 plays in its main competition, in addition to workshops, seminars and a scenography exhibition.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/11/2021 9:02:21 PM
The US-based Egyptian pianist Mohamed Shams will give a solo recital at Belgrade's Kolarac Endowment concert hall on Monday, performing works by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/1/2021 8:29:27 PM
Thirteen-year-old violinist Mariam Abouzahra has reached the finals of the Nutcracker International Television Contest for Young Musicians, a renowned contest organised by Russia K state TV channel.
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Music
12/1/2021 7:29:32 PM
Egyptian musician, composer and oud player Basem Darwisch and the jazz music ensemble Quadro Nuevo were honored with a German Gold Award last month.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
11/23/2021 10:36:42 PM
Last week, Hani Shaker, head of the Music Professions Syndicate, announced a ban on 19 musicians, including Hamo Beka, Hassan Shakoush, and Magdi Shata — all of whom perform within the popular Mahraganat genre.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
11/23/2021 10:27:09 PM
Two performances for the opening of the 1200-seat concert hall at the New Opera House, part of the City of Arts and Culture in Cairo’s New Administrative Capital took place on 20 and 21 November
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/20/2021 2:48:43 PM
The world-famous Vienna Philharmonic orchestra gives two concerts at the City of Arts and Culture's new opera house in the New Administrative Capital, with renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti leading the concerts scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/20/2021 1:48:58 PM
Renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti visited the Giza Pyramids and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization on Friday ahead of his concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
11/16/2021 8:41:34 PM
Strengths and weaknesses, authority and submission... Memories of a Lord, a highlight of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival which closed last month, presented a picture of extreme power set against extreme vulnerability
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
11/10/2021 6:21:42 PM
On the third day of its activities, the Sharm El-Sheikh International Theatre Festival for Youth (SITFY) held a symposium featuring Renowned Egyptian actress Samiha Ayoub and presented a book written about her by Amr Dawara.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
11/7/2021 5:49:06 PM
Directed by Fabio Omodei and performed by nine young actors -- six women and three men -- from the Theatre Academy in Rome, ‘The Last Flowers’ interlaces mise-en-scene with large segments of physical expressions and choreography that aim at depicting a variety of emotions as well as eras that the viewers are taken into.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
10/27/2021 3:13:33 PM
The 13th edition of Cairo Jazz Festival will open with an exhibition titled ‘Legendary Egyptian Bands’ that will showcase photos of musicians who have shaped Egyptian music scene's meanders and tastes.
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