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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
12/5/2021 8:24:44 PM
The Marquee Theatre of New Cairo’s Cairo Festival City will host a concert for Egyptian renowned veteran musician Omar Khairat on Friday 10 December, where he and his orchestra will perform some of his memorised works.
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
12/5/2021 7:18:23 PM
Trio Alba — a renowned Austrian classical music ensemble — will be performing works of Ludwig van Beethoven, Friedrich Cerha, and Bedřich Smetana at the Cairo Opera House’s Open-Air Theatre on Wednesday 8 December.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/1/2021 8:29:27 PM
Thirteen-year-old violinist Mariam Abuzahra 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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Arts & Culture
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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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Opinion
11/30/2021 10:21:50 PM
Mohamed Salmawy enjoyed the opening of the New Administrative Capital’s Music Hall
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Egypt
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Politics
11/29/2021 7:05:29 PM
The Egyptian House of Representatives’ Culture and Media Committee approved an amendment granting the Union of Syndicates of Acting, Cinema, and Musical Professions the judicial right to crack down on “substandard singers” and punish those who exercise the profession of acting without a license.
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
11/27/2021 8:35:09 PM
Rising Egyptian talent Mai Kamal will perform her debut concert at the Arab Music Institute on 4 December, singing a collection of known Arabic and Western standards as well as a couple of her originals.
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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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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/22/2021 7:58:00 PM
South Korean superstars BTS were crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday, brushing aside challenges from Taylor Swift, Drake and The Weeknd as they took home a total of three awards and teamed up with Coldplay for a raucous “My Universe” and closed the show with “Butter.”
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/16/2021 6:43:16 PM
Lebanese singer Majida El-Roumi performed Monday at the Cairo Opera House’s Fountain Theater on the last night of the 30th Arab Music Festival and Conference.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/10/2021 1:04:31 PM
Egyptian prominent music professor, violist, and composer Alfred Gamil died in Cairo on Tuesday at the age of 64 due to health problems, according to colleagues and friends.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Music and dance
11/9/2021 8:46:56 PM
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/8/2021 1:09:02 PM
Rappers Travis Scott and Drake have been sued for having "incited mayhem" after eight people were killed and dozens injured in a crush during a Texas concert, the law firm confirmed on Sunday.
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World
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International
11/6/2021 11:50:31 AM
At least eight people died and several were wounded in a crush at the Astroworld music festival in the southern US state of Texas on Friday night, authorities said.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/2/2021 7:21:17 PM
Egypt's Culture Ministry on Monday opened the 30th edition of the Arab Music Festival and Conference, with a concert of two sets of works by late Egyptian legendary composers, Abdo Dagher and Gamal Salama.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/2/2021 4:59:24 PM
One of the Arab world's most famous singers, Sabah Fakhri, who has entertained generations with traditional songs and preserved extinct forms of Arabic music, has died at the age of 88, Syria's government said Tuesday.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
11/1/2021 6:15:48 PM
Showcasing traditional dance, music and arts, Iraq's Babylon International Festival has attracted thousands of fans for the first time in two war-scarred decades.
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
10/31/2021 7:13:35 PM
Syrian star Assala Nasri will perform a concert at the Cairo Opera House’s Fountain Theater on 14 November, amid the 30th Arab Music Festival and Conference.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
10/30/2021 8:43:00 PM
The festival is honouring two renowned Egyptian musicians, Abdo Dagher and Gamal Salama, who passed away earlier this year with their works to be performed on the opening day
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
10/29/2021 12:00:00 AM
Renowned Egyptian singer Afaf Rady will perform at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina for the first time on 4 November as part of the 30th Arab Music Festival and Conference.
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