For many decades Egypt was at the heart of Arabic music, and a pioneer of Western classical music practices in the Arab world. Egypt’s Golden Age (1950s-1970s) was known for setting trends and ...
Camille Saint-Saëns wrote his Fifth Piano Concerto in Luxor to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his debut. It's been known as the "Egyptian" ever since. We'll enjoy it tonight.
The scope of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio ISRAEL IN EGYPT is the Passover story. Handel premiered it in three sections: The Lamentation of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph, Exodus and Moses ...
An imposing basalt sarcophagus from about 600 B.C. gets pride of place in one gallery of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s illuminating new exhibition “Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World.” The ...
The Arab world mourns the loss of Egyptian music icon Hany Shaker, who passed away at the age of 73 after a prolonged battle ...
Monsieur Christie certainly had. On this form, the OAE and its muscular, disciplined yet flexible choir could gallop over the Red Sea, let alone right through it. Always a scholar but never a pedant, ...
A concert of classical Arab songs and music by oud player Hany El-Hamzawy and his troupe. Thurs 30, 7.30pm: El-Enshad El-Dini ...