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Articles of the author Ati Metwaly
Powerful closing
“To sing well and to dance well is to be well educated,” said Plato. But even before the 4th century BC, dance was an integral part of being human. Its powerful effect has was by primitive cultures for celebratory and magic practices, and as it evolved it became incorporated into worship and (...)

15 - 05 - 2013
Heart and soul
SHUBHA MUDGAL, an iconic musician who specialises in Hindustani classical music, performed on Tuesday 23 April in Cairo and on 25 April in Alexandria. It was a pleasant surprise to find the Cairo Opera House Small Hall full to the brim – so much so that some had to listen to the concert standing. (...)

30 - 04 - 2013
Nagada Style
For two evenings on 14-15 April, the Cairo Opera House saw Bollywood Fusion, a music and dance show the like of which had never been seen before. The event was part of the India by the Nile festival, a dynamic and first-of-its-kind, month-long programme (13 April-13 May) offering Egyptians the (...)

24 - 04 - 2013
Boghdady and the Wolf: Cairo Symphony Orchestra to perform for children
On Saturday 20 April, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Magdy Boghdady will perform a special concert tailored for children. The evening is one of the rare events when the orchestra engages with the youngest audience On 20 April, this special concert aiming at bringing children to the opera (...)

18 - 04 - 2013
Boghdadi and the Wolf
On Saturday 20 April, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Magdy Boghdady will perform a special concert tailored for the youngest audience. The evening will include Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, Bizet's Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants) and Saint-Saëns's The Carnival of the Animals (Le (...)

17 - 04 - 2013
A moveable feast
As the temperature keeps rising and summer makes its way to Cairo, the city witnesses more and more music events. These showcase not only local talent but also highlights from other Arab countries. Several concerts reach beyond the region, presenting artists from Europe, the USA, even India. The (...)

09 - 04 - 2013
PROGRAMME: Music for all audiences with Cairo Symphony Orchestra
Throughout the month of April, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra offers concerts targeting a variety of audiences and tastes. Ahram Online brings you closer to the Cairo Symphony Orchestra's versatile April programme Every Saturday evening, for the last few decades, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra has put (...)

04 - 04 - 2013
The life and times of an Arab soprano
It all began with Franz Lehar's operetta The Merry Widow. From 1961, when this operetta was performed for the first time in Arabic on the stage of the Khedivial Opera House (the Old Opera House in Cairo), through its adaptation in 1994, and until its current performance, interest in this operetta (...)

02 - 04 - 2013
Gems of Armenia: Cairo's Arax Choir commemorates Aram Khachaturian
On Saturday 16 March, the Armenian Community in Egypt gathered at the Nubarian Armenian School in Heliopolis to listen to the Arax Choir conducted by Mihran Ghazelian. The event commemorated the 110th anniversary of the Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978). Khachaturian lived in a time (...)

20 - 03 - 2013
Gems of Armenia
On Saturday 16 March, the Armenian Community in Egypt gathered at the Kalusdian-Nubarian Armenian School in Heliopolis to listen to the Arax Choir conducted by Mihran Ghazelian. The event commemorated the 110th anniversary of the birth of Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian (...)

19 - 03 - 2013
A rendezvous with Chopin
At the historical Manasterly Palace, Cairo's International Music Centre gives recitals by pianists handpicked by Ramzi Yassa, the internationally renowned Egyptian pianist-and the artistic director of the centre. For over a decade, once a month, audiences are thus invited to the crème-de-la-crème (...)

20 - 02 - 2013
Polish connection
“The only honest thing for the artist is to express himself, to bring something in which one really believes. To follow the tastes of other people, to try to please them -- it's a false direction. If I had to follow someone else, I think I would deceive myself, and also them, as I would present to (...)

12 - 02 - 2013
Year of the Snake: Chinese artists perform in Cairo
The performance given by the Hangzhou Institute of Opera and Dance Drama was part of a series of events organised by the Chinese Culture Centre in Cairo, a dynamic institution founded in 2002 to be "the first large-scale culture centre set up overseas by the Chinese Government in the 21st (...)

07 - 02 - 2013
Year of the Snake
For three days, between 28 and 30 January, the Main Hall of the Cairo Opera House hosted artists from China. The performance given by the Hangzhou Institute of Opera and Dance Drama was part of a series of events organised by the Chinese Culture Centre in Cairo, a dynamic institution founded in (...)

05 - 02 - 2013
Magic Mozart
Between 10 and 14 January, the Cairo Opera Company, the Cairo Opera Orchestra conducted by Nayer Nagui and the Cairo Opera Choir with choir master Aldo Magnato presented Mozart's opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote), incorporating soloists and children from the High Ballet Institute in Cairo. (...)

22 - 01 - 2013
Dancing along the success path
On Friday 28 December 2012, the Enana Dance Theatre performed Julia Dumna in the Manama Cultural Hall, Bahrain. Their performance was part of a series of events organised by the Bahraini Ministry of Culture to celebrate Manama as Capital of Arab Culture in 2012. It is neither the first nor the last (...)

09 - 01 - 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Christmas concert at the Cairo Opera House
Egypt has never been short of Christmas celebrations. Though Egypt's streets seldom show the typical Christmas spirit, many musicians do not forget to adorn the season with a few Christmas concerts, performing them in many venues across Cairo and Alexandria. And hence the Cairo Opera House (...)

03 - 01 - 2013
Two years on
No matter how we approach the task of assessing the music field in past 12 months, let alone last two years, we must go back to the role of music and musicians in a changing social and political context. It is by now extremely repetitive if still important to say that musicians and artists in (...)

25 - 12 - 2012
A philharmonic triumph
On Sunday 9 December the Egyptian Sinfonietta, a chamber orchestra operating under the Egyptian Philharmonic Society (EPS), will give its inaugural concert -- the first in a series of six, performed each month this season. The orchestra is the child of the Egyptian Philharmonic Society (EPS); it (...)

05 - 12 - 2012
A moveable feast
Not without reason, Paris is the acclaimed capital of the arts. Captivating with its architecture, museums, concert halls and a number of important historical landmarks, the city is a living museum. The city has a lot to offer to all art lovers. Though some attractions can be costly, such as (...)

27 - 11 - 2012
I wish I was French
J'aurais voulu etre egyptien (I Wish I Was Egyptian), recently performed in Egypt, is a theatre adaptation of Alaa El-Aswany's Chicago. Directed by Jean-Louis Martinelli, the play premiered in September 2011, a few months after the January Revolution, at the theatre of Nanterre-Amandiers in the (...)

21 - 11 - 2012
VIDEO: Mystic Love or Yunus Emre Oratorio performed in Egypt
On Saturday 3 November and Sunday 4 November, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra performed Yunus Emre Oratorio, concerts that were the result of cooperation between the Cairo Opera House and the Turkish Embassy in Cairo "Come, let us all be friends for once. Let us make life easy on us. Let us be lovers (...)

18 - 11 - 2012
Mystic love
Come, let us all be friends for once. Let us make life easy on us. Let us be lovers and loved ones. The earth shall be left to no one On Saturday 3 November at the Cairo Opera House and on Sunday 4 November at the Alexandria Opera House, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra gave a very special concert. (...)

13 - 11 - 2012
Grassroots Romeo
Ati Metwaly and the knights of the Orient Between 7 and 10 October at Al-Gomhuriya Theatre, the Knights of the Orient for Heritage (Foursan Al Sharq Lil Turath), a dance theatre company, performed (presented in the programme notes as Bahia). Based on the play Yasin and (Yasin wa ) by Naguib Surur (...)

18 - 10 - 2012
Children of the Opera
No matter how difficult it might seem for orchestras to reach out to a wide audience, writes Ati Metwaly, concerts tailored to children and the young have a clear privilege All around the globe, parents express interest in assisting their children into a concert hall. Cleverly compiled programmes, (...)

04 - 10 - 2012
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