The Arts Center at the University of New York - Abu Dhabi opened yesterday the Red Theater to host the Barzakh Music Festival, providing an opportunity for university students and international music lovers mixed with diverse cultures to be part of this colorful, music and singing event. And the show, "Sion Cutie" and "Egypt 80", and managed the American artist of Sudanese origins Sarah, create a kind of direct interaction, so I asked the audience in the theater to progress and stand in front of them, to be close to her songs and the sound of oriental drums and guitar, African voices Graduated from everywhere, increasing the enthusiasm of the public.
With Sarah, the listener understands that music is a universal language. Singing was a mixture of interwoven Arabic with a variety of dialects between Nubian dialect and Sudanese dialect, in addition to some foreign words, giving space to a wide audience of all nationalities. Music can make everyone in the place - no matter what It was his nationality - to interact and dance to her tunes, but increased the choice of some words asked this diverse audience with her.
The pre-Sion Kuti was distinguished by its spectacular visual effects, its light-colored presence, its continuous dance, and the calmness of its vocabulary. It sang a song of life, freedom, hope and separation, and translated every Arabic song with words A foreigner tells her audience a non-Arabic speaker, to feel the impact of the song and to understand the meaning of it, Sarah and her beautiful group varied as she approached the audience of her distance, and became at this ceremony very close.
Sarah spoke of Nubian literature and called for no difference between people even if the border separated them geographically, and in her deep voice, which is characterized by different appearances, interspersed with various singing schools, Sarah touched the hearts of the audience, and clapped long.
The performance of Shawn Coty and Egypt 80 came to complete a musical night that mixed African Afroppets with Retroboop tones, reflecting the character of the East African region. Shoni Koti, a Nigerian musician, appeared with some of his band members, setting the stage for drums, singing and dancing. Delivering a message of love and peace to all the people who live on this earth, with its colorful fashions and the design of the theater lights that sparkled with this audience, Coti was able to create the difference and smile on the face of his fans and came up with a positive note entitled "Africa Loving Life".