The 29th session was held amid safety measures and social distancing

The works of top composers in Egypt open the Arab Music Festival

The Egyptian Minister of Culture honored a group of great composers.

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The Arab Music Festival, organized annually by the Egyptian Opera House, left the walls of the Grand Theater, where the prominent musical event was held, to open to a larger square that hosted the opening of its special session this year.

Where the opening ceremony of the twenty-ninth session was held, the day before yesterday, at the open fountain theater, which accommodates about 1,000 people, and was specially designed, with the aim of keeping pace with measures to combat the outbreak of the Corona virus, and to maintain social distancing.

During the ceremony, the festival honored 12 inspiring personalities in the field of music and singing, including: the poet Bakhit Bayoumi, singer Maher Al-Attar, musician Yahya Mahdi, violinist Mahmoud Othman, and flute player Mohamed Abdel Nabi.

Three of the greatest composers, namely: Jamal Salama, Muhammad Sultan, and Helmy Bakr, honored them with a new song entitled: “Long Live the Music”, jointly presented by: Nadia Mustafa, Ahmed Ibrahim, Ahmed Effat, Ayat Farouk, Yasser Suleiman, Iman Abdul-Ghani, Suma and Mai Hassan, followed by A bouquet of the works of each composer separately, played by the orchestra, led by Maestro Salim Sahab.

The Egyptian Minister of Culture, Enas Abdel Dayem, said in the opening: “For 28 years, the Arab Music Festival and Conference has been the artistic wedding, one of the vocabulary of the identity defense system, preserving the artistic heritage that is unique to the nation, and a model for Egypt's soft power, where the festival played a prominent role. In returning musical and lyrical works to the spotlight ».

She added, "We are launching today the 29th session in exceptional circumstances, the effects of which were reflected on life practices across the country, confirming our determination to confront and overcome these challenges and circumstances, and to highlight through its activities a civilized image that expresses the authenticity of Egypt and its people."

The festival program, which runs until November 10, includes 29 concerts and music, with the participation of 93 artists from five Arab countries.

Performances are held at the Republic Theater, the Theater of the Institute of Arab Music in Cairo, the Alexandria Opera, and the Damanhour Opera.

Among the most prominent singers participating are: Hani Shaker, Medhat Saleh, Ali Al-Hajjar, Khaled Selim and Carmen Suleiman from Egypt, Assi El-Hillani, Wael Jassar and Saad Ramadan from Lebanon, Saber Al-Rubai from Tunisia, and Humam Ibrahim from Iraq.

Parallel to concerts and musical performances, a scientific conference will be held at the small theater of the Opera House, which will discuss this year "future visions of Arab music after the Corona pandemic", with the participation of researchers from Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Iraq, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Also, on the sidelines of the festival, an exhibition of Arabic calligraphy will be held, by the artist Mustafa Omri, at the Egyptian Opera House.

• Minister of Culture, Inas Abdel Dayem: “For 28 years, the festival has been one of the vocabulary of defending identity and preserving the heritage that is unique to the nation.”

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