Running between 31 October and 13 November, the 25th edition of Egypt's Arab Music Festival will this year host over 50 musicians from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Morocco and Tunisia. All concerts start at 8pm unless otherwise noted. Monday 31 October Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Opening ceremony featuring a documentary film celebrating the 25th anniversary of Egypt's Arab Music Festival Pianist Omar Khairat (Egypt) Orchestra led by maestro Nayer Nagui With Ali El-Haggar, Medhat Saleh, Riham Abd El-Hakeem and Amina Khairat (Egypt) Tuesday 1 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Ayat Farouk (Egypt) Mohamed Assaf (Palestine) Yasser Soliman (Egypt) Riham Abd El-Hakeem (Egypt) Orchestra led by maestro Mohamed El-Mougy Arabic Music Institute, Downtown Cairo Arabic Music Heritage Ensemble Nadia Mostafa (Egypt) Orchestra led by maestro Farouk El-Bably Wednesday 2 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Sabreen El-Negily and Hossam Hosny (Egypt) Mohamed Metwaly (Egypt) Cellist Emad Ashour (Egypt) Assi El-Hellany (Lebanon) Orchestra led by maestro Abd El-Hameed Abd El-Ghaffar Arabic Music Institute, Downtown Cairo Mohamed Abou El-Hadeed (Egypt) Sihr El-Sharq Troupe, Belal El-Sheikh (Egypt) Thursday 3 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Ibrahim Rashed (Egypt) Shaimaa El-Helaly (Tunisia) Amgad El-Aatafy (Egypt) Oud player Mahmoud El-Gebaly (Egypt) Eman El-Bahr Darwish (Egypt) Orchestra led by maestro Mohamed El-Mougy Arabic Music Institute, Downtown, Cairo Oud players Dina Abd El-Hameed and Ghassan El-Youssef (Syria) Mahmoud Darwish and his troupe (Egypt) Friday 4 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Angham (Egypt) Orchestra led by maestro Hany Farahat Arabic Music Institute, Downtown, Cairo Inshad by Mohamed Abd El-Hameed, Mohamed Abd El-Tawwab, Hossam Saqr and Tarek Fouad (Egypt) Orchestra led by maestro Alaa Abd El-Salam Ikhwa Abou Shaar Troupe (Egypt) Saturday 5 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Maqamat troupe (Tunisia) Violinist Hassan Sharara (Egypt) Nehad Fathy (Egypt) Hany Amer (Egypt) Karima El-Seqally (Morocco) Abdo Sherif (Morocco) Abd El-Halim Nowera Ensemble for Arab Music, led by maestro Salah Ghobashi Arabic Music Institute, Downtown Cairo Arab Takht Troupe, led by Yasser Moawad (Egypt) Sunday 6 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Violinist Jihad ‘Aql (Lebanon) Fouad Zabady (Morocco) Nedaa Sharara (Jordan) Mohamed El-Helw (Egypt) Orchestra led by maestro Hisham Nabawy Arabic Music Institute, Downtown Cairo Maqamat Troupe (Tunisia) Said Othman (Egypt) Monday 7 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Yasser Said (Egypt) Agfan (Egypt) Oud player Naseer Shama (Iraq) Pianist Ahmed El-Naggar (Egypt) Marwan Khoury (Lebanon) Orchestra led by maestro Mostafa Helmy Arabic Music Institute, Downtown Cairo Cairo Opera Children Choir, led by maestro Mohamed Qotb (Egypt) * This concert starts at 6pm Ahmed Shama (Iraq) Tuesday 8 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Sanaa Moussa (Palestine) Violinist Mohamed Srour (Egypt) Eman Abd El-Ghany (Egypt) Mohamed Mohsen (Egypt) Qanoun player Maged Srour (Egypt), the National Arab Music Ensemble, led by maestro Hazem El-Qasabgy Ghada Ragab (Egypt), orchestra led by maestro Reda Ragab Arabic Music Institute, Downtown Cairo Ali El-Helbawy (Egypt) Ibrahim Farouk (Egypt) Wednesday 9 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Rehab Omar (Egypt) Ibrahim El-Hefnawy (Egypt) Marwa Nagy (Egypt) Pianist Amr Selim (Egypt) Medhat Saleh (Egypt) Abd El-Halim Nowera Ensemble for Arab Music, led by maestro Salah Ghobashi Arabic Music Institute, Downtown Cairo Umm Kalthoum Ensemble, led by maestro Medhat Abd El-Samee' Thursday 10 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Emad El-Sharouny (Egypt) Ahmed Effat (Egypt) Hany Shaker (Egypt) Orchestra led by maestro Ibrahim El-Mougy Arabic Music Institute, Downtown, Cairo Sodasi Sharara Troupe, led by maestro Hassam Sharara Friday 11 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Qanoun player Forat Qadouri (Iraq) Ghada Adam (Egypt) Mohamed El-Khouly (Egypt) Samia Baalbaki (Lebanon) Safwan Bahlawan (Syria) Orchestra led by maestro Ahmed Amer Saturday 12 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Cairo Symphony Orchestra revisits composiitons by Sayed Darwish and Mayas El-Yamani With Mohsen Farouk (Egypt), Meyas El-Yamani (Syria) and Fadia El-Hajj (Syria), orchestra led by maestro Mohamed Saad Basha Ali El-Haggar (Egypt), accompanied by Orchestra El-Nil led by maestro Mohamed Saad Basha Arabic Music Institute, Downtown Cairo Qanoun player Forat Qadouri (Iraq) Iman Abd El-Ghany (Egypt) Sunday 13 November Great Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Closing, awards ceremony May Farouk (Egypt) Asala (Syria) Orchestra led by maestro Said Kamal Addresses: Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Arabic Music Institute, 22 Ramses St, Downtown Cairo For more arts and culture news and updates, follow Ahram Online Arts and Culture on Twitter at @AhramOnlineArts and on Facebook at Ahram Online: Arts & Culture
