Arab Music Institute 22 Ramsis St. Tel 2574 3373 Sun 8, 8pm: Umm Kulthoum songs. Thur 12, 8pm: Abdel-Wahab songs. Beit Al-Sehemi Al-Gamaliya, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Muaaz St, Tel 2591 3391 Every Sunday, 8pm: The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments. Every Friday, 8pm: A performance by clowns in Al Muiz Street, entitled; Al Aragouz Wa Khayal Al Zel (The Shadow Puppet & Qarakoz show) We Will Come Right to the Audience…Free Theatre.” The show is presented by Wamda group for Shadow Puppets and Qarakoz, directed by Nabil Bahgat. Cairo Opera House Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Tel 2737 0602/2736 0361, box office 2739 0132/0144 *Main Hall Thur 5, 8pm: The National Arab Music Ensemble. Sat 7, 8pm: The Cairo Symphony Orchestra. Mon 9, Tue 10, Wed 11, 8pm: The Cairo Opera Company & Orchestra, conducted by David Crescenzi along with the Cairo Opera Ballet Company present Donizetti's L'Elisir D'Amore opera, directed by Abdallah Saad. *Small Hall Thur 5, 8pm: Piano recital. Sun 8, 8pm: Pianist Fathi Salama and his Sharkiat band. Mon 9, 8pm: A chamber music by Mohamed Hamdi. Tue 10, 8pm: The Harp group features Mona Wassif. Wed 11,8pm: A multi-media music concert features composer Mohamed Abdel-Fattah. Thur 12, 8pm: Guitar recital by Emad Hamdi. Cairo Jazz Club 197, 26th July St, Agouza. Tel 3345 9939 Thur 5, 9.30pm: The Cadillacs/Screwdriver bands. Sat 7, 9.30pm: Al Nafikha/Rock' n' Lol band. Sun 8, 9.30pm: Electic band. Mon 9, 9.30pm: Aguizi and Fahim/Omar Sherif. Tue 10, , 9.30pm: CJC's International Women's Day with Aya Metwalli/Cheer.
Al-Gumhouriya Theatre 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Tel 2390 7707 Fri 6, 6pm: Violina and piano recital for children. Sat 7, 8pm: Al-Enshad Al-Dini troupe plays religious songs. Thur 12, 8pm: The Egyptian Mawlawiya troupe, led by Amer Al-Touni. Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Tel 2514 7475 every Sat, Mon & Wed, (8pm, free admission) Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music.
Makan 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo, Tel 2792 0878 Every Tuesday, 9pm (Doors open at 8.30pm): Mawawil features vocalists Hend and Sara in a repertoire of traditional music of the Nile Delta, Al Jaafra music played by Arab Tribes from Aswan and Nass Makan band. Every Wednesday, 9pm: Zar music and songs by Mazaher ensemble featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab. Thur 26, 8pm: El Dor El Awal band. The band is one of the first bands in Egypt which has its original music of oriental jazz. They have rich style of mixing music showing multiplicity of tonality. El Mastaba Centre for Egyptian Folk Music 30 A El-Balaqsa St, Abdeen, Downtown. Tel 011 50995354 *Al Dammah Theatre for Free Arts Thur 5, 8pm: El Tanbura was established by Zakaria Ibrahim in 1989 in Port Said, when he brought together the masters of the simsimia, encouraging them to revive their musical heritage. Rawabet Theatre 3 Hussien El Meaamar St. ext. of Mahmoud Basiouny St., from Talaat Harb Square, Downtown Wed 11 &Thur12 March, 8pm: Sound performance, Trapped Sounds features Khaled Kaddal. El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 *River Hall Thur 5, 8pm: Massar Egbari band plays contemporary Egyptian songs. Fri 6, 7.30pm: AfroNoubia band. Sat 7 & Sun 8, 3-6pm: Zumba for ladies on the occasion of the International Women's Day. Mon 9, 7.30pm: Oscharisma band. Tue 10, 7pm: Mohamed Asrawy concert. *Wisdom Hall Thur 5, 7pm: El Sawy Culturewheel Puppet Theatre show revives the concerts of late diva Umm Kulthoum playing two of her best songs. Fri 6, 8pm: Basata band. Sat 7, 6pm: Taxi band features Mado. Sun 8, 7pm: Contemporary Egyptian songs by Mohamed Moheb and the group. Mon 9, 7.30pm: Classical Arab music concert features Rami Abul-Fottoh. ALEXANDRIA Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre) Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria, Tel 03/486 5106 Thur 5, 8pm: Alexandria Opera Company for Arab Music and Singing. Fri 6, 8pm: Classical Arab songs by Reem Kamal. Mon 9, 11am: Alexandria Opera Chamber Orchestra. Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 *Main Hall Sat 7, 7pm: Shwayat Fan (A little bit of art) band. Sun 8, 7pm: Andromida band. Wed 11, 7pm: Singer Marwa Nagui chants Umm Kulthoum songs. Thur 12, 7pm: Alexandria Opera Orchestra, conducted by Khaled Al-Shweikh in a repertoire of international classics.
