Cairo Contemporary Music Days 2015

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  • From: 27/04/2015 - To: 04/05/2015

  • 12:00pm - 12:00am

  • Cairo Opera House

  • Zamalek

  • El Borg Gezira

  • 02-27390188

Enjoy 7 days of free contemporary music at several locations with the 4th edition of the Cairo Contemporary Music Festival. For more info on where to go and how to get there visit their Facebook page here. Oh and remember, never stop rocking.

27th April, 8pm - al Hanager Arts Center: The Spanish composer Raquel Garcia and the clarinettist Victor de la Rosa, “glitched acquitistions”, a multidisciplinary project
28th April, 13pm - the Museum of Modern arts: The composers Oscar Bianchi from Switzerland and Zaid Jabri from Syria, with musicologists and other actors from different culture fields will address and exchange on the issue of the barriers that composers are facing to involve Arab instruments in Contemporary Music
28th April, 19pm - Museum of Modern arts: Oud Recitals with the Syrian famous oud player Mohamed Qadri Dalal
29th April, 13pm - the Museum of Modern arts: The Swiss composer Oscar Bianchi will lead a workshop with other composers and Oud players trying out new techniques
29th April, 7pm - Gerhart Theater - AUC New Campus: Duo UMS,n JIP, contemporary music ensemble from Switzerland
30th April, 8pm - the Oriental Hall - AUC Campus: Duo UMS,n JIP, contemporary music ensemble from Switzerland will perform “Silence”, works by Nono, Berio, Aperghis, Kagel and Schnebel
4th May, 8pm - Al Hanager Arts Center: The composer and producer Bassam Halaka will perform ULTRAS + with Members of The Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble