PAST CONCERTS
New Works by Composers in Egypt
Malak Gabr | New Cairo | 08 May 2023 | 7 pm | free
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Remembrances
Malak Gabr | New Cairo | 16 Nov 2020 | 1 pm | free
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The Spanish Roots
Malak Gabr | New Cairo | 18 Nov 2019 | 1 pm | free
Oriental Hall | AUC Tahrir | 21 Nov 2019 | 8 pm | free
Electric Ethereal
Oriental Hall | AUC Tahrir | 11 April 2019 | 8 pm | free
Malak Gabr | New Cairo | 15 April 2019 | 1 pm | free
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Egyptian Composers Project
Malak Gabr | New Cairo | 26 Nov. 2018 | 1 pm | free
Oriental Hall | AUC Tahrir | 29 Nov. 2018 | 8 pm | free
Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir | Cairo, Egypt | 3 May 2018
Malak Gabr, AUC New Cairo | Cairo, Egypt | 9 May 2018
CSUSB | San Bernardino, California, USA | 29 May 2018
Organ Studio, Herb Alpert School of Music Building, UCLA | Los Angeles, California, USA | 31 May 2018
Music Recital Hall, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Pomona, California, USA | 1 June 2018
Red Poppy Art House | San Francisco, California, USA | 3 June 2018
53A Olson Hall, UC Davis | Davis, California, USA | 4 June 2018
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Baroque Inspired
Bibliotheca Alexandrina | Alexandria, Egypt | | 10 March 2018
Moataz El Alfi Hall, American University in Cairo | Cairo, Egypt | 25 Feb 2018
Room Art Space, Garden City | Cairo, Egypt | 24 Feb 2018
Malak Gabr Theater | Cairo, Egypt | 27 Nov 2017
Oriental Hall | Cairo, Egypt | 30 Nov 2017
Goethe Institute | Cairo, Egypt | 1 Dec 2017
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Ida y Vuelta
Bridges Cultural Center | Cairo, Egypt | 26 May 2017
Cairo Opera House | Cairo, Egypt | 25 May 2017
Oriental Hall | Cairo, Egypt | 4 May 2017
Favorites
Faculty of Music Education | Cairo, Egypt | 18 April 2017
El Sawy Culture Wheel | Cairo, Egypt | 12 April 2017
A New World
Alexandria Bibliotheca | Alexandria, Egypt | 25 Nov. 2016
Malak Gabr Theater | New Cairo, Egypt | 23 Nov. 2016
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Classics from Near & Far
Ewart Hall | Downtown Cairo, Egypt | 5 May 2016​
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Oufuqy Music Festival
Main Theater, French Cultural Institute | Alexandria, Egypt | 11 June 2015
PAST PROGRAMS
New Works by Composers in Egypt
Amr Okba (b. 1972) - Guitar Quartet*
Ashraf Fouad (b. 1953) - from Obelisk 4 and 5, Guitar Samaie*
Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) - Música incidental campesina
John Baboukis (b. 1955) - Suite for Three Guitars*
Paweł Kuźma (b. 1985) - Macaria, Nataraja* and Melpomene*
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) - Sonatas K. 2 and K87
Karim Frège (b. 1960)- Alcoves*
* = World premiere
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Remembrances
Works by Astor Piazzolla, Claude Debussy and Johann Sebastian Bach juxtaposed with Federico Moreno Torroba, Manuel Maria Ponce and CGC's own Pawel Kuzma.
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The Spanish Roots
Joaquin Turina (1882-1949) - Rafaga, Op. 53
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) - Homenaje 'Pour le tombeau de Claude Debussy'
Enrique Granados (1867-1916) - Danza Espagnola No. 5, Op. 37 'Andaluz'
Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944) - La Cathedral, Andante Religioso, Allegro Solemne
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999) - Junto al Generalife
François Couperin (1668-1733) - Les Tours de Passe-Passe
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) - Milonga del Angel & La Muerte del Angel
Alexander Tansman (1897-1986) - Cavatina & Preludio
Enrique Granados (1867-1916) - Danza Espagnola No. 2, Op. 37 'Oriental'
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) - Libertango
Electric Ethereal
Steve Reich (b. 1936) - Nagoya Guitars
Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915) - from Op. 11
Joseph Haydn (1862-1918) - London Trio No. 1
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) - Rondo
Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) - Cuban Landscope with Rain
Randall Kohl (b. 1960) - from Suite Mundiale
Felix Salazar (b. 1978) - from Nebuletic Premonitions
Eric Kiersnowski (b. 1976) - Gimme Four
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Egyptian Composers Project
Karim Frège (b. 1960) - The Silk Road
Amr Okba (b. 1972) - A Case of Meditation
Taha El Mansy & Pawel Kuźma - Improvisation on Lamma bada yatathanna
Bahaa El Ansary (b. 1991) - Love the sounds, which sounds, as it sounds
Ashraf Fouad (b. 1958) - Tre Angoli
Karim Frège - Solos: Cavatina; Ellipsis; Raksa; Seawards (I. Immersion, II. Floating, III. Drifting)
Karim Frège - Duet: Jazzy Flicks (I. Juxtaposition, II. Confluence)
Baroque Inspired
Steve Reich (b.1936) - Nagoya Guitars
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) - Fugue VI, Op. 1
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Clair de Lune
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) - Prelude & Fugue V
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) - L'evasion
Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) - Grand Trio, Op. 62
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) - Introduction & Fandango*
* film by Helena Abdelnasser
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Ida y Vuelta
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) - Overture to Barber of Seville
Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) - Pour Bercer Un Convalescent
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) - Rondo
Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915) - selected Preludes, Op. 11
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - from Moment Musical, Op. 94, no. 3
Torsten Ratzkowski (contemporary) - Cancion y Tango
Ricardo Escorcio (contemporary) - Estampas del Oriente Venezolano
James Phillipsen (contemporary) - Trio No. 1
Wayne Seigel (contemporary) - East LA Phase *
* film by Saba
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A New World
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) - Sonata, K.239 (trans. E. Barreiro)
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) - Cuba (arr. A. Forrest)
Jean Sibelius (1885-1957) - Sonatina No. 1 (trans. T. Norman)
James Phillipsen (contemporary) - Trio No. 1
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) - London Trio No. 1, Finale (trans. T. Norman)
Wayne Seigel (contemporary) - East LA Phase *
* film by Saba
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Classics from Near and Far
Johan H. Roman (1694-1758) - Sinfonia XX (arr. M. Mallard)
Larry Simon (contemporary) - Breakfast at Noon
Josquin Des Prez (1440-1521) - Ave Maria...Virgo serena (trans. C. Green)
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) - Sonata, K.239 (trans. E. Barreiro)
Celso Machado (b. 1953) - Modinhas brasilieras
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - from Le Cinq Doigts (trans. T. Norman)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Ständchen and Ave Maria
Éric Satie (1866-1925) - Gnossienne 1
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Perpetual Movement
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) - Cuba (arr. A. Forrest)
Tito Puente (1923-2000) - Oye Como Va (arr. Raul Goicoechea/César Mora)
Ziad Rahbani (b. 1956) - El Bent El Shalabiya (arr. Ahmed Serag/César Mora)
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