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Great Symphonies I
Saturday 9/9/2023 08:30 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
A. Dvořák
Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104
L. v. Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92
Soloist:
Hassan Moataz, violoncello
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi




A Classical Approach I
Saturday 16/9/2023 08:30 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
G. Rossini
William Tell, overture
W. A. Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in E flat Major K. 364
R. Schumann
Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major Op. 38 “Spring”
Soloist:
Abdelhamid El Shweikh, violin
Sindey Mohamed, viola
Conductor:
Mohamed Sharara




Musica Instrumentalis
Musica Vocalis
Saturday 23/9/2023 08:30 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
Darius Milhaud
Concerto No. 1 for Two Pianos and Orchestra
G. Verdi
La Forza del destino, overture
G. Rossini
Largo al factotum, Aria from "Il barbiere di Sivglia"
P. Mascagni
Intermezzo from “Cavalleria Rusticana”
G. Puccini
“O mio bambino caro”, Aria from “Gianni Schicchi”
“Che gelida manina” Aria from “La Bohème”
J. Massenet
Méditation from "Thaïs"
G. Puccini
“O Soave Fanciulli”, Duetto from "La Bohème"
Soloist:
Ghada Shaker, piano
Amany Mounir, piano
Mona Rafla, soprano
Amr Medhat, tenor
Khaled Samir, baritone
Conductor:
Nicola Marasco




A Classical Approach II
Saturday 30/9/2023 08:30 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
J. Haydn
Symphony 43 in E flat major Hob. I: 43
A. Glazunov
Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 82
L. v. Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major op. 60
Soloist:
Merna Sorour, violin
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi




“The Wieniawski Laureate”
Saturday 7/10/2023 08:30 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
L. v. Beethoven
Consecration of the House, Overture Op. 124
H. Wieniawski
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
J. Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98
Soloist:
Hina Maeda, violin
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi
In Collaboration with Japan Cultural Foundation




Great Symphonies II
Saturday 14/10/2023 08:30 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
Abu Bakr Khairat
Isis Overture
D. Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
Rest of the program to be announced
Soloist:
Naghamaya Safwat, piano
Conductor:
Giovanni Pompeo




Opera in concert
Saturday 4/11/2023 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chenier, opera in 4 acts
Soloist:
Davide Ryu, Andrea Chénier
Hanying Tso, Maddalena di Coigny
Alessio Quaresima Escobar, Carlo Gérard
Conductor:
Isabella Ambrosini
In collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute




Great Symphonies III
Saturday 11/11/2023 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
M. Ravel
Rhapsodie Espagnole
S. Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini Op. 43
Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 44
Soloist:
Laura Mikkola, piano
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi
In Collaboration with Egyptian Philharmonic Society




Azerbaijan National Hero, Heydar Aliyev Centennial
Saturday 25/11/2023 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
Fikret Amirov
Azerbaijan Capriccio
Concerto for Piano on Arabic Themes
Gara Garayev
Adagio and Waltz fro the Ballet “The Seven Beauties”
Soltan Haijbeyov
“Caravan”
Tofiq Bakixanov
Adagio from the Ballet “Good and Evil”
Niyazi
Concert Waltz
Soloist:
Murad Huseynov, piano
Conductor:
Yelchin Adigezalov
In Collaboration with Azerbaijan Embassy




Russian Flair
Saturday 2/12/2023 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from opera “Eugene Onegin”
E. W. Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35
D. Shostakovich
Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op. 47
Soloist:
Abada Ahmed, violin
Conductor:
Nader Abbassi




German Flair
Saturday 9/12/2023 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
L. v. Beethoven
Violin Concerto op. 61 in D major
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Music to Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night Dream”
Soloist:
Michael Barenboim, violin
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi
In Collaboration with German Embassy




Adieu Rachmaninov
Saturday 16/12/2023 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
S. Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 40 in D minor
Symphonic Dances Op. 45
Soloist:
Giuseppe Andaloro, piano
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi
In collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute




Christmas Concert
Saturday 23/12/2023 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 107 “Reformation”
Rest of the program to be announced
Conductor:
Hisham Gabr




New Year’s Concerts 2024
Sunday 31/12/2023 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
Music by Strauss Dynasty, F. Lehar, E. Kalman, Offenbach etc.
Soloist:
Larisa Stefan, soprano
Conductor:
Alessandro Ledda




L'Histoire du Soldat
Full Stage Production
Saturday 6/1/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
I. Stravinsky
L'Histoire du Soldat
Soloist:
Fabian Huegli, clarinet
Anatoli Kisselev, bassoon
Walid Gabr, trumpet
Zafar Azimov, trombone
Toqa Mohamed, percussion
Laura Virtanen, violin
Ahmed Osman, double bass
Choir Master:
Conductor:
Mohamed Saad Bacha




Great Symphonies IV
Saturday 13/1/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
Olivier Messiaen
Les Offrandes Obliées
S. Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Op. 26
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor Op. 36
Soloist:
Rosalia Gomez Lasheras, piano
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi
In collaboration with Spanish Embassy




Great Symphonies V
Saturday 20/1/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
S. Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major Op. 19
E. Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 55
Soloist:
Salma Sorour, violin
Conductor:
Nader Abbassi




Thousand and One Night
Saturday 27/1/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
E. Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
A. Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 54
N. Rimsky-Korsakov
“Scheherazade” Symphonic Suite Op. 35
Soloist:
Rana Abdel Wahhab, violin
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi




Brazilian Flair
Saturday 3/2/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
Marlos Nobre
Kabbalah for Orchestra
H. Villa-Lobos
Fantasia for Violoncello and Orchestra
Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Dansa Brasileira
José Gomes de Abreu
Tico Tico
Rest of the program to be announced
Soloist:
Victoria Kapralova, cello
James Strauss da Silva, flute
Conductor:
TBA
In Collaboration with Brazilian Embassy




Saturday 17/2/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
M. Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 26
Rest of the program to be announced
Soloist:
Abigeila Voshtina, violin
Conductor:
Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli
In collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute




Arab Perspectives Festival
Saturday 24/2/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
Abu-Bakr Khairat
Egyptian Folkloric Suite
Attiya Sharara
2nd Arabic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Rest of the program to be announced
Soloist:
Hassan Sharara, violin
Conductor:
Mohamed Saad Bacha




Great Symphony VI
Saturday 2/3/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
A. Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 in E flat major “Romantic”
Rest of the program to be announced
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi




Masterclass for Conductors
Concert I
Saturday 16/3/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
J. Brahms
Haydn Variations Op. 56 b
R. Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54
L. v. Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 Op. 68 “Pastorale”
Soloist:
Yara Salem, piano
Conductor:
Candidates of the Masterclass
In collaboration with National Bank of Egypt




Masterclass for Conductors
Concert II
Saturday 23/3/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
C. Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
L. v. Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op. 15
I. Stravinsky
Symphony in C
Soloist:
Moushira Issa, piano
Conductor:
Candidates of the Masterclass
In collaboration with National Bank of Egypt




Great Symphonies VII
Saturday 20/4/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
D. Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major Op. 107
G. Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Soloist:
Victoria Kapralova, cello
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi
In collaboration with Egyptian Philharmonic Society




Great Symphonies VIII
Saturday 27/4/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
E. Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16
N. Abbassi
Nile Bride
O. Respighi
Pini di Roma
Soloist:
Seif Edin Sherif, piano
Conductor:
Nader Abbassi




Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century
Saturday 4/5/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
C. Debussy
Nocturnes
Roland Baumgartner
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
I. Stravinsky
Petrushka (Version 1947)
Soloist:
Evgeni Zhadanov, violin
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi




Great Symphonies IX
Europa Day of Culture
Saturday 11/5/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
Program to be announced
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi




“Rising Stars”
Saturday 18/5/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
H. Wieniawski
Polonaise
Pablo Sarasate
Introduction / Tarantelle
J. Haydn
Violoncello Concerto in C major
C. Saint-Saens
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
N. Paganini
La Campanella
M. Ravel
Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra
Soloist:
Sama Abdalla, violin
Mohamed Said, violin
Sama Nour Eddin, cello
Nour Abdelfattah, violin
Jana Samer, violin
Nour Abdalla, violin
Conductor:
Mohamed Sharara




Ecuadorian / Egyptian Night
Saturday 25/5/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
Program to be announced
Soloist:
Jorge Saada, violin
Conductor:
Boulos Bola
In Collaboration with Embassy of Ecuador




La Dolce Vita
Italian Flair
Saturday 1/6/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
Paul A. Genin /G. Verdi
Fantasie Brilliante sur des airs de La Traviata
Wilhelm Popp /G. Verdi
Fantasia on Rigoletto for Flute & Orchestra
Nino Rota
Trombone Concerto in C
O. Respighi
Fontane di Roma
Fiesta Romana
Soloist:
Alessandro Nova, flute
Mohamed Gamal, trombone
Conductor:
Alessandro Tirotta
In collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute




Great Symphonies X
Saturday 8/6/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
M. De Falla
The Three Corned Hat Suite No. 1
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35
C. Franck
Symphonie in D minor
Soloist:
Yasser El Serafi, violin
Conductor:
Juan José Navarro
In collaboration with Spanish Embassy




American Flair
Saturday 15/6/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
S. Barber
The School of Scandal, Overture
Victor Herbert
Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor Op. 30
A. Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 “New World”
Soloist:
Ayman El Hanbouly, cello
Conductor:
Antony Armore




A Night in Azerbaijan
Saturday 29/6/2024 08:00 p.m
Cairo Opera House
Main Hall
Gara Garayev
“Leila and Mejnoon” Poem for Orchestra
Fikret Amirov
Maqam Shur
Rest of the program to be announced
Soloist:
TBA, cello
Conductor:
Ahmed El Saedi
In Cooperation with Azerbaijan Embassy in Cairo