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Polish composer Frederic Chopin, a master of Romantic music, may have been epileptic
On 31 January, Cairo Opera Orchestra conducted by Nader Abbassi, will perform arias from the best-known operas beloved by audiences
The Malian guitarist Habib Koité will be performing in Cairo
In a tribute to the centenary of Mahler's death, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra will perform his Symphony No. 4 in G Major, as well as a well-known Brahms' violin concerto
On Tuesday 25 January, El Sakia String Orchestra will perform at El Sawy Culturewheel's Wisdom Hall
On 23 January Elisso Bolgvadze, a Georgian pianist, opens the winter season of the International Music Centre at the wonderful location, the Prince Mohamed Ali Palace Golden Hall
On Thursday 20 January, Georges Kazazian will perform at El Sawy Culturewheel, with several musicians from his group adding female voices to the evening
Andre Previn has succeeded in more musical realms -- Hollywood, jazz, conducting, composing -- than just about anyone else alive, but at 81, he doesn't rest on his laurels, or spend much time looking back
Spiros C. Moros Foundation held a musical event with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra, a number of soloists and the Cairo Celebration Choir performing music by Toni Moros  
Situated at the Cairo Opera House grounds in Zamalek, the Music Library is not well-known to the majority of the public. Ahram Online visited the library and discovered the challenges that this cultural institution faces

On a mellow evening of fine tunes and poetry recitals, El Sharea band, gave a performance that alternated between sweet nostalgia, irony and sarcasm along with words of bitterness and despair

Musicians and film-makers participated in a concert of which the proceeds will benefit the victims of the Alexandria bombing. Messages from ElBaradei and Khaled Said’s mother moved the audience

The Basilica Church of Heliopolis is home to one of the first pipe organs in Egypt. The Basilica invites everyone to a concert to listen to the wonderful music coming from this very rare instrument

Egyptian documentary film director Kamal Abdel Aziz reopens the files of the mysterious burning of Cairo Opera House in his short film “The Burning of the Cairo Opera House 1971”

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