Music and theatre: A Bridge across the Mediterranean Sea

What follows is the press release (courtesy of the Italian Cultural Institute) of a very interesting project that see the involvment of young Egyptian and Italian musicians. The project culminates in a series of concerts in various locations across the city. To know more about the project and the program of the musical performances, click here.  

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The Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo presents a music and theatre project: "Music and Theatre of figure: a bridge across the Mediterranean Sea" (call for proposals for cultural activities 2009, EU Delegation, Cairo). The project aims to promote the dialogue and the exchange among peoples and cultures, in order to improve reciprocal knowledge and give visibility to the Euro-Mediterranean Partenariat.
The initiative, funded by the European Union and the Italian Cultural Institute, involves Helwan University - Faculty of Music. The targeted audience are young students of music, and musicians as well as actors and students of drama schools. The project has the purpose to prove that a dialogue between different cultures is possible, against the common view of “culture clash” and incompatibility between East and West.
Through the organization of workshops different music and theatre experiences, from Europe and Egypt, come together and are compared.
Musicians from both countries will work together in seminars and workshops and play live performances using music and theatre language as medium for further cultural achievements.

The music program presents pieces of the XVIII, XIX and XX century from European and Egyptian repertory, scheduled as follows:

- Thursday March the 11th at 7.00 pm: pieces of the XIX century, IIC Theatre;
- Sunday March the 14th at 8.00 pm: mid-project at Gomhoreya Theatre;
- Thursday March the 18th at 7.00 pm: pieces of the XX century, IIC Theatre;
- Wednesday March the 24th at 7.00 pm: music and cinema, Helwan University – Faculty of Engineering;
- Thursday March the 25th at 7.00 pm: music and cinema, IIC Theatre.
- Monday March the 29th at 8.00 pm: final concert at Gomhoreya Theatre.