Veteran
Egyptian Musician Omar Khairat will perform two consecutive concerts at
Cairo Opera House on January 17,18. The concert will
include Khairat’s most popular musicals.
Khairat is influenced by different genres of music such as Arabic, European
classical, Egyptian, African, Jazz, Pop, and Blues. He won the Best Musician
Award in 1989 from the Egyptian Society for Cinema.
Khairat
is a composer that can blend the style of international symphonies with
Egyptian music masterfully. He has composed many successful music pieces such
as “Dameer Abla Hikmat” (Abla Hikmat’s Conscience), “Wagh
el-Kamar” (The Moon's Face) and “Leilet el-Kabd ala Fatma” (The
Night Fatma was Arrested), among others.
Khairat's
concerts held in Cairo Opera Houses often witness extensive turnout from fans. His music is a kind of fine art that has succeeded in
achieving a huge fanbase.
His
concerts have become a phenomenon that attracts attention from fans and
followers of fine arts and all his concerts are fully booked.
One of
his most notable innovations was the soundtrack for the movie
"El-Mammar" [The Passage] starring Ahmed Ezz and directed by Sherif
Arafa, which achieved unprecedented success in Egypt and the Arab World.
Source: Egypt
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