Residence of three Swiss musicians together with the Egyptian Mazaher ensemble in Cairo and Fayoum. Intensive musical exchange and rehearsal with final concert in the Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts – Makan in Cairo.

In this intensive workshop the musicians of mainly traditional and improvised music from Egypt and Switzerland worked on their musical differences and similarities, to find a common musical language on this basis. Not the easy «groove» was the goal but a sensitive approach and the development of new musical experiences and possibilities. A project by Pro Helvetia Cairo, Makan Cairo, and Norient.

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Artists

Switzerland
Sara Käser (cello)
Hans Hassler (accordion)
Elias Menzi (hammered dulcimer)

Traditional Zar Ensemble Mazaher (Egypt, Cairo)
Om Sameh (main vocal, mazhar)
Om Hassan (back vocal, doholla)
Sabah Back (vocal, mazhar, sagat)
Rafaat Tamboura (hana, main vocal)
Sayed El Araby (back vocal, mangour, mazhar)
Abdalla Kawala Salem (main vocals, hana)
El Shankahawy (back vocals, sagat, hana)
Shadya Mazhar (back vocals)

Curators

Ahmed El Maghraby (Makan)
Johannes Rühl (Norient)

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