Acclaimed Cairo composer Omar Khairat has signed a contract to perform a concert in ZPark in Sheikh Zayed on September 19.
Ticket prices:
- LE 1750
- LE 2200
- LE 2800
- LE 3500
- LE 4500.
Khairat has prepared a diverse artistic program for the concert, including a selection of some of his most acclaimed compositions across his storied career, including: “The Night Fatima was Arrested,” “The Case of Uncle Ahmed,” “The Miser and I,” “The Conscience of Abla Hikmat,” and “Ghuayish.”
A fantastic life and career
The veteran composer is the founder and conductor of the Omar Khairat Band.
In 1959, Khairat joined the Cairo Conservatoire, which is regarded as the premier music conservatory in Egypt.He studied piano and musical theory with Italian Maestro Vincenzo Carro.
After graduating, he continued his studies at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in England.
Khairat was born in Cairo and raised in a family of musicians. His uncle, Abou-Bakr Khairat, is a great Egyptian composer of classical music. Abou-Bakr Khairat was the founder of the Conservatoire Institute. Additionally, his grandfather Mahmoud Khairat was a musician, poet, and painter
His compositions have been featured in various, well-known movies and TV shows.
Khairat’s official Facebook page recently announced that he won the most influential music figure award for 2022 from Daily News Egypt.
