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Jazz Arts “Yahya Khalil” in two concerts in Cairo and Alexandria Opera

By :aya Mahmoud elmenshawy

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The pioneer of jazz music, musician Yehia Khalil, will present two concerts at the Cairo and Alexandria Opera, at eight in the evening, Thursday, January 12, at the Small Theater, and on Friday evening, January 20, at the Sayed Darwish Theater, “Alexandria Opera.”

Yahya Khalil prepared a distinguished artistic program in which the French singer Dejayma participated with a group of the most brilliant musicians, and it includes a number of his own works, as well as a selection of the compositions of the greats of Arab music, including Muhammad Abdel Wahhab, Baligh Hamdi, Kamal Al-Taweel, and selections from the world famous jazz music.

mention that; Yehia Khalil is considered the pioneer of jazz music in Egypt and succeeded in creating a unique harmony that mixes between jazz and Arabic music to the degree that dazzled the stars and the jazz audience on the world stage, which made him a permanent guest on the most important international festivals in Europe, Africa and the United States of America. He is also considered the first Egyptian artist He attracts young people to the opera theaters, where thousands of young people used to follow his concerts.
He is also credited with presenting a large number of musicians and singing stars in Egypt and the Arab world, in addition to his contributions to the development of the song industry and the addition of techniques that did not exist before.

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