Concerts
Upcoming concerts
2026
- 18Dec 2026
The Annual Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Ewart Memorial HallAUC Tahrir Square, Cairo · Friday 18 DecemberGet updatesTime and tickets to follow - Jun2027
Pharos: Light Bridges to a Country of Tomorrow
A German-Egyptian project with Havelkonsort, conducted by Bernhard Barth and Nayer Nagui: after its first two concerts in Potsdam and Werder (Havel), Germany, in September 2026, two concerts in Egypt
Alexandria and Cairo4 and 5 June 2027 · venues to be announcedGet updatesDate, venue and tickets to follow
From the archive
Twenty-seven years of concerts, tours and projects. 87 entries and growing.
2026
- 26Sep
Pharos: Light Bridges to a Country of Tomorrow
Bernhard Barth, Pharos (première); Bach
St. Nikolaikirche, Potsdam, 26 Sep, 4 pm; Heilig-Geist-Kirche, Werder (Havel), 27 Sep, 5 pm, Germany - 12Jun
Fauré Requiem: An Evening of Choral Music
Fauré, Requiem in D minor; A selection of American songs
Saint Rita Church, Maronite Patriarchate, Heliopolis, Cairo - 11Feb
With the Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices
Traditional Bulgarian songs; Egyptian Medley (with the Bulgarian choir)
Main Hall, Cairo Opera House - Jan
Ramadan Première 2026: United Media Services
Ramadan medley (arr. Mohamed Elashey)
Opera House, Arts and Culture City, New Administrative Capital
2025
- 20Dec
26th Annual Christmas Concert
Karadimchev, It's Christmas Again
Chapelle De La Salle, Cairo - 12Sep
Bradshaw: Requiem “For those left behind”
Lee Bradshaw, Requiem "For those left behind"
Great Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (12 Sep); All Saints' Cathedral, Cairo (13 Sep), Alexandria and Cairo - 16May
Bach: St John Passion
J.S. Bach, St John Passion
St. Rita Church, Maronite Patriarchate, Heliopolis, Cairo - 9May
Omar Khairat: The Grand Show
Omar Khairat; Nayer Nagui conducting the choir and orchestra
Qubba Palace, Cairo
2024
- 13Dec
25th Christmas Concert
Seasonal songs from classical to pop
Ewart Memorial Hall, AUC Tahrir (13 Dec); Theatro Arkan (14 Dec), Cairo - 7Dec
Red Bull Symphonic with Marwan Pablo
Rap with symphony orchestra and choir
Mall of Egypt, 6th of October City - 17Aug
Ready for Life: concert for the 43rd World Scout Conference
Nayer Nagui, Ready for Life, official song of the 43rd World Scout Conference (music and lyrics by Nayer Nagui, arranged by Steven Simon)
Qubba Palace, Cairo
2023
- 15Dec
Christmas concert at Arkan Plaza
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Arkan Plaza, Sheikh Zayed, Giza - Dec
Christmas Concert at Ewart Hall
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Ewart Memorial Hall, AUC Tahrir, Cairo - 19Sep
Belt and Road Festival in Beijing
Aghani bel Arabi, Sayed Darwish arr. Nagui
Beijing, China - 5Jul
Elgar: The Light of Life
Elgar: The Light of Life
Basilique Notre-Dame d'Héliopolis, Cairo - 13JunHeliopolis University for Sustainable Development, Cairo
2022
- Dec
Christmas concerts: AUC and Taj City
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
AUC; Taj City, Cairo - 6Jul
Aghani Bel Arabi: Egyptian and Italian songs of the early 20th century
Famous Egyptian and Italian songs of the early 20th century
Theatre, Istituto Italiano di Cultura (IIC), Cairo - 24Jun
Dvořák: Stabat Mater
Dvořák, Stabat Mater Op. 58
Great Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria; Basilique, Heliopolis, Cairo - 4Mar
Palmeri: Misa Tango
Martín Palmeri, Misa Tango
Great Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria; Basilique, Heliopolis, Cairo
2021
- 17Dec
Christmas Concert at Sodic West
Sleigh Ride; Jingle Bell Rock
Christmas Lane, SODIC West, Sheikh Zayed - Dec
Christmas Concert at Heliopolis University
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development, Cairo - 9Jul
Red Bull Symphonic Egypt with Cairokee
Cairokee with symphony orchestra and choir
Al Mahka Theatre, Salah El Din Citadel, Cairo
2020
- Dec
Christmas Concert at Mall of Arabia
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Mall of Arabia, 6th of October City - 20Aug
The Day (El Youm): lockdown release
Nayer Nagui, The Day (El Youm), arranged by Steven Simon
Online
2019
- 14Dec
Christmas Concert at Collège De La Salle
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Collège De La Salle, El Daher, Cairo - Dec
Christmas Concert at Cairo Opera House
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - 29Jun
Rising Soloists Concert II
Nayer Nagui (conductor); rising soloists including Ghadir Ikram, Meriam Nabil, Hani Onsi and Carol Ebeid
Gomhoria Theatre, Cairo - 15May
An Evening with Three American Composers: Bernstein, Sedek, Baboukis
John Baboukis, Requiem Mass; Bernstein, Serenade for violin and orchestra
Ewart Memorial Hall, AUC Downtown (15 May); Malak Gabr Arts Theater, AUC New Cairo (16 May); Bibliotheca Alexandrina (17 May), Cairo and Alexandria - 18Jan
Al-Qurain Cultural Festival in Kuwait
Aghani bel Arabi: Sayed Darwish arrangements
Abdulhussain Abdulredha Theatre, Salmiya, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2018
- 16Dec
Annual Christmas Concert in Alexandria
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - 26May
La Philosophie de la Vie (Elia Abu Madi)
Nayer Nagui, settings of Elia Abu Madi's verse
Cairo - 12May
World Music Concert with the Ayoub Sisters
Songs from five continents; Egyptian songs in new arrangements
The Marquee, Cairo Festival City, New Cairo - 22Mar
World Music Concert with Dozan wa Awtar (Jordan)
Dozan wa Awtar
El Dar, 42 Omar Ibn El Khattab St, Cairo
2017
- 10Dec
Annual Christmas Concerts
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - 11Oct
A Cross-Cultural Concert at Space of Culture
Sayed Darwish songs; classical works
Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development, Cairo - 11JunCairo
- 7JunHoly Family School (Jesuits), Ramses Street, Cairo
- 12May
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Cairo Opera House (12 May); Basilique (13 May) - Mar
80th birthday of SEKEM founder Ibrahim Abouleish
Nayer Nagui
Venue to be added - 3Feb
With Dozan wa Awtar (Jordan)
Aghani bel Arabi programme
Cairo Opera House (3 Feb); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria (4 Feb) - —Cairo
2016
- 14Dec
Annual Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - 17Nov
Appearance on the Mona ElShazly television show
Nayer Nagui; Mona ElShazly; choir in gold scarves with piano and percussion
TV studio, Cairo - 29Oct
TEDxCairoWomen
Cairo Celebration Choir
Cairo Marriott, Zamalek - 1Sep
Aghani bel Arabi at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Nayer Nagui
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria - Jul
World Choir Games in Sochi (silver diploma)
Aghani bel Arabi (Sayed Darwish arrangements)
Sochi, Russia - 16Jun
Beethoven: Mass in C (Egyptian premiere)
Beethoven, Mass in C major Op. 86; Beethoven, Zur Namensfeier Op. 115
All Saints Cathedral (16 Jun); Basilique, Heliopolis (17 Jun), Cairo - 17Mar
Aghani bel Arabi at El Dar
Folk songs by distinguished Egyptian composers
El Dar, Almaza, Heliopolis, Cairo
2015
- 14Dec
Christmas Concert 2015
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - 17Jun
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor (Egyptian premiere)
Mozart, Great Mass in C minor K.427
All Saints Cathedral, Zamalek (17 Jun); Basilique, Heliopolis (18 Jun), Cairo - 25MayArgentine Embassy residence, Cairo
- 2Jan
Christmas Recital
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarchate, El Daher, Cairo
2014
- 12Dec
Christmas concerts
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - 7NovEwart Memorial Hall, AUC (7 Nov); Qasr El Thaqafa, Assiut (21 Nov); Diwan El Mohafza, Minya (22 Nov), Cairo
- 20Sep
Aghani bel Arabi with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Choir
Sayed Darwish, Gamal Abdel Reheim, Awatef Abdel Kerim, arr. Nagui
Great Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria - 13Jun
A Handel Afternoon
Handel, Zadok the Priest; Handel, Hallelujah
Cairo Opera House lobby - 4Apr
Festival de la Voix and UNESCO
Alain Huteau, Deux Poèmes; Aghani bel Arabi selections
Soisy-sous-Montmorency; UNESCO, Paris (5 April), France - 4Jan
Une note d'ici et d'ailleurs
Aghani bel Arabi selections; Moroccan songs
Mohammed V National Theatre, Rabat, Morocco
2013
- 16Dec
Annual Christmas Concert
Pachelbel, Canon in D; A Vaughan Williams Christmas
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - 7JunCairo and Alexandria
- Jun
A concert for Egypt’s cultural identity outside the Ministry of Culture
Aghani bel Arabi: Sayed Darwish
Street stage outside the Ministry of Culture, Zamalek, Cairo
2012
- 26Dec
Cairo Opera House Christmas Concert
Carols including Carol of the Bells, Adeste Fideles, Ave Maria (Caccini, Schubert)
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - 9Nov
Prague Voices: silver award
Sayed Darwish arrangements; Gamal Abdel Reheim
Prague, Czech Republic - 26Feb
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle at the Prince Mohamed Ali Palace
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Prince Mohamed Ali Palace, Manial, Cairo
2011
- 18Dec
Christmas Concert 2011
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - 17Nov
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Basilique, Heliopolis, Cairo - 16Apr
Aghani bel Arabi
Sayed Darwish, Gamal Abdel Reheim, Awatef Abdel Kerim, arr. Nagui
Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House
2010
- Dec
Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - Oct
Choral-Percussion Celebration
Alain Huteau, Deux Poèmes (Song of Songs) for choir, soprano, cello, piano, classical and oriental percussion
Cairo - —
Concerts in Morocco with Coro de Tres Culturas
Sayed Darwish and Gamal Abdel Rahim choral works, arr. Nayer Nagui; Nagui's own works
Mohamed V Theatre; Marrakech Royal Theatre; Dar Souiri (Essaouira), Rabat, Marrakech and Essaouira, Morocco
2009
- Dec
Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - 12Jun
Schubert: Stabat Mater
Schubert: Stabat Mater
Basilica of Our Lady of Heliopolis; Opera Theatre, Cairo
2008
- Dec
Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - 6Jun
The first Aghani bel Arabi
Sayed Darwish, Gamal Abdel Reheim, Awatef Abdel Kerim, arr. Nayer Nagui
Cairo Opera House lobby - Jun
Aghani bel Arabi in Alexandria
Nayer Nagui
Alexandria
2007
- Dec
Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - —
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Cairo Opera House lobby
2006
- Dec
Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - Nov
Opening of the 30th Cairo International Film Festival
Selection of musicals
Cairo
2005
- Dec
Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
2004
- Dec
Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
2003
- Dec
Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria - —
Fauré: Requiem
Fauré: Requiem
Basilique, Heliopolis, Cairo
2002
- Dec
Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
2001
- Dec
Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
2000
- —
First Christmas concert
Christmas songs arranged by Nayer Nagui
Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria