Mohamed Abozekry & Karkade at The Kennedy Center

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Mohamed Abozekry & Karkade at The Kennedy Center

Mohamed Abozekry & Karkadé (Cairo, Egypt/U.S. debut) Virtuoso oud prodigy convenes Egypt’s popular and classical music traditions, Sufi calls, and secular poetry with a new instrumental project.

For its fourth edition, Center Stage – a  cultural exchange program initiated by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and produced by the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) – will bring five contemporary music and theater ensembles from Egypt and Ukraine to tour in the United States in September-November 2018. During independent month-long tours Dina Elwedidi(Egypt), Kurbasy (Ukraine), Mohamed Abozekry and Karkadé (Egypt), Teatr-Pralnia with CCA Dakh (Ukraine), and Youssra El Hawary (Egypt) will present more than 50 performances and hundreds of residency activities, classroom visits, workshops, artist-to-artist exchange, and community gatherings. (Individual tour overviews below.)

September 09 2018

Details

Date: September 9, 2018
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost: Free
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Venue

The Kennedy Center

2700 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C., 20566

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202.416.8000

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