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Name: Emad Hamdy
Skills: Accompanist, Arranger, Player, Soloist, Teacher
Phone: 0105067674
Address: Cairo, Egypt
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Emad Hamdy Anyone who is at all interested in classical guitar can hardly avoid this name. Hamdy has enjoyed an outstanding reputation internationally as a classical guitarist, and the music press has included him in the Pantheon of the world's best guitarists. Anyone who has attended to just one of his countless concerts will gladly agree with this assessment. Hamdy has accomplished something that few people achieve in our day. The perfect harmony of virtuosity, musicality and interpretation. This prominent guitarist is often heard performing Recitals, Chamber works and Orchestral works and was the first guitarist in Egypt to play guitar concerto with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra in 1988. Main professor of the guitar at Cairo Opera House and the American University in Cairo. Hamdy Formed many unique classical chamber ensembles for the first time in Egypt, including guitar duos with Violin, Flute, Cello, Soprano and Piano. He offers an exciting and fresh repertoire of original Arrangements of many classical works, as well as Argentine Tangos, Spanish Dances and Latin American Folk Songs. In January 2007 in the Main Hall at Cairo Opera House, Hamdy performed with the Cairo Opera Orchestra for the first time in Egypt Rodrigo's masterpiece "Concierto de Aranjuez" for guitar and orchestra, the most famous and most acclaimed guitar concierto ever written, Composed by the well-known Spanish composer "Joaquin Rodrigo" and conducted by the Swiss conductor, Maestro "Thomas Herzog".

 

 


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