Salama, El Tohamy to perform at Cairo Opera House

CAIRO – 4 June 2018: The famed Egyptian musician Fathy Salama along with renowned Egyptian Religious chanter Mahmoud El-Tohamy will perform together at Cairo Opera House on Thursday, June 7.

This concert is considered the third cooperation between El-Tohamy and Salama. Salama is an Egyptian music composer, arranger, producer and pianist. He received a Grammy Award in 2004, the only Arab to do so. He has also been awarded the BBC Music Award of 2004 and the Cairo International Film Festival prize.

In 1988, Salama put together his group Sharkiat (Orientals), which has performed over 2,000 concerts and is still touring the world's biggest jazz and world music festivals. Salama's collaborations with renowned artists like Youssou N'Dour and Cesaria Evora produced nine albums, two of which feature Sharkiat.

Since the 1980s, Salama has been composing, arranging, and producing with many major Arab and international stars, including Amr Diab, Mohamed Mounir, Ali El Hagar, and Anoushka.

He has held workshops for the last 15 years in Egypt, which has influenced a new, young generation of acclaimed artists such as the likes of Dina Al Wedidi, Massar Egbary, Mohamed Mohsen, and Cairokee.