MUSIC: A NIGHT IN TAHRIR SQUARE

Organisation: Barbican

Time: 22 July 2011 7:30pm -

Place: Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2

Barbican Presents:

A Night in Tahrir square 

Featuring El Tanbura, Azza Balba, Mustafa Said and Ramy Essam.

It was the biggest party in Egypt’s history. Between January 25th and February 11th, the people turned Cairo’s Tahrir Square into a cross between Woodstock and a giant soapbox. Music and poetry played a crucial role in breaking the ice and melting the fear of tyrannical decades.

The Barbican is proud to celebrate people power in the Arab world with an exceptional line-up of artists, all of whom helped to create the soundtrack to Egypt’s revolution:

Singer-songwriter, Ramy Essam; Egypt's most famous street music ensemble, El Tanbura; Azza Balba, former wife of Egypt's greatest living poet, Ahmed Fouad Negm and; Mustafa Said, an Eyptian singer, composer and virtuoso of the oud.

Part of Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, a festival presented by the Mayor of London, from 4-24 July 2011.

Friday 22 July 2011 | 19:30

Barbican Hall
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

TICKETS: £12.50 - £25 | BOOK ONLINE or CALL 0844 243 0753

www.barbican.org.uk