The Grand Egyptian Museum is preparing to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of the singer Umm Kulthum, with an additional concert on February 24, after all tickets for the concert scheduled for February 23 were sold out immediately after it was announced.
The concert will be performed by singers Mai Farouk and Reham Abdel-Hakim, who will perform some of Kulthum’s most acclaimed and beloved songs.
The company organizing the concert announced that tickets for the additional concert have already been put up for sale online through the TicketMarche website, and are now available to the public.
The program is set to feature many of Kulthum’s most acclaimed songs, in which she collaborated with major composers.
The founder and managing director of RMC Worldwide and organizer of the concert, Ahmed Obaid explained: “This concert comes to commemorate authentic art and appreciate Umm Kulthum on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of her passing away.”
The company also seeks, through organizing and holding artistic concerts in Egypt, to focus on Egypt’s role as a center for the arts in the region.
