Art | The American University in Cairo

Ensemble Aventure Performs Leqaát, Encounters

Ensemble Aventure is a Freiburg-based contemporary music ensemble of Egyptian and German composers renowned for its concert series, international collaborations as well as numerous premieres. This concert program focuses on the encounters between oriental cultural traditions and contemporary music of Western influence. This is particularly evident in the new works by composers Amr Okba, Hossa...

Sep

Film Screening: Sh’hili Documentary

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

For several decades now, people have been talking everywhere about the processes of climate change and global warming underway. Conferences, forums and publications are multiplying. The famous COPs (Conferences of the Parties) held each year in a different country bring together hundreds of delegations from all over the world. And yet there are few results, even though CC phenomena continue to ...

Sep

Mood of Oud: 5th Anniversary Concert

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Egyptian oud player, Michael Onsy, in celebrating the fifth anniversary of his project Mood of Oud which will feature original compositions portraying different situations, mind states and human feelings.

Feb

Open Studio Exhibition

Feb 24 – Mar 9

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Join us for the opening of the Open Studio Exhibition during Cairo Design Week 2024. Experience the grand showcase of the program's educational vision in graphic design, illustrated through a four-year journey of our students' academic growth and creative evolution.

Dec

Visual Arts Open Exhibition

Dec 7 – Dec 28

9:00 am

AUC New Cairo

Don't miss this opportunity to witness the power of creativity and be inspired by the extraordinary talents of AUC's budding artists.

Dec

Student Show: Performances by AUC Students

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Enjoy an unforgettable night of vocal and instrumental creativity as AUC students showcase their remarkable skills.

Dec

Laptop Ensemble in Concert: The Spacial Experiment

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Music inspired by technological and musical experimentation performed by the first-ever AUC Laptop Ensemble, led by Dr. David Rafferty, professor of music technology. This performance is in fulfillment of the 1-credit course MUSC 2640 Chamber Ensemble: Laptop Ensemble.

Dec

Arab Music Night

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Traditional Arab music performed by the Arab Music Ensemble and AUC Cairo Arab Choir, directed by Alaa Abdelsalam and Wael El Mahallawy.

Nov

Mood of Oud: 4th Anniversary Concert

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Mood of Oud is a musical project founded by the Egyptian oud player Michael Onsy. This concert features original compositions in which the oud is the storyteller supported by a string quintet, piano, bass guitar, percussion and drums. Free and open to the public.

Nov

Bank of Anxiety

Nov 7 – Nov 18

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Get a taste of Tawfiq al-Hakim’s dark humor in this play that centers around two friends, Adham and Shaaban, who set up a private bank focused on the currency of anxiety.