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TheConductor
18
Feb

The Performer, the Conductor, the Composer and the Interpretation of Music

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AUC New Cairo

By John Baboukis Professor in the Department of the Arts What is a performance, interpretation and composition, and what are the boundaries between them? What is a conductor, what does he do and why is he necessary? What is performance practice? In light of my work as a conductor, performer and composer, I will talk about these fundamental aspects of making music, and look at how two of my ...

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10
Feb

Preserving Heritage: Manuscripts, Documents and Journals.

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AUC Tahrir Square

What was the scale of written literary production in Arabic? What were these works, and where are they to be found today? The ‘Ilm Institute has been engaged in the ambitious task of preserving, archiving, and digitizing the Arabic written word. It has built an unprecedented digital database documenting almost two million manuscripts and numerous journals and periodicals in the Arabic language...