Gibran Khalil Gibran Event 2008:

                    (The Jubilee 125 years of his Birth)

Gibran & Lebanon

 

Celebrating 125 Years of Gibran Khalil Gibran, Tony Kaldas hold a set of concerts to commemorate the occasion in Egypt, presenting the masterpieces of Gibran as were sung by the famous diva Fayrouz and also by Majida el Roumi as well as new pieces composed specifically for the occasion. The concerts will also feature a host of Lebanese songs to bring the spirit of Gibran’s birthplace into the heart of Egypt.

 

First Concert will be held at the Opera House -
 Gomhoreya Theatre in 27th June 2008.

 

Second Concert will be held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Alexandria in 16th July 2008.

 

Repertoire:
 
Gibran Songs:
 
 1- Sakan el Layl
 2- Al Mahaba
 3- Ya Bani Omy
 4- Aatiny el Nay w Ghany
 
and 2 new Songs from Tony new Album:
 
 5- Ya Nafssy
 6- Ohebouka ya Akhy
 
And Collections of famous lebanese songs:
 
 7- Medley of ( Mawal + am yesalouny aleyk el nass)
 8- Natarouna Ktir
 9- Habibi (Adagio Albinoni)
 10- Nassam alayana el hawa
 11- shou sayer be halak
 12- Meghalat bel enwan
 13- Medley ( Eshar + kanou ya habibi + Matrahak be Albi)
 14- Nehna wel amar Jeeran
 15- Ya Tayr el Werwar
 16- Endy Theqa Feek
 
 
 
About Gibran :
 

Gibran Khalil Gibran was born in 1883, in Bcherri, Lebanon. He Lived in Boston for some years ; forced to get the education that his parents never had. Returned to Lebanon, he wanted to "cultivate his native language and become acquainted with Arabian erudition. During the following years Gibran painted, designed book covers and wrote in Arabic many short essays.  In 1908, he went to Paris and studied at the Academie Julien and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, then around 1912, moved to New York to the famous studio apartments where he lived until his last days.  At this time his fame was growing extensively behind many English and translated poetry and prose.  In 1923, The Prophet was published in English, later to become a world-renown masterpiece and to be translated into over twenty different languages.

More info about Gibran :

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Links of the reviews of The concerts:

http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=25928&SecID=48&IssueID=0

http://www.mawaly.com/news/6618/1.html

http://www.alhadathnews.com/internal.asp?page=details&cat=12&newsID=1572

http://www.nablustv.net/internal.asp?page=details&newsID=21617&cat=30

http://www.shobiklobik.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=143815

http://rodolphjarastv.com/vb/t15006/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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