Two musical worlds, one voice from Cairo.
From grand classical masterworks to traditional Egyptian songs, over 100 voices from diverse nations have united under the baton of founder and conductor Nayer Nagui since 2000.
18Dec 2026
The Annual Christmas Concert
Friday 18 December 2026 · Ewart Memorial Hall, AUC Tahrir · the 27th year
The season ahead
Full calendar and archive- 18Dec 2026
The Annual Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
Ewart Memorial HallAUC Tahrir Square, Cairo · Friday 18 DecemberGet updatesTime and tickets to follow - Jun2027
Pharos: Light Bridges to a Country of Tomorrow
A German-Egyptian project with Havelkonsort, conducted by Bernhard Barth and Nayer Nagui: after its first two concerts in Potsdam and Werder (Havel), Germany, in September 2026, two concerts in Egypt
Alexandria and Cairo4 and 5 June 2027 · venues to be announcedGet updatesDate, venue and tickets to follow
The classical world 
Masses, requiems, and great choral works
- Bradshaw, Requiem (world première) 2025
- Elgar, The Light of Life 2023
- Mozart, Great Mass in C minor 2015
- Schubert, Stabat Mater 2009
- Rossini, Petite Messe Solennelle 2007
- Fauré, Requiem 2003
أغاني بالعربي 
Traditional Egyptian songs with modern arrangements
- Sayed Darwish, arranged by Nayer Nagui 2008
- Gamal Abdel Reheim 2008
- Silver award, Prague Voices 2012
- Silver diploma, World Choir Games, Sochi 2016
Twenty-seven years on stage
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2026Pharos: Light Bridges to a Country of Tomorrow -
2026Fauré Requiem: An Evening of Choral Music -
2026With the Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices -
2026Ramadan Première 2026: United Media Services -
202526th Annual Christmas Concert -
2025Bradshaw: Requiem “For those left behind” -
2025Bach: St John Passion -
2025Omar Khairat: The Grand Show -
202425th Christmas Concert -
2024Red Bull Symphonic with Marwan Pablo -
2024Ready for Life: concert for the 43rd World Scout Conference -
2023Christmas concert at Arkan Plaza -
2023Christmas Concert at Ewart Hall -
2023Belt and Road Festival in Beijing -
2023Elgar: The Light of Life -
2023Aghani bel Arabi -
2022Christmas concerts: AUC and Taj City -
2022Aghani Bel Arabi: Egyptian and Italian songs of the early 20th century -
2022Dvořák: Stabat Mater -
2022Palmeri: Misa Tango -
2021Christmas Concert at Sodic West - 2021Christmas Concert at Heliopolis UniversityHeliopolis University for Sustainable Development, Cairo
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2021Red Bull Symphonic Egypt with Cairokee -
2020Christmas Concert at Mall of Arabia -
2020The Day (El Youm): lockdown release -
2019Christmas Concert at Collège De La Salle -
2019Christmas Concert at Cairo Opera House -
2019Rising Soloists Concert II -
2019An Evening with Three American Composers: Bernstein, Sedek, Baboukis -
2019Al-Qurain Cultural Festival in Kuwait - 2018Annual Christmas Concert in AlexandriaCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
- 2018La Philosophie de la Vie (Elia Abu Madi)Cairo
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2018World Music Concert with the Ayoub Sisters -
2018World Music Concert with Dozan wa Awtar (Jordan) - 2017Annual Christmas ConcertsCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
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2017A Cross-Cultural Concert at Space of Culture -
2017Rising Soloists Concert - 2017Charity concert at the Jesuit school (Holy Family School)Holy Family School (Jesuits), Ramses Street, Cairo
- 2017Rossini: Petite Messe SolennelleCairo Opera House (12 May); Basilique (13 May)
- 201780th birthday of SEKEM founder Ibrahim Abouleish
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2017With Dozan wa Awtar (Jordan) - 2017Reformation 500Cairo
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2016Annual Christmas Concert - 2016Appearance on the Mona ElShazly television showTV studio, Cairo
- 2016TEDxCairoWomenCairo Marriott, Zamalek
- 2016Aghani bel Arabi at the Bibliotheca AlexandrinaBibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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2016World Choir Games in Sochi (silver diploma) -
2016Beethoven: Mass in C (Egyptian premiere) -
2016Aghani bel Arabi at El Dar -
2015Christmas Concert 2015 -
2015Mozart: Great Mass in C minor (Egyptian premiere) - 2015Argentine National DayArgentine Embassy residence, Cairo
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2015Christmas Recital -
2014Christmas concerts -
2014Helm El Nour (Dream of Light): youth arts initiative in Cairo, Assiut and Minya - 2014Aghani bel Arabi with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina ChoirGreat Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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2014A Handel Afternoon -
2014Festival de la Voix and UNESCO -
2014Une note d'ici et d'ailleurs - 2013Annual Christmas ConcertCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
- 2013A Latin American Choral ConcertCairo and Alexandria
- 2013A concert for Egypt’s cultural identity outside the Ministry of CultureStreet stage outside the Ministry of Culture, Zamalek, Cairo
- 2012Cairo Opera House Christmas ConcertCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
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2012Prague Voices: silver award - 2012Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle at the Prince Mohamed Ali PalacePrince Mohamed Ali Palace, Manial, Cairo
- 2011Christmas Concert 2011Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
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2011Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle -
2011Aghani bel Arabi - 2010Christmas ConcertCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
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2010Choral-Percussion Celebration - 2010Concerts in Morocco with Coro de Tres CulturasMohamed V Theatre; Marrakech Royal Theatre; Dar Souiri (Essaouira), Rabat, Marrakech and Essaouira, Morocco
- 2009Christmas ConcertCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
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2009Schubert: Stabat Mater -
2008Christmas Concert - 2008The first Aghani bel ArabiCairo Opera House lobby
- 2008Aghani bel Arabi in AlexandriaAlexandria
- 2007Christmas ConcertCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
- 2007Rossini: Petite Messe SolennelleCairo Opera House lobby
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2006Christmas Concert -
2006Opening of the 30th Cairo International Film Festival - 2005Christmas ConcertCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
- 2004Christmas ConcertCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
- 2003Christmas ConcertCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
- 2003Fauré: RequiemBasilique, Heliopolis, Cairo
- 2002Christmas ConcertCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
- 2001Christmas ConcertCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
- 2000First Christmas concertCairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
Nayer Nagui
Founder and musical director · Principal Conductor, Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra · former Artistic Director, Cairo Opera Orchestra
“Rearranging Darwish’s music was very special to me. In a way I feel like I’m fulfilling his dream.”
Studied in Alexandria, Cairo and at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, he has conducted orchestras from the BBC Scottish Symphony to the Qatar Philharmonic, and led the inauguration ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Full biographyBring the choir to your stage
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Invite the choir- Contact
- Amira Shawky, CCC Manager
contact@cairocelebrationchoir.com
+20 102 419 7617 - Performed in
- Cairo, Alexandria, Morocco, Prague, Sochi, Kuwait, Paris, Beijing, Potsdam, Werder (Havel)
- Worked with
- Michel Piquemal and Ensemble Symblema (France), Coro de Tres Culturas, Dozan wa Awtar (Jordan)
- Recognition
- Silver award, Prague Voices 2012 · Silver diploma, World Choir Games, Sochi 2016
- Founded
- 2000, by Nayer Nagui
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