Georges Kazazian to perform at book presentation in Cairo

PanARMENIAN.Net - Jacinta Candinas’s ‘Cairo – Lucerna – Coira’, a book published in 2011, presents the results of a series of postcard exchanges between Jacinta Candinas (Cairo) and Manuel Vázquez (Lucerna) and includes short stories and poems by Andri Perl (Coira).

Egypt’s official book launch will take place on Saturday, October 8 in the presence of Candinas. The event will also showcase a concert by Cairo-born Georges Kazazian, Ahram Online reported.

Kazazian, of Armenian descent, has performed at some of the most prestigious festivals around the world and has composed soundtracks for several films including Aly Badrakhan's Al Goua (The Hunger) and Mohamed Khan's Zawget Ragol Mohem (The Wife of an Important Man). His music is hard to box into one genre, though it has been categorised as Egyptian Jazz. Whatever one chooses to call it, Kazazian’s music is definitely a fusion, drawing on, among other influences, Indian and Armenian sounds.

His albums include Sabil (1991), Sagate (1997), Sajaya (1997), Nil Sangit (1999), Suite "al Ganûb" (1999), Monaga (2001), Azraq (2002), Dayra Jazz (2002), Neel Dhun (2008) and Zafir (2008).