Baghdadi Big Band to perform at Cairo Opera House on March 14

CAIRO - 12 March 2021:Baghdadi Big Band, led by Maestro Magdy Baghdadi, is holding an artistic concert on March 14  at the Cairo Opera House’s Small Theater.

 The concert is expected to include a number of artistic surprises, including the performance of a number of international jazz acts.

He added that, as usual, the band provides an opportunity for promising talents to participate.

He pointed out that the concert’s program includes a collection of the most famous jazz compositions and Christmas songs.

It is noteworthy that Magdy Baghdadi graduated from the Cairo Conservatory in 1982 and obtained a diploma in playing the trumpet with distinction and a doctorate degree from the Higher School of Music and Art Production in Germany.

Since 1990 he worked as a professor of the trumpet at the Cairo Conservatory. He held the position of the first trumpet player in the Cairo Symphony Orchestra from 1983 to 1997 and was the leader of the Woodwind and Percussion Orchestra at the Conservatory between 1997 and 2003.

He founded his band, Baghdad Band, in 1996. It is the first Egyptian band specializing in Western music that  includes a group of the most talented Egyptian musicians.

Baghdadi held several positions at the Higher Institute of Conservatoire at the Academy of Arts and held the position of President of the Artistic House of Music, Opera and Ballet