QUICK TAKES - April 16, 2009
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Associated Press
Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim will lead the Cairo Symphony Orchestra today in his first performance in Egypt, bringing his campaign to bridge divides through music to the heart of the Arab world for the first time.
He will conduct the orchestra in a performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and play several piano solos at the Cairo Opera House.
Barenboim is believed to be the first prominent Israeli musician to perform in Egypt, said Hossam Maffar, an advisor to Egypt’s culture minister.
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