75 Ismail Serry Street, Alexandria, Egypt.
Alexandria
مصر
- Arts
Massar Egbari has played a vital role since 2004 in setting a good model for independent music scene. They have enriched the scene with original lyrics tackling social problems as well as heritage music mixed with rock, jazz and blues with some Oriental music. On the local level, Massar Egbari ‘s aim is use music a tool to encourage different type of Youth to work towards the development of Egypt through promoting notions of solidarity and common good.
Since 2004, Massar Egbari is giving solo concerts all over Egypt and also they performed in big events like the SOS Music and Art Beat festivals as well as Farah El Bahr Festival in 2009 and 2010.
In the International scene, the band participated in the festivals:Malta Arts Festival, Barisa Rock Festival in Istanbul, International Biennale of young artist from Europe and the Mediterranean (Puglia 2008) in Bari – Italy. In 2009, Massar Egbari was invited as a special guest in the International Biennale of young artists from Europe and the Mediterranean in Skopje, FYROM, and they performed 6 times on different stages in the city.
The band also participated in Adriatico Mediterraneo Festival in Ancona (Italy) in 2009. In 2010, Massar Egbari performed at the old Fort in Zanzibar (Tanzania) with 40 bands from other African countries in Sauti Za Busara Music Festival. The Festival is considered one of the most important music festivals in East Africa.In July 2010 , the band had a tour in FYROM.
They performed in Lokum Festival in Bitola, and played several gigs in Bitola and Ohrid. By the end of 2010, the band started to have gigs in the Arab world as they performed at Dubai International Film Festival in December 2010 , and in Quarein Festival in Kuwait in January 2011.
Massar Egbari has been designated by the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Ms. Irina Bokova for the attribution of the title of “Young artist for inter-cultural dialogue between the Arab and Western worlds” for their outstanding contribution to foster exchange and Dialogue between Arabs and the Western Culture through Art. They were bestowed this title in an official ceremony in the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 12 April 2011 in the presence on International Media.