The latest...An official invitation to perform at the
17th Arab Music Festival and Conference in Cairo, November
1-10, 2008! Professor Ratiba El-Hefny "Our audience
loves MESTO!"
MESTO will perform Tuesday, November 4th. (Cairo Opera)
Wednesday, November 5th (Alexandria Opera)
Special guest singer
with MESTO in Cairo!
Who will enchant the audience?
NEW*** Youtube!! search for "Ahwak
MESTO"***
Sunday,
June 1st. 2008
@ 7:00 pm
"Babylon in San Diego"
Bravo...Bravo
Smashing success! Great repertoire, talented musicians,
warm audience. The concert was one of the best.
Al-Jazeerah TV covered
the event, will broadcast all-over the world.
Minutes before the concert, MESTO rehearsing with Samir
Rizq 
Nabil Azzam conducts the orchestra with mastery and
confidence
The audience was so responsive to and supportive of
the orchestra.
Guest star singers were fabulous
Woroud-and-Samir
Rizq
Sherwood Auditorium
The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Baalbek
in Hollywood. Sunday, April 20, 2008
Zipper Concert Hall at The Colburn School of Music.
Los Angeles
The orchestra performed instrumental selection and
demonstrated mastery with Lebanese music performed by
star singer Woroud and star singer Maurice Raad.
The audience loved Woroud and Maurice Raad and our Qanun
virtuoso Lilit Khojayan
Raad-Singing al-Safi and Tony Hanna and Joseph Azar
with confidence and smile
Woroud with MESTO since its first concert! Artistic
performance of special repertoire that included great
songs of Fairouz, the Rahbani Brothers and Elias Rahbani
Conductor Azzam with both Woroud and Maurice Raad and
enthusiastic audience
Mr. Maurice Mitri receives the award Friend of MESTO.
On the stage Dr. Hassan Sassi (co-chair) Maurice Mitri,
Dr. Raymond Jallow and our Fahd Shaaban who was the
MC before the second half of the concert. Shaaban also
announced the 88th birthday of Mr. Charlie Gould (our
basson player)
MESTO sponsor Dr. Tarek Shawaf (middle) is the guest
of honor who flew from London specially to attend "Baalbek
in Hollywood." From left, Dr. Raymond Jallow (co-founder,
friends of MESTO) Nabil Azzam, Dr. Tarek Shawaf, Captain
Joseph John and Dr. Naji Jurdi (who commissioned Banadi
'Alaik of El-Atrache)
Very special guests: Representing the Asian community,
highly respected guests of our good friend Mrs. Chisako
Kanimaru (second from left.) The music of Lebanon appealed
to their ear!
By phone from Beirut
commenting on Baalbek in Hollywood this Sunday
Maestro Elias Rahbani to Nabil Azzam
"Your orchestra is promoting our music in the most
dignified way...Bravo"
Baalbek in Hollywood
Music of
Lebanon
Nabil Azzam-conductor
Zipper Concert Hall
200 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles CA 90012
For tickets call MESTO @ (310)
795-4280
general admission $30 (sponsors $100)
We accept payment with PayPal
(mestomusic@aol.com)
Sunday,April 20, 2008
@ 8:00 pm
Featuring
Star Singers
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Woroud--------Maurice
