Press Release from HalimElDabh.com

If you happen to be in Cleveland this week you can check out the performance in South Africa from the street. Details below.

Internationally recognized composer, educator and
ethnomusicologist Halim El-Dabh will be featured at
Africa's first-ever electronic music festival in
Johannesburg, South Africa, and residents of Northeast
Ohio will have the opportunity to view his
performance. The performance, billed as an "almost
simulcast," will be broadcast at the McCrory
Department Store space on East 4th Street 6 p.m. on
September 3, 2005, as part of the Ingenuity Festival
in Cleveland, Ohio. The broadcast of El-Dabh's
performance will be free and open to the public.

El-Dabh, who is one of the pioneers of electronic
music internationally, and the father of electronic
music in Africa, will be attending the UNYAZI festival
and symposium in Johannesburg September 1-4, 2005. He
will perform his works live, and will also be actively
involved in the paper sessions, workshops and in
creating an awareness of electronic and
electroacoustic music among young composers.

El-Dabh's performance (which will take place in
Johannesburg on September 2 and be broadcast in
Cleveland on September 3), will consist of old and new
works for various electronic and electroacoustic
combinations, some involving live performers. El-Dabh
will collaborate with U.S. electronic music virtuoso
and trombonist George Lewis, South African traditional
instrument expert and composer Pops Mohamed, Egyptian
drum soloist Blake Tyson, and University of
Witwatersrand gymnastics/trampoline professor Tshepo
Mfebe.

UNYAZI, the Zulu word for "lightning," also
means "electricity." In addition to his concert, on
Septembe 1 El-Dabh will also present a paper, entitled
"Unyazi Born Within," which explores the sensitivity
toward sound inherent in the African village, which
El-Dabh experienced during his many research trips
throughout Africa.

The Ingenuity festival runs Sept. 1-4 and will feature
nearly 200 events showcasing Cleveland arts and
technology. The performances and displays, which range
from cutting-edge computer-based creations and
multimedia events to classical works and family fare,
will take place at venues in and around the Public
Square and lower Euclid Avenue areas. A one-day pass
to selected outdoor events is free; a one-day,
unlimited-access pass to all Ingenuity events is $10;
and an unlimited-access weekend pass is $25. Go to
http://www.IngenuityCleveland.org/ for more festival
information.