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Cairo Steps

Cairo Steps is a German-Egyptian music ensemble founded in 2002 by Basem Darwisch, an Egyptian-German oud virtuoso and composer. The band uniquely blends oriental rhythms, Sufi traditions, jazz, classical music, and modern sounds to create a cross-cultural musical dialogue between East and West. Their mission is to transcend cultural, political, and religious boundaries, building musical bridges between Europe and the Middle East. Cross-Cultural Fusion: The group regularly collaborates with musicians from Egypt, Germany, and other countries, combining jazz improvisation with oriental melodies. Awards: In 2018, Cairo Steps and the German band Quadro Nuevo won the prestigious German Jazz Music Award in Gold for their album Flying Carpet. Cairo Steps is widely recognized for creating musical bridges between East and West

Basem Darwisch

Born: April

Basem Darwisch
Composer, Producer and Oud Soloist

Basem Darwisch was born in Bani Mazar, El Minia, Upper Egypt, where he learned music as a child in his Coptic community. He studied German linguistics at Ain Shams University and at the same time music at the Arab Music Institute in Cairo. In 1990 he went to Germany , where he studied Egyptology and Islamic Studies at Heidelberg University. In 1995 he made a career shift and began studying air traffic management in Frankfurt, specializing in airline IT, and later on becoming a business consultant and an IT consultant also for music software programs such as Steinberg VST (Wizoo famous percussions software, Darabuka).