AlUla Moments announces line-up of concerts at Maraya

AlUla Moments has announced a new line-up of international and regional artists who will take the stage at Maraya, the world’s largest mirrored building, with the event coinciding with the Ancient Kingdoms Festival in November.

The first newly announced concert will be on November 10, with international Grammy-nominated megastars OneRepublic performing at AlUla for the first time. Their debut album Dreaming Out Loud in 2007 included the 20-million selling smash single Apologize, shattered digital sales and airplay records worldwide, receiving a Grammy nomination. The band released several albums thereafter, achieving over 5B streams on Spotify to date.

The pop-rock band will perform songs from their popular albums: Oh My My, Human, and others. Along with their Top Gun: Maverick themed song – I Ain’t Worried, they will also play selected tracks from their newly released Never Ending Summer as part of the album’s tour.

Moving from western music to eastern, on November 18, the young Syrian Faia Younan will return to Maraya for the second time. After a successful performance in November 2021, she will bring the joy again to Maraya with her unique mix of fresh, light, original, Arabic and Syriac songs.

Egyptian soprano Mai Farouk and the Arab Orchestra will take the stage on November 25. Mai started her career at the age of 8, when she learnt to sing at the Egyptian Opera House with Maestro Selim Sahhab’s band. She performed a big number of traditional Arabic operetta and songs from the Egyptian mid-20th century music of the Egyptian iconic singer Umm Kalthoum and Mohammed Abdul Wahab.

The Arab Orchestra will be directed by Maestro Mostafa Helmy. The renowned Maestro participated in a number of musical records with Egyptian and regional music talents and music distributors. As well as his role as a music professor at the faculty of Specific Education, he led the Orchestra at the Arabic Music Festival in its last four editions. For lovers of original traditional Arabic and Egyptian music, this will be a not-to-miss concert.

Tickets for OneRepublic, Mai Farouk and the Arab Orchestra are on sale now. Tickets for the Faia Younan performance will go on sale on October 20. – TradeArabia News Service