Agnes Kofoed Christianson and the actor Mohamed Ismail has collaborated since they met in Cairo 2017 and worked with Arabic music through 1900, music performance, experimental improvisations, folk music and theatrical performance and poetry. They have performed together at at El Warsha Theatre in Cairo, Teater Tribunalen, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Mediterranean Museum, Swedish Embassy of Cairo, Egyptian Embassy in Stockholm among others.
Rawa Ensemble
Concert performance of traditional Arabic music, new music, free improvisation, Swedish folk music and performance.
Musicians - Agnes Kofoed Christianson, Mohamed Ismail, Jesper Nordberg, Marco Jelaca, Abdelrahman Koujer, Ruhi Erdogan
Yassine - Stuck on the screen
Art film project in Cairo in collaboration with El Warsha Theater during 2020. Performed at Folk och Kultur, Stockholm Film Festival at INDIO STUDIOS, Minutfilmfestivalen
Participants:
Mohamed Ismail - Director
Agnes Kofoed Christianson - Script, music
Actors - Mohamed Ismail, Agnes Kofoed Christianson, Hamza El Eily, Samar Hussein, Rehab Khalaf, Shorouq Zahran
Producer - Kareem Abd El Naem
Musicians - Wael El Sayed, Baha El Dahabi, Agnes Kofoed Christianson
Photo: Baha Tolba, Amanda Nielsen, Rolf Christianson