The Center receives Roskilde Festival World Music Award
In 2011, the Board of the RFWMA awarded El Mastaba Center for Egyptian Folk Music its annual World Music Award . The award was presented to Founder/Director, Zakaria Ibrahim at the WOMEX World Music Expo on Sunday 30 October 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Steen Jørgensen, Chairman of the Roskilde Festival Charity Society, explained why the El Mastaba Center for Egyptian Folk Music was chosen as this year's recipient: "It is important to us that we support the Egyptian and other Arabic populations in these times. Music and its surrounding culture has and will always be a strong medium and source of inspiration for people wanting a free life. We wish to help the El Mastaba Center to ensure their continuing work with preserving and developing traditional Egyptian music for all generations."
Peter Hvalkof, World Music Booker at Roskilde Festival expressing his pleasure at the award, said, "The kind of work that the El Mastaba Center does to ensure a basis for traditional Egyptian music needs to be recognized for its inspirational value to the entire scene for world music. It makes really good sense to be able to follow-up on an outstanding concert with Rango of the El Mastaba Center at this year's Roskilde Festival in awarding the Centre the RFWMA."
Steen Jørgensen, Chairman of the Roskilde Festival Charity Society, explained why the El Mastaba Center for Egyptian Folk Music was chosen as this year's recipient: "It is important to us that we support the Egyptian and other Arabic populations in these times. Music and its surrounding culture has and will always be a strong medium and source of inspiration for people wanting a free life. We wish to help the El Mastaba Center to ensure their continuing work with preserving and developing traditional Egyptian music for all generations."
Peter Hvalkof, World Music Booker at Roskilde Festival expressing his pleasure at the award, said, "The kind of work that the El Mastaba Center does to ensure a basis for traditional Egyptian music needs to be recognized for its inspirational value to the entire scene for world music. It makes really good sense to be able to follow-up on an outstanding concert with Rango of the El Mastaba Center at this year's Roskilde Festival in awarding the Centre the RFWMA."
