Cairo Steps

In 2002, “Cairo Steps band” was born through the collaboration of two highly talented and esteemed musicians.
Coming from very different two parts of the world, and different music styles.
Basem Darwisch  from Egypt, and Matthias Frey from Germany. 
They both wanted to introduce a new and unique music production to the younger generations of the Middle East.
The collaboration between the two musicians resulted in collaboration between their music styles also, and the result was a combination between the Egyptian spiritual ethnic music and Jazz music.
The band toured in Egypt and Europe in many different events, inviting musicians and artists from around the world to join them their performances and tours.
During this time, the band was invited to represent Germany in the cultural Institute festivals around Europe and the Middle East.


08 Alpha Omega

Big, dramatic, moody. The long awaited addition to my symphonic series. My latest sketch.  More to come. Fragmentum is a movement from Symphony of Mosaics.

Note: title changed - was 'Made from Pieces'

© P. McAleer September 2025. Fragmentum for orchestra was composed entirely by Peter McAleer MMus ISM, 2025. The composer owns copyright to all music contained in Fragmentum and all music in this upload.

See the video on YouTube https://youtube.com/shorts/PYz4R5zYdQM?si=5nl_AFAaOQyH0W5F

FRAGMENTUM 2025-09-10

Escape into the rich sounds of the Baroque period. 'Baroque Meditations' is your perfect soundtrack for reflection and tranquility. Journey back in time with music that soothes the soul.

Baroque Meditations III

Movie - El Kitkat - La Passacaglisa

ما أسعد من لا يضيع خفقان قلبه في العدم.Afrah AlQoba 2016  أفراح القبة    Hesham Nazih

موسيقى ( شارع المعز ) - El-Moez Street - music by Ibrahim Shamel

Composed and orchestrated by Khaled Al Kammar
Piano Performance by Mina Samy
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Tarek Hasanin
Dedicated to Faten Hamama
Winner of 2014 Best Original Score award at the Egyptian Catholic Film Festival.

Decor OST  موسيقى فيلم ديكور

25 Jan. Martyrs music by Rageh Daoud - (راجح داوود (إهداء لشهداء الثورة

Cairo Steps offering unreleased tracks in this channel helping their fans to relax and get some meditation in those days 
Cairo Steps featuring  soloists :
Basem Darwisch : Oud

OUD mood of the day by Basem Darwisch       باسم درويش

Jan Boshra is Cairo steps general manager in Egypt 
Soloist Rababa 
The rebab is a type of a bowed string instrument spread via Islamic trading routes over North Africa, Middle East, parts of Europe, and the Far East.

Spritual Moods 

Rababa mood of the day

Jan Boshra is Cairo Steps Cello Soloist and general manager in Egypt

Cello mood of the day by Jan Boshra

German Jazz Award 2018 for the Album Flying Carpet together with Quadro Nuevo
Building Bridges between cultures and to send an indirect message to the audience, creating an positive image about the Egyptian Culture Heritage was the reason why Basem Darwisch founded the German/Egyptian Band Cairo Steps in 2003 .
Cairo Steps merges and combines traditional Egyptian and oriental grooves with modern jazz and classics , using vocal inserts with old Arabic poems . it is a mix between improvisation, classical music and contemporary sounds. The music is influenced by spiritual ethnic music as well as European music traditions and alternates between strong unison rhythms, virtuoso solos and meditative soundscapes. The result is a unique music style and an exciting blend of various cultures
Basem could manage to make Cairo Steps plays the role of the umbrella that has all of the different musical genres and experiences merged together all the way from spiritual chants to modern classics with their own flavor and to pursues the vision of crossing cultural, political and religious borders and building bridges between the occident and the orient. Basem Darwisch’s Vision is to present the audience with a tense spiritual musical experience as language that can help them transcend over their earthly matters and to use the concert to create an atmosphere of tolerance and acceptance of other and different cultures advocating the motto “Music is the bonding force” 
His Vision is also to leave an positive impression about the Egyptian culture heritage through short speeches , visuals and introductions during Cairo Steps concerts in Europe in very well known opera houses and theaters e.g. : Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie Berlin, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Prinzregententheater München, Theaterhaus Stuttgart  , Kuwait , Abou Dhabi and Cairo Opera House etc.
discography:
2017 „Flying Carpet“ – Cairo Steps & Quadro Nuevo (album)
2017 „Gnossienne No. 1“ feat. Sheikh Ehab Younis (single)
2014 „Arabiskan“ (album)
2004 „Oud Lounge“ (album)
contact : management@cairosteps.com
https://www.facebook.com/cairosteps/
videography:
2017/04 „Ikarus’ Dream“ - Cairo Steps & Quadro Nuevo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-DTbh_wSys
2017/03 „Flying Carpet“ - Cairo Steps & Quadro Nuevo https://youtu.be/Va8WqXDm7Mo
2017/01 „Gnossienne No. 1“ – Cairo Steps feat. Sheikh Ehab Younis (more than 2,1 Mio. facebook views and 500.000 youtube views) https://youtu.be/FOpblB88D18
2015/02 „Sultan“ – Cairo Steps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG0Dnz5fhVY

productions:
2015/12 Mohamed Mounir - „Ana Mennek Etaalemt“ 
(#1 Egypt single charts, more than 6 Mio. youtube views) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2WamOKFaCo

https://www.youtube.com/c/CairoStepsofficial
https://vimeo.com/cairosteps

Cello mood of the day by Jan Boshra

Cairo Steps كايرو ستيبس