Academy of Arts (Egypt)

The Academy of Arts (Arabic: أكاديمية الفنون‎‎; Akādīmīya al-Finūn) is a large educational complex in Cairo, Egypt, established by the Ministry of Culture of the then-United Arab Republic in 1959.[1]

It began with three institutes (for film, music, and ballet), but today comprises several institutions of higher learning:

• Cairo Conservatoire ("المعهد العالي للموسيقى "الكونســرفاتوار), established in 1959
• Higher Institute of Artistic Criticism (المعهد العالي للنقد الفني)
• Higher Institute of Arabic Music (المعهد العالي للموسيقى العربية), established in 1929; comprises two performing groups: the Umm Kulthum Band for Arab Music and the Religious Recitation Band
• Higher Institute of Cinema (المعهد العالي للسينما), established in 1959
• Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts (المعهد العالي للفنون المسرحية), established in 1944 and comprising programs in acting, dramatic arts, décor, criticism, make-up, and integrated artist
• Higher Institute of Ballet (المعهد العالي للباليه), established in 1959
• High Institute of Folk Arts (المعهد العالي للفنون الشعبية), established in 1981

Additional performing groups include:

• Academic Troupes for Folk Music
• Academy of Arts Symphonic Orchestra
• Children & Youth Chorale
• Academic Troupe for Ballet
• Academic Troupe for Theatre

The Academy of Arts's former president was Samha El-Kholy.

External links

• Official Academy of Arts website
• egy-mhe.gov: Academy of Arts page - (Arabic)
• Saudiaramcoworld: "Choreography in Cairo—classical ballet comes to Egypt"
• Egypt State Information Service: Academy of Arts page