They say legends never die. But some don’t just live on — they echo.
Marrakech – Fifty years after her passing, Oum Kalthoum who once stopped time with a single note is returning, not in flesh, but in soul.
And Marrakech, ever the city of stories, is about to host one that sings.
On May 16, the majestic Théâtre Meydene will open its doors to Kalthoumiate, a concert that’s not just a tribute — it’s a revival.
We are taking sweeping orchestras, velvet vocals, and the kind of goosebumps that only arrive when music meets memory.
We’re not talking karaoke nostalgia here. This is “tarab” in its purest form — that sweet surrender to music that pulls your heart in all directions and leaves you somewhere between tears and trance.
Oum Kalthoum, the unmatched voice of the Arab world, gave us that over and over. Now, conductor Hicham Telmoudi and Egyptian opera sensation Marwa Nagi are giving it back.
Telmoudi, with his soul-tuned baton, promises a journey faithful to the divine intricacies of Oum Kalthoum’s repertoire — a repertoire that flirted with eternity every time it echoed through radios, cafes, and living rooms across the Arab world.
And Marwa Nagi? Her voice doesn’t just sing — it soars.
A finalist of The Voice and a cultural ambassador of Egypt, she’s not here to imitate. She’s here to channel.
Kalthoumiate isn’t a concert, it’s an invitation.
To feel. To remember. To lose yourself in the grandeur of a woman who turned heartbreak into hymns and longing into legend.
Because fifty years later, Oum Kalthoum is still not done singing. Are you ready to listen?
