Damanhur opera house will host the first concert of the 2013 Arab Music Festival on Wednesday. The concert features performances by Lebanese violinist Jehad Aql and Tunisian singer Lotfi Boushnak accompanied by El-Hefni Music Troupe, the Nile Delta province's opera house manager, Mohamed Zarif, said. The annual event is organized by the Cairo Opera House and this year's festival is named after late prominent Egyptian musician Dr. Ratiba el-Hefny.