Ninemuse's PBS TV debut.

When Montreal, Quebec-based singer-songwriter Chantal Chamandy took the stage at the foot of the Sphinx in Cairo on September 7, she became one of only a handful of artists who have been granted permission by the Egyptian government to use the site for a live performance.

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Chamandy, who was born in Egypt but moved to Canada as a young child, "wanted to go somewhere to capture her roots." Her performance included members of Cirque du Soleil, the Cairo Opera House Ballet Company, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra, as well as her own band.

The taped performance has been made into a TV special, and an upcoming DVD release, both directed by French director Gerard Pullicino, who has produced and directed shows for Celine Dion (to whom Chamandy is often compared), Madonna and Joe Cocker.

The performance, titled Chantal Chamandy, Beladi, A Night at the Pyramids has been distributed to all stations within the U.S.'s Public Broadcasting System (PBS), and will begin airing in March 2008. The Montreal-based Ninemuse Entertainment--Chamandy's label-will talk international sales at MIPCOM, where some five company executives will hold court under the Horizon Quebec umbrella and attempt to license TV and DVD rights to international broadcasters. Chamandy explained that while "music will always be [in Ninemuse's] background," the company--up to now only a record label--is leveraging the Chamandy special to branch out into all forms of entertainment.