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British superstars are set to perform during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) Deputy Executive Director Nasser Sahim said.
“Some famous singers will definitely come. I just cannot reveal their names. It'll be a surprise to the audience but superstars are coming and they will perform with the orchestra,” Nasser Sahim told The Peninsula.
The Orchestra and the British Council are in collaboration to bring these artistes to perform during the World Cup, Sahim said. Back in June this year, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) invited artistes from across the globe to showcase their talents during the World Cup.
It is welcoming applications from all kinds of performers, including visual arts, crafts and heritage, fashion and design, performance arts, theatre, music and film, who are interested in performing at a variety of cultural activities across Qatar during the tournament.
Sahim, who is also a famous Qatar singer and composer, said that during the quadrennial event they will also be performing Gulf folk music concerts.
Nasser Sahim, QPO Deputy Executive Director
To recall, in August, QPO held a concert titled “Gulf folk meets Philharmonic,” and again in September in collaboration with the State Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan.
Sahim didn’t reveal the date for the upcoming concert but it will be held in front of Al Khater’s House located in Education City, he said.
“We will repeat the Gulf folk music in a very traditional place near Oxygen Park. Al Khater is an old house building that still exists. The audience will have an impression and atmosphere of the culture and the music’s past.”
“What I did in the concert Gulf folk meets Philharmonic is I’m using the same music – the sea songs and traditional music, and re-arrange it to polyphony — from the monotonic form to the polyphony form, that means from one voice to harmonisation. We used the same theme and rhythm, developing the art with more harmony to make it fit as a polyphony arrangement,” explained Sahim.
He stressed that the concerts are dedicated to residents and football fans, for them to experience the “traditional folk music in the orchestration style.” Over 1.5 million soccer fans are expected to attend the World Cup.
