Conductor Kamoliddin Urinbaev during a concert.
For the first time, the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) will present a special musical performance that fuses Western orchestral music with traditional Gulf folk genres in an effort to enhance and preserve Gulf music.
According to QPO, the music will put particular emphasis on Qatar’s rich maritime history with influences from the art of ‘Fijiri’, a traditional form of music associated with pearl divers and the sea. Philharmonic’s Deputy Executive Director, Nasser Sahim composed the music for the event, with Dr. Amer Jaffar from Kuwait and Mansour Al Mohanadi, a Qatari singer providing vocals for the performance.
The event will include a traditional Gulf percussion group led by Dr. Faisal Ibrahim Al Tamimi, composer, Qatari director and researcher in arts and Qatari folklore. It will be conducted by Kamoliddin Urinbaev.
QPO’s Sahim has established a musical presence in a wide range of endeavors. As a vocalist-composer he has recorded over 30 single songs in the Gulf region as well as an album of a dozen songs.
He has produced musical projects, television programmes, sound effects, commercial music serials and classical music for all of Qatar’s national media. And he has composed orchestral music. His Four Seasons symphony has been performed domestically and internationally in the years 2015 through 2017.
Conductor Kamoliddin Urinbaev is the founder, artistic director and chief conductor of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan. He began his musical education with learning to play the gijakei violin at the Glier RSMAL. He graduated from the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan with bachelor’s and master’s degree in 2007 and 2009 respectively, in two classes – gijak and conducting. Urinbayev was awarded the title “Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan” in December 2014, by the Decree of the President.
The musical concert will be next week, August 27 from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Katara Opera House at the Katara Cultural Village. Tickets can be purchased via QPO’s website: QR 75 for third balcony; QR 125 for second balcony, side, middle and upper orchestra; QR 175 for front orchestra, and QR 200 for centre orchestra.
