00:00Many things we do musically here in Qatar, we do it for the first time.
00:06And this first time keeps my interest alive and fun.
00:14Hi, I'm Joris Lanham. I'm the principal jumper player of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra.
00:18And welcome to the Qatar Opera House.
00:21This is basically our home. This is where the magic happens from the rehearsals to the very big moments.
00:27If you stick with me, I'll take you behind the scenes and show you what makes this orchestra tick.
00:36With a diverse group of musicians from across the globe,
00:39the Qatar Philharmonic brings together a wide range of skills and musical traditions,
00:44making the orchestra flexible and adaptive.
00:48This orchestra is really special.
00:50Because normally on symphony, orchestra plays symphonies.
00:53On opera, orchestra plays operas.
00:55Here we have to provide everything.
00:57We play one day opera, the next day we have symphony,
00:59Arabic program, video games, all the different kinds of music.
01:03And they play everything at a very high artistic level.
01:07Diversity directly shapes how the orchestra plays and thinks musicically.
01:19The musicians are well trained in different national schools, German, French, Italy and Russia.
01:26This brings a varied approach to phrasing, tone production, rhythm.
01:32This created a very flexible, adaptive ensemble.
01:38We are very diverse.
01:40So we come from many countries in the world.
01:42We've got players from Egypt, from Lebanon, from Syria, from Germany, Austria, Russia, Ukraine.
01:50This is just to name a few.
01:51I think I might be the only native English speaker in the orchestra.
01:54And I think that makes us also very versatile.
02:00Because we're able to play anything that you throw at us.
02:04We play pop music concerts.
02:06We play Arabic fusion with Western classical music concerts.
02:10And there's a lot of players in the orchestra who are good at multiple things and we use that as well.
02:30So this is my usual spot on stage and this is my trumpet.
02:33Now it might look small, but if I wanted to, it can definitely cut through the whole orchestra.
02:40What I love about performing here is that every concert feels completely different.
02:46We have different conductors coming in and I have to adapt to all the musicians around me
02:51and sometimes even the acoustics of the space.
02:53It definitely keeps me on the edge of my seat.
03:10Here you can find in the public classical music nerd sitting next to somebody who is coming to a concert for the first time.
03:21We entertain an extremely broad range of public and this has broadened also my music horizons
03:28and our musical horizons as an orchestra to be able to provide music for such a diverse audience.
03:42The Katara Opera House is a stunning venue with Italian design and Arabic touches.
03:47From the stage musicians feel the audience's energy shaping every note they play.
03:55From up here you get a real sense of how important the audience is.
04:00They can completely change the energy of a performance.
04:03Even before the first note you get a sense of the excitement, nervosity and energy in the air
04:08and we really pick up on that.
04:10An orchestra isn't the same without people listening to it and they are a huge part of the experience.
04:18We pack our instruments and then you go to your car and you meet members of the audience
04:22who say thank you very much.
04:23It was such a pleasure today.
04:25You have the chance sometimes to talk to them and get this feedback.
04:29And this I think is if people value it that these two hours they spend there, the money they spend
04:36and these two hours of music and sharing this moment together,
04:41if you have the feeling they value it and appreciated it,
04:44then this is the best you can get as an artist.
04:50The Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, where different musical worlds meet on one stage in Doha.
04:59There we are.
05:00There are things never before.
05:01There are people who ì–´ë”” where everything they try to buy in.
05:02There are people who come around here AMareequali.
05:03But we can see that they value an audience,
05:04on homepage.
05:05There, we have people who come around here.
05:06We're not really thinking Synd Provides in New Mexico.
05:07There are people who live inå ´ onéšcuz.
05:09There are people who live in constants of two people.
05:11We have no illusions that we actually live.
05:12We can Save that as an artistically pay for us.
05:14We hope that they are not to be anywhere.
05:15We don't lose their throwing sound and room screens was anything.
05:17We probably won't see in New Mexico-ization'
05:20A lot-arcturral.
05:22We will stay there.
05:23We can just meet Judith referee some Esperanza.
05:24It's a great place here.
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