00:00Many things we do musically here in Qatar, we do it for the first time and this first time keeps my interest, you know, alive and fun.
00:13Hi, I'm Joris Lanham, I'm the principal jumper player of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra and 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.
00:26If you stick with me, I'll take you behind the scenes and show you what makes this orchestra tick.
00:35With a diverse group of musicians from across the globe, the Qatar Philharmonic brings together a wide range of skills and musical traditions, making the orchestra flexible and adaptive.
00:48This orchestra is really special because normally on symphony orchestra plays symphonies, on opera orchestra plays operas.
00:54We have to provide everything. We play one day opera, the next day we have symphony, arabic program, video games, all the different kinds of music.
01:03And they play everything at a very high artistic level.
01:13Diversity directly shapes how the orchestra plays and thinks musically.
01:17The musicians are well trained in different national schools, German, French, Italy, and Russia.
01:28This brings a varied approach to phrasing, tone production, rhythm.
01:33This created a very flexible, adaptive ensemble.
01:36We are very diverse, so we come from many countries in the world.
01:43We've got players from Egypt, from Lebanon, from Syria, from Germany, Austria, Russia, Ukraine, this 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 because 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.
02:13And there's a lot of players in the orchestra who are good at multiple things and we use that as well.
02:18So 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.
02:41And what 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.
02:55Here you can find in the public classical music nerd sitting next to somebody who is coming to a concert for the first time.
03:20We 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.
03:35The 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.
03:59They can completely change the energy of a performance.
04:03Even before the first note, you get a sense of the excitement,
04:07nervosity and energy in the air and we really pick up on that.
04:10An orchestra isn't the same without people listening to it and they're a huge part of the experience.
04:15We pack our instruments and then you go to your car and you meet members of the audience and 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,
04:35the money they spend and these two hours of music and sharing this moment together,
04:40if you have the feeling they value it and appreciated it, then this is the best you can get as an artist.
04:49The Katara Philharmonic Orchestra, where different musical worlds meet on one stage in Doha.
04:55The Katara Philharmonic Orchestra, where different musical worlds meet on another stage in Doha.
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