InClassica festival in Dubai gathers global classical artists & orchestras for two weeks of concerts

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In this episode of Cult, we’re in Dubai at InClassica, where international orchestras and soloists gather for two weeks of classical performances and new works by composer Alexey Shor.

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00:00to reunite these world-class renowned soloists all together with two symphony orchestras five

00:09or six different conductors from different countries it's it's not easy but at the same

00:15time it's really important for the classical music business and for the classical music sector so so

00:21i think that's the main thing in only two weeks all these amazing stars together sharing music

00:28with the audience with the musicians with the staff that's that's impressive

00:37the 14th annual edition of in classica international music festival returned to dubai

00:42with some musical masterpieces the two-week program forms the world's biggest classical music

00:48observatory bringing together some of the most established musicians and exciting new talent

00:53from around the globe i think what what they're trying to do is really quite remarkable and

01:01particularly in this day and age where we need music to somehow bring some sanity to this world

01:08and it's lovely to see the audience growing and to see more and more local people attend

01:17uh to hear music which i suppose to a certain extent is a little bit foreign to them in terms of culture

01:26but uh you know as we know music is a universal language and i think we somehow communicate this

01:34year's festival was dedicated to composer in residence alexi shaw whose 55th birthday was celebrated

01:42throughout the festival programming his music has had a defining presence in recent years here at in

01:48classica

01:55need particular sources of inspiration to write music i just love writing music and pretty much

02:03any emotions even like pretty mundane day-to-day things can trigger some musical thoughts but if

02:12you mean like musically then of course my inspiration comes from the works of the greats

02:18and i just try to sort of speak in my own voice but in the framework created by them it's

02:28one of the greatest pleasures of listening to music live because the interpretations are also different

02:37and different performers find little nuances that i wasn't aware of and it's it's truly wonderful for me

02:51highlights from the 16 concerts included a performance by swedish violinist daniel

02:56lozakovich a prodigious talent who gave his first live concert at just nine years old when you're on

03:02stage it's in some ways a declaration of of truth and if you don't have this truth inside you on stage then i

03:16feel the audience will feel it and if you the performer doesn't have this full declaration of love

03:24the audience won't feel the love for the music and they won't in some ways get hypnotized by it as i

03:30believe true music can and true music is not entertainment for me it's a revelation it's

03:41something that connects us to a deeper understanding of our soul our meaning of having a heart and

03:51um for the composers to create great music they had to really sacrifice themselves fully and it's

03:59not all about the musicians at in classica the audience are very much at the heart of this world renowned

04:05festival of course you're trying to do you to give 100 of yourself but at the same time you need the energy of

04:12the musicians you need the energy of the audience too if they are shy you you would love to convince them about

04:19what you're playing is a very nice music um if they are so enthusiastic maybe they need an anchor

04:24or two um so i'm trying to play with the elements i found every day no so i try to just um to

04:36achieve great things try with the element they have from beethoven to back and beyond to alexi

04:41sure the legacy of in classica continues to evolve and grow each year along with its programming and

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