In Sunday’s (3/11) Gulf News (UAE), Janice Ponce de Leon writes, “The word orchestra evokes stereotypical images of serious-looking adults in bow-ties with their big instruments and a conductor. But on Friday night, the Dubai Youth Orchestra, dominated by children members aged 5 and up, gave a different meaning to the word. For their debut concert, the 28-member Dubai Youth Orchestra treated guests to the music of J.S. Bach, Fredric Chopin, Franz Schubert, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, to name a few. ‘The pieces are difficult. Mozart is a challenging piece; it’s not an easy piece. Moreover, the sound production, the exhibition is something very difficult,’ Imad Abeidoh, conductor and one of the founders of the orchestra, told Gulf News. The orchestra’s goal, Imad said, is to provide an environment where young musicians could come together to rehearse and perform masterpieces from around the globe. … ‘We try to take from everything; we like to have a wide variety of music to perform. And every time we do it, we use more and more challenging pieces. This is our main goal,’ Imad said.”
Posted March 12, 2012
