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Oscar winner to lead UAE’s 1st women orchestra at Expo 2020
The twice Oscar-winning composer, AR Rahman, will mentor and creatively lead the UAE’s first women orchestra “Firdaus Women’s Orchestra” due to be launched at the Expo 2020 Dubai.
The orchestra will bring together 50 talented female musicians from across the UAE and wider MENA region to create a unique musical project.
The orchestra will feature women of a variety of ages and backgrounds, and will draw on inspiration from the UAE and region’s centuries-old rich musical traditions that have used instruments such as the oud, rebaba and darbuka.
It will perform on the global stage of Expo 2020. The orchestra will perform two AR Rahman concerts, a special show for International Women’s Day on 8 March 2021, plus a number of other events and performances across the site.
A total of 100 women will be chosen for face-to-face auditions in Dubai, with 50 selected for a role in the orchestra. Rehearsals will begin in summer 2020, and those selected will be based in Dubai for the duration of Expo 2020.
AR Rahman will compose music for the orchestra’s inaugural performance.
Moreover, the UAE will establish a state-of-the-art studio to act as a base for the Firdaus Women’s Orchestra (Firdaus means ‘Paradise’ in Arabic).
Rahman, who has earned numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and two Grammy Awards, will also put his name to the new world-class Firdaus Studio by AR Rahman, which is being built on the Expo 2020 site and will become a permanent facility as part of Expo’s legacy plans in the future city of District 2020.
Perhaps most famous for his soundtrack to hit movie Slumdog Millionaire, Rahman rose to prominence with his pioneering fusion of traditional orchestra arrangements and modern music, becoming one of India’s best-selling recording artists.
The Firdaus Studio by AR Rahman and the Firdaus Women’s Orchestra are among countless exciting cultural elements that will help Expo 2020 deliver The World’s Greatest Show of human brilliance and achievement.
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