To celebrate International Women's Day
"Between light and darkness" ... a dialogue in Dubai between music and the visual
Totenji presented a group of international compositions, accompanied by singing by Corinne Matni.
Photography: Mustafa Qasimi
“Between Light and Darkness” is the title of the concert that was performed on the “stage” at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, the day before yesterday, in celebration of International Women's Day, during which a combination of playing, operatic singing and visual art by presenting musical pieces on the piano and guitar and showing Fine works of the Emirati artist Aisha Juma.
The concert in which she performed on the piano, Tala Totenji, and the opera singing, Corin Matni, was a guest, while guitarist Firas Reda was a guest, who presented a dialogue between light and darkness and between masculinity and femininity through music and colors that fluctuated between white and black on one side, and colors on the other side.
The concert, which is part of the return of concerts to the public, lasted nearly an hour, and Totenji presented a group of international pieces, including those related to international operatic works such as "Habanera" from Carmen's opera by George Bizet.
Totenji's playing was accompanied by the singing of Koren Matni in some pieces, where she enchanted the audience with the power of the operatic performance and the clarity of her sweet voice.
As for Firas Reda, he was a guest at the concert by presenting a solo performance of a piece of music on the guitar, through which he managed to dazzle the audience by playing that balance between the charming calm and the captivating light rhythm.
About this ceremony, its idea and its organization, Tala Totunji said to "Emirates Today": “The idea of the party started from our desire to organize a special celebration for Women's Day, and I saw the artist Aisha Juma’s paintings, in which they combine light and darkness, and we decided to organize what highlights this combination of color. And music, so that with every piece played on stage, much of the human interior is explored through color as well. ”
She added, "The ceremony is a dialogue with light and darkness, as if it is a case of self-exploration in another way through the arts, especially that after the circumstances imposed by (Corona) people have struggled to move away from these parties, as it is an opportunity to let art express itself after all this silence."
Regarding the mixing of playing and visual art, Totenji pointed out that the pieces that carry strength and require contemplation were placed without any display of the paintings, because the music in them is more visible, and on the other hand the paintings were placed alone in a quiet time, and then we witnessed the mixing between the two in parallel in Sometimes, emphasizing the energy of music and color.
She pointed out that the musician Firas Reda composed "Miraj", which carries high masculine energy, and has been placed with the black and white painting, because the artist Aisha believes that black and white represent the male, and the colors represent the female.
Totenji saw that the arts interact with each other as well as people, so there is nothing to overwhelm the other, rather it is a matter of equal harmony, as the paintings were the result of a great contemplative experience, explaining that the presence of artists in this concert together carries a strong overlap, especially since the presence of satisfaction came to balance feminine energy And masculine energy, the ceremony is not biased towards women. On the contrary, the male and the female complement each other.
And the pianist considered that the dialogue of opposites is the big title of the concert, noting that this dialogue has recently found and emerged, especially in the period of "Corona", stressing that the general style of the ceremony carries a template and deep thinking, as there is a journey, and the goal is for people to feel it.
Totenji talked about the experience of "Covid-19" and its effect on the music it provides, explaining that it used to constantly perform concerts, and thus the idea of concerts was normal, but when the concerts were canceled, art became the last thing that could be thought of, despite the fact that music was the means by which People expressed darkness in that period, and we witnessed singing and playing in all countries of the world from balconies of houses, but the longing for parties made them present their best, so the ceremony is an additional area of creativity.
About the paintings that accompanied the concert, Emirati artist Aisha Jumaa spoke, and said: “The paintings that she presented are works that I have drawn through my meditation trips that go back to old years. Drawing was an essential part of the meditation experience, and black and white are a stage. An exploration of the self in different ways ».
She noted that the works represent her contemplative experience.
Jumaa stressed that the paintings reflect a stage of self-exploration in different ways, and everything related to her personality, as she draws the right part of her body to activate and explore energy, to understand the maturity of the character.
She noted that the drawings consist of many layers of contemplation and colors, which give them great depth, starting with visual and moral depth.
As for the place of production of the works it is India, and she indicated that the trips she undertook were led by a Japanese artist named Mira Hashimoto, explaining that these trips carry many exercises that include spiritual meditation, so that the search for tranquility is carried out within the human being, and this is why one looks at a lot of things. One of the most important of these is the feminine and masculine side, because it causes an imbalance in a person when he grows up, moving away from his own nature.
Celebrate the woman
Thalia Totenji believed that “the celebration of Women's Day is beautiful, but it is beautiful that all people are celebrated, and the ceremony comes as an encouragement for women to feel that they can initiate in all fields,” considering that women “always need male support in their lives, and the idea of the show is that everyone has inside Male and female all the time ».
As for Aisha Jumaa, she pointed out that the celebration of Women's Day is beautiful, wishing that "the proposition will be greater than a dialogue between a woman and a man, meaning that the discussion will be about the feminine energy of man, which is available to both women and men."
• The ceremony came within the framework of the return of concerts to the public, and it lasted nearly an hour.
• Tala Totenji: "The arts interact with each other, as there is nothing to overpower the other."
Aisha Jumaa: "Drawing was an essential part of the meditation experience, and black and white is an exploration of the self."
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