Using artificial intelligence and a Jordanian singer, he diagnosed the movements of the late artist

Abdel Halim Hafez brings back the beautiful time at "Dubai Opera"

The "hologram" show was full of the movements of the late Abdel Halim Hafez.

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After 44 years of his departure, the brown Nightingale appeared on the stage of "Dubai Opera", the day before yesterday, in a ceremony that was held by combining "hologram" and artificial intelligence, and the joys of his art lovers, and the ceremony came to restore his dreamy and romantic songs, which carry a whiff of authentic rapture.

The three-dimensional model that simulates the details of Abdel Halim Hafez's shape, in addition to working to develop his interaction with the audience, gave the audience the opportunity to enjoy a concert that combines what is hypothetical and realistic to live an experience that combines the sweetness of the nightingale voice and the brightness of the audience on the stage.

With applause for the song "Bold Abu Ayoun", the concert that took attendance back to the fifties and sixties of the last century began. The beginning was full of romantic atmosphere.

The continuous applause was an indication of the great interaction between the "hologram" and the audience who witnessed the concert. The hologram on the stage was not just a performer of songs, and compared to the previous concert, which was produced by the same company, "NDP", which produces Halim's concert, work has been done to develop a feature. Interacting to make the presentation more realistic. This interaction was evident in many stations during the ceremony, the first of which was applauding and kissing the songs, bowing to attend, in addition to interacting with the band and leading it on stage, while some of the body movements of the late Abdel Halim Hafez were abundant, including styling his hair and manipulating his hands with the music.

And it was clear that the audience interacted with the concert, especially with the songs that were very popular, including “The First Time You Love Oh My Heart” and the song “Asmar Ya Asmarani”. Screams were louder in the opera stage to greet the late artist, and some of them were affected by the prestige of the audience at the beginning. Party, they couldn't hold back their tears.

The selection of the concert songs fluctuated between songs that narrate love and longing, and others that carried a whiff of sadness and abandonment, including “Blash reproach,” but in general most of them were short songs that do not exceed 10 minutes, which the late presented in his films, which allowed the presentation of a long program during the ceremony. , Which lasted to approximately one hour and 40 minutes.

What was noteworthy in Abdel Halim Hafez’s concert was the sound technique that was characterized by high quality, as the late artist’s voice was echoing in the space of the opera theater in a pure and sweet way. With which the ceremony was concluded "Titanic".

The ceremony was held with a simple background of decor that brings us back to the beautiful time. The orchestra composed of 28 musicians was present on the stage behind the hologram, while luminous chandeliers and curtains hung from the ceiling of the stage.

As for the lighting and colors, they changed with each song in a way that suits the artist's clothes and colored suits, which made the stage take many colors, including green, gray, blue and others.

It is noteworthy that the concert that cheered the audience is the second "hologram" concert in Dubai after the Umm Kulthum concert, which indicates the transfer of entertainment experiences to a new level.

The director and founder of the company "NDB" that produces the concert, which was held in cooperation with the Dubai Tourism and Retail Authority and "MBC", Hassan Hina, confirmed that technologies in this field are subject to continuous development, and "holograms" will be the title of entertainment in Dubai in the period. He pointed out that the technologies at the ceremony had evolved after exploiting the period of the Corona pandemic to improve the level of image and sound in the ceremony. Hayina pointed out that the ceremony took place after the assistance of the Jordanian singer Yusef Kilani, who cooperated a lot in presenting the character of the deceased and his movements in order to be able to present an image that perfectly simulates the reality on the stage, and that the development of sound techniques in this concert was distinguished, and there is a study of a project to place the sound on platforms because It carries the high quality.He stressed that there are many upcoming projects in the Emirates, where concerts will be presented to big names, including Western names, in addition to studying work on presenting a "hologram" in binary form between artists of different generations, that is, duets that bring together late and contemporary artists, to present the most enjoyable experiences. Recreational.

Biography of the dark nightingale

The Egyptian artist Abdel Halim Hafez was born in 1929, and his real name is Abdel Halim Ali Shabana, and he was born in the village of Al-Hilwat in the Sharkia Governorate.

His mother died a few days after his birth, and before Abdel Halim completed his first year, his father passed away to live orphans and raise in his uncle's house.

Halim was the fourth son in the family, and his eldest brother, Ismail Shabana, was a music teacher at the ministry.

He worked in musical teaching at the beginning, until he presented his first song. It is said that the song "Safini Marra" was rejected in 1952, but it achieved great success in the following year.

The late artist was able to achieve a state of brilliance after a group of works in which he collaborated with great composers and writers, including Muhammad Al-Moji, Kamal Al-Tawil and Baligh Hamdi, as he sang from the words of the poet Nizar Qabbani.

It has emotional and patriotic songs, religious invocations, and nearly 156 films on it.

He suffered during his life from schistosomiasis, and he had cirrhosis due to this disease, until he passed away in 1977.

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