Heritage Symphonies (Arabic: السيمفونيات التراثية, romanized: Al-Symphoniat Al-Thuratiah) is a cultural foundation project founded in 2019 in Yemen, it aims to promote and disseminate folk music, by integrating it into an orchestral performance that combines folk music styles and traditional instruments with Western instruments.[1][2]
السيمفونيات التراثية | |
 | |
| Formation | 2019 |
|---|---|
CEO | Radi Hadijan |
General Director | Mohamed Al-Ghoom |
Parent organization | Hadhramout Culture foundation, Ministry of Culture (Yemen) |
| Website | https://hsymphonies.com |
In addition to the music, the project showcases the performers with their distinctive cultural identity, represented by musical instruments, traditional rhythms, folk dance, and traditional dresses, in addition to presenting other cultural events accompanying the concert activities.[1]
Events
editIn 2019, Mohamed Al-Ghoom performed an orchestral concert in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, titled "Hope from the depth of pain". He led an orchestra comprising 90 musicians, including 30 from Hadramout, who played on traditional Hadrami musical and percussion instruments while the other musicians were from China, India, Malaysia, Japan, and Uzbekistan.[2][3]
On March 10, 2022, Mohamed led a second orchestral concert titled "Yemeni melody on the banks of the Nile" in Cairo, in which more than 120 musicians of different nationalities performed on the stage of the Grand Theater at the Egyptian Opera House, and eight musical pieces of traditional colors was presented in an orchestral format.[2][4]
On October 2, 2023, a third orchestral concert titled "Yemeni tune in Paris" was held in France.
| Event Name | Location | Date | Video Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope from the depth of pain |  Malaysia
|
13 April 2019 | – |
| Yemeni melody on the banks of the Nile |  Egypt
|
10 March 2022 | [1] |
| Yemeni tunes in Paris |  France
|
2 October 2023 | [2] |
| The Hadhrami Orchestra |  Kuwait[5]
|
18 October 2023[6] changed to 18-19 February 2024 | – |
| Yemeni Tunes in Doha |  Qatar
|
20 June 2024 | [3] |
| Yemeni Orchestra |  Saudi Arabia[5]
|
17 November 2024 | [4] |
| [to be determined] | Qatar
|
29-30 November 2024 | – |
| [to be determined] | Kuwait
|
8-9 January 2025 | – |
| [to be determined] |  Dubai
|
25 January 2025 | – |
| [to be determined] |  Bahrain
|
20 February 2025 | – |
| [to be determined] |  Oman[7]
|
April 24 and 25, 2025[7] | – |
| [to be determined] |  United States[5]
|
[to be determined] | – |
References
edit- ^ a b "Heritage Symphonies | About The Project". www.hsymphonies.com. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ^ a b c Binwaber, Muneer (2022-03-16). "Yemen: Can the Sound of Guns be Replaced by an Orchestra?". International Policy Digest. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ^ south24 (2023-09-17). "Hadrami Artist Mohammed Alghoom and the Heritage Symphonic Revolution". South24. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ ""نغم يمني على ضفاف النيل" سيمفونيات تراثية تربط اليمن والسعودية ومصر". aawsat.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ^ a b c حفلة نغم يمني في باريس, retrieved 2023-10-04
- ^ "Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed Cultural Centre". tickets.jacc-kw.com. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ^ a b "The Heritage Symphonies bring the art of Yemen to Muscat in 2025". Yemenwatcher. 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-11-21.