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After the long-lasting period of prohibition of concerts and other live entertaining contents, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) held its first musical performance that was followed by visual arts, blending the experience of listening with visual impressions. The performance named “Unravel” was created by Mariya Medvedeva, a violin player at QPO and it took a place at Qatar National Library.
The masterpiece merged two art forms together and it was followed by huge number of visitors. Mariya presented nine paintings she made, applying the oil on canvas technique, that were displayed on the stage, and played violin, what made the performance refreshing and unique. Medvedeva told The Peninsula that combining music and visual arts into a concert brought new perspective in the musical scene in Qatar. She noted that this type of performance was unique in her career as for she represented herself as an artist for the first time.
“I started to make art a few years ago after some dramatic event in my life. I focused on it, later on, it became a therapy. Since then, it has attracted me and thus i have made it a profession. I spent many hours painting, at first I did the portraits and created a series of paintings, afterwards, it became a project called “Unravel” which was supported by the QPO”, she said. She revealed that the process of creating the paintings displayed took her 3 years. Mariya also said that it was her colleagues and conductors who gave her an idea on putting together paintings and music in one.
The concert was held in two parts. Part one presented unraveling Medvedeva’s vision of the present moment and second part showed “unraveling the creator’s vision”.
