Qatar Philharmonic blends music and visual arts in thrilling ‘Unravel’ show

Concerts at the Qatar National Library are back again as the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra’s (QPO)  recently held its first musical performance and visual arts combination entitled “Unravel,” blending music and arts into one.

Created and executed by Mariya Medvedeva, the jam-packed concert brought the two art forms together into a musical masterpiece. Medvedeva is a violin player at QPO and also the visual artist who created the nine paintings which are all oil on canvas. 

Merging music and visual arts into a concert brought new perspective in the musical scene in Qatar, Medvedeva told The Peninsula. She noted that holding the performance accompanied by her artworks is unique as she represented herself for the first time as an artist.

“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 narrated.

The visual artist and musician revealed that the paintings displayed were three years in the making. 

“My colleagues and conductors gave me an idea on creating paintings for music,” she said.

The concert was conducted in two parts – part one is unraveling Medvedeva’s vision of the present moment and second part – unraveling the creator’s vision.

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