Ihab Darwish
Ihab Darwish is an Emirati composer. He received his Bachelors in Advertising and Art Design from the Lebanese American University in Beirut. Darwish has been playing music since the age of ten and grew up in a family that supported his passion for music and composing. Years after graduation, Darwish designed and created his own home recording studio equipped with state of the art instruments and technology. He experimented with music for years, working mainly in the genre of classical music.[1]
In 2017 Darwish's music was performed by the Beethoven Academy Orchestra in Poland, recorded in the Alvernia Studios. For the first time, his music was played by an orchestra of more than 140 musicians and represented a pivotal moment in his career. His first album "Waves of My Life" was launched in early 2018 and distributed across international digital music platforms by Universal Music MENA.[2] In March 2018, Ihab Darwish received the title of “First Guest Composer” of the Beethoven Academy Orchestra.
After years of preparation, Ihab Darwish debuted his first complete orchestral work,[3] Waves of my Life: Every Real Story Begins with a Note, with a world premiere performance at Abu Dhabi Festival on March 14, 2018 at Emirates Palace captivating the audience with a high class symphonic and cinematic concert.[4]
Album Waves of My Life. Every real story begins with a note (2018) contains nine musical pieces.[5]
- Beyond Limits - Abu Dhabi Renaissance
- Chords of Reverie
- Desert Knight
- Lawlaki (Feat. Sammy Clark)
- The Euphony
- Arabesco
- Waves of My Life
- She
- Lawlaki (Instrumental)
References
- ^ "My Story " Tale of an Emirati Composer"". Ihabdarwish.com. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ To celebrate the Year of Zayed UAE composer brings the sophisticated and original composition routed in Emirati culture, http://www.ihabdarwish.com/news.html?i=news1#news4
- ^ Ihab Darwish to debut song at Emirates Palace, Gulf News: https://gulfnews.com/culture/music/ihab-darwish-to-debut-song-at-emirates-palace-1.2166633
- ^ Sublime World Premiere by Emirati Composer Ihab Darwish dazzles Abu Dhabi Festival Audience, http://www.admaf.org/en/pressrelease/sublime-world-premiere-by-emirati-composer-ihab-darwish-dazzles-abu-dhabi-festival-audience.html
- ^ Emirati composer Ihab Darwish on the very personal story behind 'Waves of My Life', The National, https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/emirati-composer-ihab-darwish-on-the-very-personal-story-behind-waves-of-my-life-1.712973