Dana Al Fardan, contemporary Qatari composer, will launch her fourth album Indigo, through a one-of-a-kind multi-sensory experience.
Dana has a prominent role as a brand ambassador for the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) with which she joins forces once more.
The concept created is a multi-sensory experience to showcase her new album Indigo, which is set to reimagine and awaken all your senses.
This is her fourth album and is inspired by theories of colour, invoking the limits of human senses through different shades, light and sound. Dana says: “Each piece was composed in a colour scheme to capture a mood and a state of being.” The inspiration comes from the prismatic ‘Theory of Colours’ by the German poet, artist, and politician, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and German physiologist Ewald Hering’s theory on colour perception. She will introduce the masterpiece to audiences (release date to be confirmed) through a collaborative journey called Crystalline that plays on the power of the naked eye and one’s consciousness, in a bid to elevate viewers towards their higher selves. Using the spectrum of light, colour and sound, a chamber orchestra of six musicians will perform Indigo whilst audiences are drawn into a serene space for a show that evokes and pushes human senses to their limits. Breaking the rules of “selective absorption”, which suggest that we can only absorb certain wavelengths but not others, Indigo works to connect the audience to their extra spectral minds and encourages them to captivate, expand and amalgamate with their surroundings and within themselves, on a much deeper level.
Dana enters 2021 with several collaborative projects planned or in progress. She is currently working on her second musical with Nadim; titled Rumi and set to be recorded this month in Doha by the QPO musicians. It is planned to be staged in the West End at a later date.
A composition called Rising, with the United States Air Forces Central Command Band, celebrates the QatarUSA Year of Culture 2021 and is being released to praise their shared drive to promote inclusion and connectivity. Also, in the pipelines, Dana is working on a composition for a film called Orca, a drama based on a true story, which is being produced by Katara Studios and directed by Sahar Mossayebi, with Taraneh Alidoosti as the lead actress.
In addition, Dana’s last album, Sandstorm, performed in Doha by the QPO and available to view on Qatar Airways flights, will be coming out on DVD and streaming platforms very soon.
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