Ngobusuku obugqithisele kumculo nje, u-Omar Harfouch waya eqongeni kwiTheatre yesiXeko saseBéziers ngoMatshi 6, ebonisa ingoma yakhe yokuqala, “Ikhonsathi yoXolo.” Lo msitho, owawutsale abaphulaphuli abaninzi, wawungeyokonsathi nje kuphela kodwa wawusisigidimi esinzulu somanyano, ithemba nemvisiswano esidluliselwa ngolwimi lomculo wehlabathi lonke.
U-Omar Harfouch, umntu onezinto ezininzi owaziwa ngobukrelekrele bakhe beshishini kunye nemigudu yokunceda abantu, ukwazenzele igama njengepiyano enesiphiwo kunye nomqambi. Umnikelo wakhe wamva nje, “Ikhonsathi yoXolo,” bubungqina bokukholelwa kwakhe kumandla omculo okukhuthaza uxolo nenguquko. Uzalelwe eTripoli, eLebhanon, ubomi bokuqala bukaHarfouch bagutyungelwa yimfazwe yamakhaya, esenza ipiyano ingabi sisixhobo nje kodwa ibe ngumhlobo wobomi bonke kunye nesibane sethemba.
Ikhonsathi, eyayiqhutyelwa kwiholo yemidlalo yaseItali ehonjisiweyo yaseBéziers, yayiyeyokuqala ngqa. Ekuqaleni yayiyilelwe ipiyano kunye nevayolin, icwecwe landiswa ukuze liquke ukupheleliswa kweBéziers Méditerranée Symphony Orchestra kulo msebenzi. Phantsi kwentonga yomqhubi uMathieu Bonnin, iokhestra, ecaleni kukaHarfouch kwipiyano kunye no-Anne Gravoin, umdlali wevayolini ophumelele ibhaso, wayizisa ebomini i-“Concerto for Peace” ngendlela eyayinobungangamsha nechukumisa ngokunzulu.
Umhlobo kaHarfouch ebuntwaneni, uHoutaf Khoury, wathatha i-orchestration, esongeza iileya zobunzulu kunye ne-violoncelles, iibhesi eziphindwe kabini, kunye nohadi, phakathi kwabanye. Lo mzamo wentsebenziswano ubangele ukusebenza okutyebileyo ngokuthungwa njengoko kwakunjalo kumyalezo wayo woxolo nothando.
Abaphulaphuli, ababehleli kwizitulo ezibomvu zevelvet, bathatyathwa kuhambo olunzima. Ukuchaneka kokwakhiwa komculo, kunye nokudlala okusuka entliziyweni, okwenzelwe urhatya olwalusisidlo sokuva kunye neemvakalelo. Inkqubo iphinde yaquka i-Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto kwi-E minor, i-staple ye-romantic repertoire yaseJamani, ebonisa italente ye-virtuosic ye-soloist u-Michaël Seigle.
“Ikonsathi yoXolo” kaHarfouch sisikhumbuzo esikhaliphileyo samandla okuguqula umculo. Kweli hlabathi lahluleleneyo, umsebenzi wakhe uba sisibane sethemba, ekhuthaza uthando, unyamezelo nokuhlonelwa kweeyantlukwano. Impumelelo yekonsathi yaseBéziers bubungqina bombono, italente, kunye nokukholelwa okungagungqiyo kumculo kaHarfouch njengamandla okwenza okulungileyo.
Njengoko amanqaku ekonsathi ayenkenteza ngaphakathi kweendonga zeBéziers City Theatre, ayekwavakalisa isigidimi sikaHarfouch nangaphaya, ekhuthaza bonke ababekho ukuba bakholelwe ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba ihlabathi limanyaniswe luxolo. Uhambo lukaHarfouch olusuka kwizitrato ezidlakazwe yimfazwe zaseTripoli ukuya kwinqanaba laseBéziers yingxelo enamandla yokomelela, ukuyila, kunye namandla angapheliyo omculo okuphilisa kunye nokumanyanisa.
I-“Concerto for Peace” ingaphezulu kunengoma nje; lubizo lwesenzo—isikhumbuzo sokuba ngamnye wethu unamandla okwenza umahluko ehlabathini. Ngomculo wakhe, u-Omar Harfouch ucela umngeni kuthi ukuba simamele, sicingisise, kwaye, okona kubaluleke kakhulu, senze inkonzo yoxolo. Kumdlalo oza kukhunjulwa kwiminyaka ezayo, uHarfouch kunye neBéziers Méditerranée Symphony Orchestra ngokwenene baye baqalisa uxolo, olo lonwabo luvuselela ithemba lengomso elingcono.
