Ngobusuku obedlula umculo nje, u-Omar Harfouch wagibela esiteji eBéziers City Theatre ngoMashi 6, ethula ingoma yakhe yokuqala ethi, “Concerto for Peace.” Lo mcimbi, odonse izinkumbi zabantu, ubungeyona nje ikhonsathi kodwa ubuwumyalezo ojulile wobumbano, ithemba, nokuzwana owethulwa ngolimi lomhlaba wonke lomculo.
U-Omar Harfouch, umuntu onezinhlangothi eziningi owaziwa ngobuhlakani bakhe bebhizinisi nemizamo yokusiza abantu, uphinde wazakhela udumo njengomdlali wopiyano onesiphiwo nomqambi. Umnikelo wakhe wakamuva, “I-Concerto for Peace,” uwubufakazi benkolelo yakhe emandleni omculo okugqugquzela ukuthula nokwenza izinguquko. Wazalelwa eTripoli, eLebanon, impilo kaHarfouch esemncane yagubuzelwa impi yombango, okwenza upiyano lungabi nje insimbi kodwa lwaba umngane wempilo yonke kanye nesibani sethemba.
Ikhonsathi, ebibanjelwe enkundleni yemidlalo yaseshashalazini ehlotshiswe ngesitayela sase-Italy e-Béziers, bekungeyokuqala ngqa. Ekuqaleni yakhelwe upiyano ne-violin, ucezu lwanwetshwa ukuze lufake ukugcwaliswa okuphelele kwe-Béziers Méditerranée Symphony Orchestra kulokhu kusebenza. Ngaphansi kwenduku ka-conductor uMathieu Bonnin, i-orchestra, ehambisana no-Harfouch odlala upiyano kanye no-Anne Gravoin, umdlali wevayolini owawina umklomelo, baphilise i-“Concerto for Peace” ngendlela ebabazekayo nethinta inhliziyo.
Umngani ka-Harfouch wasebuntwaneni, u-Houtaf Khoury, uthathe i-orchestration, wengeza izendlalelo zokujula ngama-violoncelle, amabhesi aphindwe kabili, nehabhu, phakathi kokunye. Lo mzamo wokusebenzisana uphumele ekusebenzeni obekucebile ekuthunjweni njengoba kwakunjalo esigijimini sawo sokuthula nothando.
Izilaleli, ezihlezi ezihlalweni ezibomvu zevelvet, zathathwa ohambweni lwangempela. Ukunemba kokuqanjwa komculo, okuhambisana nokudlala okusuka enhliziyweni, okwenzelwe ubusuku obekukho kokubili idili elilalelayo nelomzwelo. Uhlelo luphinde luhlanganise nekhonsathi ye-Violin ka-Mendelssohn ku-E minor, okuyisisekelo se-romantic repertoire yaseJalimane, ebonisa ithalente elihle lomculi oyedwa u-Michaël Seigle.
“Ikhonsathi Yokuthula” kaHarfouch iyisikhumbuzo esinesibindi samandla okuguqula umculo. Ezweni elivame ukuhlukana, umsebenzi wakhe uyisibani sethemba, okhuthaza uthando, ukubekezelelana nokuhlonipha ukungezwani. Impumelelo yekhonsathi e-Béziers iwubufakazi bombono ka-Harfouch, ithalente, nokholo olungantengantengi emculweni njengamandla okwenza okuhle.
Njengoba amanothi ekhonsathi ayezwakala ezindongeni ze-Béziers City Theatre, ayenanela nomyalezo ka-Harfouch, ekhuthaza bonke ababekhona ukuba bakholelwe ukuthi kungenzeka kube khona umhlaba obumbene ngokuthula. Uhambo luka-Harfouch olusuka emigwaqweni ekhungethwe yimpi yase-Tripoli ukuya esiteji e-Béziers luyindaba enamandla yokuqina, ubuhlakani, namandla angapheli omculo okuphulukisa nokuhlanganisa.
I-“Concerto for Peace” ingaphezu nje kwengoma yomculo; kuwubizo esenzweni—isikhumbuzo sokuthi ngamunye wethu unamandla okwenza umehluko emhlabeni. Ngomculo wakhe, u-Omar Harfouch usiphonsela inselelo yokuthi silalele, sizindle, futhi, okubaluleke kakhulu, senze umsebenzi wokuthula. Emdlalweni ozokhunjulwa iminyaka eminingi ezayo, u-Harfouch kanye ne-Béziers Méditerranée Symphony Orchestra ngempela bahlabe umxhwele ngokuthula, okuhambisana nethemba lekusasa elingcono.
