Dans cet épisode de Cult, nous sommes au festival InClassica à Dubaï, où des orchestres et des solistes internationaux se réunissent pour deux semaines d’interprétations classiques et de nouvelles œuvres du compositeur Alexey Shor.
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00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:30I think what they're trying to do is really quite remarkable.
01:00And particularly in this day and age where we need music
01:04to somehow bring some sanity to this world.
01:09And it's lovely to see the audience growing
01:13and to see more and more local people attend
01:17to hear music, which I suppose to a certain extent
01:21is a little bit foreign to them in terms of culture.
01:25But, you know, as we know, music is a universal language
01:30and I think we somehow communicate.
01:34This year's festival was dedicated to composer-in-residence Alexei Shaw,
01:39whose 55th birthday was celebrated throughout the festival programming.
01:44His music has had a defining presence in recent years here at Inclassica.
01:48I need particular sources of inspiration to write music.
01:58I just love writing music.
02:00And pretty much any emotions, even like pretty mundane day-to-day things,
02:07can trigger some musical thoughts.
02:12But if you mean like musically,
02:15then of course my inspiration comes from the works of the greats.
02:18And I just try to sort of speak in my own voice,
02:25but in the framework created by them.
02:28It's one of the greatest pleasures of listening to music live
02:33because the interpretations are also different
02:37and different performers find little nuances that I wasn't aware of.
02:44and it's truly wonderful for me.
02:51Highlights from the 16 concerts included a performance
02:54by Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich,
02:57a prodigious talent who gave his first live concert at just nine years old.
03:01When you're on stage, it's in some ways a declaration of truth.
03:10And if you don't have this truth inside you on stage,
03:16then I feel the audience will feel it.
03:19And if the performer doesn't have this full declaration of love,
03:24the audience won't feel the love for the music.
03:27And they won't in some ways get hypnotized by it,
03:30as I believe true music can.
03:33And true music is not entertainment.
03:37For me, it's a revelation.
03:40It's something that connects us to a deeper understanding of our soul,
03:47our meaning of having a heart.
03:51And for the composers to create great music,
03:56they had to really sacrifice themselves fully.
03:59And it's not all about the musicians at In Classica.
04:02The audience are very much at the heart of this world-renowned festival.
04:06Of course, you're trying to give 100% of yourself,
04:11but at the same time, you need the energy of the musicians,
04:13you need the energy of the audience too.
04:15If they are shy, you would love to convince them
04:18about what you're playing is a very nice music.
04:21If they are so enthusiastic, maybe they need an anchor or two.
04:25So I'm trying to play with the elements I find every day.
04:31So I try to just achieve great things with the elements I have.
04:39From Beethoven to Bach and beyond to Alexi Shaw,
04:42the legacy of In Classica continues to evolve and grow each year
04:46along with its programming and audiences.