Musicians from all over the world meet in Finland’s first Middle Eastern Orchestra
Musicians from all over the world meet in Finland’s first Middle Eastern Orchestra
Five concerts, all sold out – and a queue of hundreds of people who had to be excluded from the final concert. No one can say there is no demand for music like this! When Ali Haithem emigrated from Iraq to Finland in 2015, he did not know anyone in Helsinki but often spent time at the Music Centre café in order to get to know people. Four years later, he was in Camerata hall in the same building playing the oud with the Middle Eastern Orchestra that he had founded.
