Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) and Qatar National Library (QNL) have joined hands to curate playlists that can be streamed for free by all residents of Qatar, who have a membership with QNL, through the Naxos Music Library’s online database.
The playlist contains a wealth of classical music by international composers, previously performed by QPO. They will feature music for all future QPO concerts with the aim of continuously offering high-quality music recordings from Naxos Music Library and further enriching the QPO concert experience.
Kurt Meister, Executive Director, QPO, sees the project as a way to extend orchestra’s reach in fulfilling its mission. “We were founded with the idea of helping people of Qatar, children and adults to understand and to enjoy music, and that understanding doesn’t come from hearing the music a single time,” he said. “I’m delighted, together with QNL, we’ve found another way to get our symphonic performances to a larger audience.”
Saadi Al Said, Deputy Executive Director, Operations & Strategic Planning, QNL, said: “QNL offers a great variety of online resources that include a wealth of databases on literature and arts.
Edith Lei, Managing Director of Naxos Digital Services Limited, said: “We are delighted that Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, like many orchestras across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Oceania, find Naxos Music Library a great resource to create playlists with albums for their patrons, and make them available to their concert-going audiences. Naxos Music Library is most comprehensive classical music streaming site in the world.
