Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra concert ‘Frank Sinatra & Friends’ on Saturday
QATAR Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) will host a toe-tapping evening on February celebrating Ol lue Eyes and others from the big band and swing era, with Tom Gaebel taking on Frank Sinatra s greatest hits backed by special musical guests.
The concert will take place at Abdull Aziz Nasser theatre in souq Waqif at . pm.
Andreas S Weiser will be the conductor of the orchestra. He is a graduate of the erlin University of the Arts, and was a finalist in the first annual Arturo Toscanini International Conducting Competition held in Italy in 19 5. ased on a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), he also studied under V clav Neumann at the Czech Philharmonic (19 ). One year later, he became the second conductor to the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Andreas S Weiser has conducted the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, erne Symphony Orchestra, amberg Symphony Orchestra, the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig and the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been a guest conductor at the Opera House in Lille, Opera House in Nice, Staatstheater Kassel, the Prague State Opera, and Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, in Rome, Palermo, arcelona and Madrid (RTVE). He has recorded with the ena Philharmonic Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and Virtuosi di Praga. He is a permanent conductor for the Hradec Kr lov Philharmonic
and the Czech Chamber Orchestra.
Tom Gaebel is a German singer and leader of a big band named after himself. Gaebel was born on anuary 1 , 19 5 in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, into a musical family. His younger brother Denis G bel plays tenor saxophone in the Tom Gaebel big band. Colin G bel is a singer and guitarist in addition to being a TV presenter and reporter about computer games he is a member of the rock band Mondo Kane. Gaebel started music lessons at an early age. He plays several instruments, including drums, violin, trombone, and piano. During high school, he was a member of bands, including two big bands and a rock band called Goresaw. He attended the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. In October , he received a major in jazz singing from the Conservatorium. After performing and singing in big bands, such as The oung Sinatras and the Tobias Kremer ig and, he formed his own group in 5.
His debut solo album, Introducing
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Ervin Drake It Was A Very Good ear Dean Kay That s Life ohn Kander New ork, New ork Myself, was released in 5 and became a best seller. A live DVD, Live in Concert, followed in . His second album, Good Life from , featured more of Gaebel s original numbers. Don t Wanna Dance spotlighted Gaebel expanding his style to pop and soul, with songs influenced by Motown. In 1 , he released two new albums. Music to Watch Girls
y focused on the style of late 19 s easy listening ballads and uptempo numbers, and a Christmas album, Easy Christmas, which includes songs for the season written by Gaebel. In une 1 , Gaebel and his big band performed at the Sommerfest for the Federal President Christian Wulff held at Castle ellevue in erlin.