Khaleej Times

This composer wants to take her music to space

- Ashwani Kumar ashwani@khaleejtim­es.com

Every soul has its own rhythm. I figure out the rhythm a person should listen to. I can help tell people what they should hear during their different emotions.” Eman Al Hashimi, first female Emirati composer

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Eman Al Hashimi, the first female Emirati composer, wants her work to be the first Emirati music played in space. The pianist, who had composed a melody to celebrate the launch of the Emirates Mars Mission, said: “I want the UAE to be the first country in the world to play a female compositio­n in space. I want my music, an Emirati compositio­n, to be the first-of-its-kind in space. I want to be the first female to send some Emirati emotions to space. The music and the achievemen­t will be for the UAE, the Arab world and women. It was a man who was first to land in space. Emirati female music in space will be great.”

Eman has performed her own compositio­n for the late founding

father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. She composed a mix of Indian and Emirati music for the opening of Sheikh Zayed-Gandhi Museum. She has also formed her own bands, Eman Al Emarat and UAE Pioneers Musicians.

Currently, Eman, a certified life coach, is experiment­ing the

use of music for self- developmen­t.

“Music has a tongue. Sometimes, you have to talk with the music. If you mix life coaching and self-developmen­t with music, it’s the best way.”

She is also working on composing music based on the nature or character of a person, which they can listen to in different situations.

“Every soul has its own rhythm. I figure out the rhythm a person should listen to. I can help tell people what they should hear during their different emotions,” Eman added.

Eman has completed her masters in strategic public relations and communicat­ion. She is an avid reader, writer, poet and painter. And all of these activities go hand in hand with her government job. She enjoys strong support from her parents and family members.

“As a child, I liked music and sound. It grew in me. I have very encouragin­g parents, who have got nothing to do with music. They are my first audience and critic.”

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 ??  ?? MULTITALEN­TED: Eman Al Hashimi is not only a talented pianist, she is also a poet and a painter.
MULTITALEN­TED: Eman Al Hashimi is not only a talented pianist, she is also a poet and a painter.

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