The diplomatic community, dignitaries and a large number of people from different walks of life witnessed a live concert and enjoyed the fusion of melodious and famous eastern classical music and western Jazz at Katara Cultural Village. Dr. Khalid Al Sulaiti, CEO of Katara Cultural Village, Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani, member of Royal Family, and Sheikh Dr. Mohamed bin Hamad Al Thani, Director of Public Health and member of Royal Family, graced the occasion by attending the concert. Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the State of Qatar HE Tarik Sadović with spouse Aida also attended this event.
Shahzad Ahmad, Ambassador of Pakistan to Qatar, during his speech thanked all for honouring this event. He said that Doha is establishing itself as a centre for cultural activity like no other city in the region. And all thanks to the efforts of Katara’s very dynamic team led by Dr. Khalid Al Sulaiti. The Ambassador further added that we should consider ourselves extremely fortunate, that we have an internationally acclaimed jazz ensemble with us. He said that they have done outstanding and improvised performances with great legends such as Wynton Marsallis at the Lincoln Centre in New York. They have played at the Barbican in London, the Marciac Jazz Festival in France, the Tokyo Jazz festival and they were recently honoured to perform at the United Nations.