February 2024

2024-02-17 20:16:08

For many years, Emirati singer Saif Al Ali sought to build his artistic personality, relying primarily on his distinctive vocal quality and his ability at an early age to devote a different and sober artistic experience based on diversification in performance and melodies, which Al Ali mastered and practiced following many years of patience and diligence, and learning He played the oud and other musical instruments in order to hone his talents and present his own artistic style, which confirmed to “Emirates Today” his ability to advance him to the highest levels of creativity and achieve the expected stardom in the coming years.

Confidence and stability

Regarding the reasons for his great confidence in his artistic talent, the young Emirati singer stopped at the beginning of his attachment to art since the age of 10 and his father’s constant encouragement for him, as he was also a well-known artist who joined one of the popular bands and achieved a lot of success and stardom at that time, which pushed Al Ali from a young age towards a love of singing and engaging in singing. His details, confirming his artistic participations and the many stations that shaped his experience, saying: “I am very proud of my various artistic participations, the most recent of which was my participation in playing the oud, within the activities of the (Global Fusion) music concert, which was held recently, with the participation of an elite group of musical talents from various countries. The world, continuing: “I am very happy to represent my beloved country, the Emirates, by playing the oud, and I consider this step a great and heart-warming honor, in addition to a wide range of other successful foreign participations that shaped some aspects of my artistic experience, such as the Spirituality Festival in India last year.” I participated in many diverse art festivals in countries such as: Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

The journey of beginnings

In describing his artistic beginnings, Al-Ali stopped at childhood, specifically the tenth year of his life, the period in which he discovered his talent for singing. He began practicing from an early age, relying on his self-confidence and his father’s constant encouragement, which gave him confidence and clearly pushed him forward, saying: “After regarding seven years, I started learning the keyboard, which is musically synonymous with the piano, and my learning experiences continued for two years before I moved on to training and playing the oud, completing five years.” Al-Ali added: “After I graduated from the university in the field of electromechanical engineering, I decided to join the Emirates Music Band affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and Youth. This experience allowed me to participate with the band as a singer for five years in many local, regional and international concerts, such as my recent participation in Burdah Award Ceremony, presenting the Emirati art of malad, which is one of the distinguished traditional arts in the Emirates, and is a profound expressive performance of the authentic values ​​enjoyed by the Emirati people. This is in addition to my permanent participation in the Maritime Heritage Festival, the Al Hosn Festival, and other important events and occasions. In the state.

National songs

On a related note, the young Emirati singer talks at length regarding his singing repertoire, which to date includes eight single songs, mostly in the nature of patriotic songs, which Al-Ali considers a singing genre with a special character and unique performance, saying: “I feel proud to present four songs that fall within this genre.” They are: (Baynouna), (Falaj al-Namūs), (God has given us goodness and wealth), (There are no words regarding your glory), in addition to a number of songs in which I adopt the popular Emirati vocabulary, because I consider myself an artist familiar with the popular heritage from whose rich springs I have drawn. At the hands of my father.”

Regarding the elements of artistic spread and ways to introduce his artistic talent to the local audience in the Emirates, Al-Ali stressed that the steps to stardom must go through stages that he described as necessary and important for any artist or rising star, saying: “There is no doubt that I aspire to spread in the Gulf and Arab countries, following achieving the optimal form.” To the Emirati audience, which I am very proud of and consider to be my first audience.”

Words and phrases

In addition to his musical culture and unique vocal abilities, singer Saif Al Ali revealed, in his interview with “Emirates Today,” his ability to sing in multiple languages ​​and dialects, such as Hindi, Ethiopian, and Turkish, as happened during the Turkish president’s visit to the Emirates, during which Al Ali presented a song in Turkish. Pointing at the same time to his participation on behalf of the Emirates in “Cup 28”, stressing that he is a passionate lover of the details of the Emirati heritage, and considers himself a singer who is eager to introduce more the beauty and uniqueness of the local poetic vocabulary and the beauty of traditional melodies drawn from the authentic Arab heritage.

Saif Al-Ali:

I adopt the definition of the popular Emirati vocabulary, because I consider myself an artist familiar with the heritage from whose rich springs I draw.

I aspire to spread in the Gulf and Arab countries following optimally reaching the Emirati audience, which I am very proud of.

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