At the Palace of Versailles, on the eve of Saudi Arabia’s National Day (Sept. 23), the latest tour of the Saudi National Orchestra and Choir—part its Marvels program—brought together over 100 Saudi musicians, each with their own journey and story.

Versailles Echoes With New Notes

In early September, Versailles wrote an unfamiliar chapter in its long history. The same walls that once carried the sounds of French royal court music reverberated this time with a new rhythm. Among corridors filled with Europe’s old grandeur, the voices and instruments of the Saudi National Orchestra and Choir declared that the Kingdom now speaks to the world in a new language: the language of music.

This was more than a concert. It was a symbolic scene that captured the essence of a growing cultural movement

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