In a ground-breaking partnership with the University of Cambridge’s new Centre for Strategic Philanthropy, Abu Dhabi Festival brings the Centre’s pioneering executive education programme to emerging philanthropists from the GCC and MENA region.
With classical music pieces from Spain in the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as a selection of Baroque compositions, critically acclaimed Spanish pianist Daniel Ligorio is accompanied by the castanets of Belén Cabanes and the dance of Loli Molina.
Abu Dhabi Festival will collaborate with Al Ain Film Festival, in its fourth edition, as its strategic cultural partner to support the development of young filmmakers and spread the culture of cinema in the UAE.
Emirati composer Ihab Darwish will tour China following the hugely successful musical projects Waves of My Life and Hekayat: Symphonic Tales in the UAE and virtually, both commissioned and produced by Abu Dhabi Festival.
Gifted Emirati composer Ihab Darwish’s new work, in collaboration with Emmy-winning composer John Debney and Academy Award-winning composer David Shire, celebrates the historic opening of the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi. Bringing together top international composers, musicians and vocal ensembles from Christian, Jewish and Muslim backgrounds, the symphony celebrates unity and peace amongst different faiths.
The UAE’s brightest young musicians will perform a repertoire of Paganini and Dvorak, conducted by Maestro Riad Kudsi and featuring young virtuoso violinists Himari Yoshimura and Natsuho Muratad.
A journey from loss to hope and reconciliation by innovative composers Qoutayba Neaimi and Judith Adler de Oliveira begins with mourning for the victims of war, followed by an atonement filled with peace and cultural tolerance.
A week-long celebration of diverse Arab music in Berlin’s iconic, Frank Gehry-designed music hall, the Pierre Boulez Saal features a line-up of influential Arab music artists.
In an evening of Spanish music for violin and piano, this world-class duet takes inspiration from early twentieth-century music and beyond.
In a concert highlighting the unique quarter tonal Arabic musical system and the beauty of Arabic poetry in song, rising Syrian-American musician and composer Faraj Abyad will take audiences on a journey through Arab musical history and will explore vocal and instrumental improvisation and their relation to contemporary jazz.