• UAE National Orchestra: The Beginning

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    The UAENO's inaugural concert series, the first with its full ensemble of 70 musicians and 30 choir, includes six dates around the Emirates in January. Performances in Abu Dhabi and Dubai will feature the acclaimed Iraqi oud virtuoso Naseer Shamma [ ... ]

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  • Carmina Burana

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    Carl Orff's choral crowdpleaser gets the full production from Dubai Singers & Orchestra – some 120 singers accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra. It will be conducted by Dubai Singers' Music Director Jennie Lee-Foster, The performance will feature a trio of [ ... ]

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  • New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra: Kyohei Sorita

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    In the second concert for the 2025 Abu Dhabi Festival with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yutaka Sado, the orchestra plays Yasushi Akutagawa’s Triptyque for Strings and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5. The soloist is the young rising star Kyohei [ ... ]

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  • New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra: Jonathan Tetelman, Kyohei Sorita

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    The New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1972; the charismatic Japanese conductor, Yutaka Sado, has been the music director since 2023 and he conducts two concerts to open the 2025 Abu Dhabi Festival. In this first concert, star tenor [ ... ]

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  • Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra with Jaap Van Zweden and Inmo Yang

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    A second Abu Dhabi Classics concert for the Seoul Philharmonic conducted by Jaap Van Zweden, again featuring a stellar young soloist in Inmo Yang. They will play one of the most popular concertos in the solo violin repertoire, Bruch’s Violin [ ... ]

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  • Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra with Jaap Van Zweden and Sarah Chang

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    On its first ever concert in the UAE, the Seoul Philharmonic under the baton of Jaap Van Zweden is joined by the award-winning violinist Sarah Chang for Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5 in D minor. The programme also includes Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 [ ... ]

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  • Candlelight: Beethoven’s Best Works

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    A second candlelit performance this evening for pianist Aldo Dotto, who did Chopin at 7pm. This programme of Beethoven favourites lasts around 65 minutes: ♦ 'Für Elise' (Bagatelle no.25 in A minor) ♦ Piano Sonata No.21 (Waldstein) – 1st movement [ ... ]

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  • Dubai Singers & Orchestra: Verdi Requiem

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    What looks like the largest and most ambitious concert yet – in nearly 60 years of performance – for Dubai Singers & Orchestra. Some 90 singers and a 60-piece orchestra will perform the seven-part requiem mass, one of classical music’s [ ... ]

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  • Kamasi Washington

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    The top saxophonist and bandleader redefines jazz boundaries with a progressive approach, fusing jazz, hip-hop, R&B, and classical music. For this Abu Dhabi Festival concert he has a 12-strong band and we’re promised “a unique and unforgettable experience” that is [ ... ]

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  • Candlelight: Best of Opera Classics

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    An evening of opera hits with Isabel Maria Canada Luna (soprano) and Aldo Dotto (piano), lit by candlight and located under the gazebo in the Emirates Palace's Oriental Cafe.                

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  • Chinese New Year: The National Ballet of China

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    Two further performances for this Abu Dhabi Festival opener, a reimagined version of The Nutcracker from a company noted for its dazzling hybrid of western ballet and Chinese culture. Tchaikovsky’s score is the backbone to a colourful tale brought to [ ... ]

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  • Chinese New Year: The National Ballet of China

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    This Arab World Premiere kicks off this year’s Abu Dhabi Festival. It’s a reimagined version of The Nutcracker, and it is an established part of the repertoire of a company noted for its dazzling hybrid of western ballet and Chinese [ ... ]

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  • Candlelight Premium: Beethoven’s Best Works

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    The title of this concert certainly sets the bar high, though it seems a pretty good selection of the composer's works for piano. The pianist is Magdalena Wajdzik, and the other plus is the way these recitals are lit by [ ... ]

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  • Natalia Osipova: Force of Nature

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    Called by The Independent “the most sought-after ballerina in the world”, Natalia Osipova’s Abu Dhabi Classics show promises a programme of favourite classics and contemporary masterpieces. Her new dance company, Blooms Dance Project, which has been running now for a [ ... ]

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  • Candlelight Abu Dhabi: Best of Chopin

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    Fever brings its candlelight classical music recitals to Abu Dhabi again – "a series of classical music concerts aimed at democratising access to classical music by allowing people all over the world to enjoy live candlelit music performances ... by [ ... ]

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  • Abu Dhabi Classics 2023: Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott

    Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi

    The celebrated cellist is accompanied on piano by his long-time friend and collaborator Kathryn Stott. We don’t know what the programme will be, but their pandemic album Songs of Comfort and Hope had 21 tracks ranging across modern arrangements of [ ... ]

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