Abu Dhabi classics 2015 – 2016
Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority is now offering to you one of its biggest music programs. Started on the 7th of October, the Abu Dhabi Classics 2015 – 2016 is hosting, for 8 months, the most known classical music artists and orchestras.
8 months of international, classical, differentiated and professional music.
8 months of the most amazing performances of Arabic and Western Artists.
Delight your ears and please yourself while attending one of the world’s most famous classical music’s shows and don’t miss the upcoming performances of this season.
What to expect?
Each season of Abu Dhabi Classics is based on a different theme. Last year’s season was about the traveller and the Rihla, which reflects the real Abu Dhabi character. This season’s theme is centered on the relations, associations and mutual impregnations of the spoken poetical word and the music it carries.
Be ready in this new season for the greatest classical concerts and by many popular musicians and orchestras from both the Western and Eastern best classical musicians. There will be also some bright talents which will perform for the first time in an Arab country: Such as the Symphony Orchestra of India which performed in October and the celebrated China Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Long Yu which will perform in May.
Enjoy the mix of this year’s theme which is based on the merger between poetry and music, and attend the concerts of the impressive poets, Adonis and Gulzar, and prestigious musicians like Oud master Naseer Shamma and German baritone & Matthias Goerne.
There are 26 shows in program. They will take place in the UAE capital, Saadiyat Island, Liwa desert, and historic sites in the emirate’s heritage heartland of Al Ain.
When?
October 07, 2015 – May 10, 2016
Where?
Emirate Wide, Abu Dhabi
Tickets Price:
To get an idea about all the tickets prices of the different shows, please click here.
Note that there are many packages if you are interested to attend several or all shows. You can buy one of the prestige season packages A or B and get a 15% discount.
The Program:
Date:22 Nov 2015
Place: Abu Dhabi Theatre
Time: 20:00
Jordi Savall: Ibn Battuta- Voyager of Islam
Date: 23 Nov 2015
Place: AMushrif Central Park
Time: 20:00
Jordi Savall: Ibn Battuta – Music in the Desert
Date: 24 Nov 2015
Place: Qasr Al Sarab
Time: 20:00
Jordi Savall: Ibn Battuta–In the Heart of Emirate
Date: 25 Nov 2015
Place: Bin Hamoodah Fort, Al Ain
Time: 20:00
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: The Music of James Bond
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Nelson Freire
Date: 10 Dec 2015
Place: Emirates Palace
Time: 20:00
Adonis & Naseer Shamma: Cultural Identity in the mirror of Poetry & Music
Date: 17 Dec 2015
Place: Emirates Palace
Time: 20:00
Sinfónica de Galicia: Mahler 6
Date: 13 Jan 2016
Place: Emirates Palace
Time: 20:00
Sinfónica de Galicia: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Date: 14 Jan 2016
Place: Al Jahili Fort, Al Ain
Time: 20:00
Martha Argerich & Gidon Kremer with Kremerata Baltica
Date: 02 Feb 2016
Place: Emirates Palace
Time: 20:00
Martha Argerich & Gidon Kremer with Kremerata Baltica in Al Ain
Date: 03 Feb 2016
Place: Qasr Al Muwaiji, Al Ain
Time: 20:00
Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra: Beethoven 3
Date: 24 Mar 2016
Place: Al Jahili Fort, Al Ain
Time: 20:00
Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra: Beethoven 5
Date: 26 Mar 2016
Place: Emirates Palace
Time: 20:00
China Philharmonic Orchestra with Long Yu: The Song of the Earth
Date: 09 May 2016
Place: Emirates Palace
Time: 20:00
China Philharmonic Orchestra with Long Yu: Tchaikovsky 5
Date: 10 May 2016
Place: UAE University Great Hall, Al Ain
Time: 20:00
Matthias Goerne: Winter Journey
Date: 16 May 2016
Place: Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi
Time: 20:00
Additional Information:
- It’s recommended that you go 30 minutes before the start of the performance in order to find your seat.
- The doors are always closing on time, so there will be no access to the show when coming late.
- Please note that it’s forbidden to use your professional cameras, video or audio recorders during the performances.
- Dress code: Attendees must dress formally. National Dress is also acceptable.
