With the participation of 1000 artists presenting 300 events

Abu Dhabi Festival 2022 launches its 19th edition, inspired by the thought of the UAE

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Under the slogan “Emirates Thought: Pioneering Creativity - Craftsmanship Achievement - Building Civilization”;

The Abu Dhabi Festival for 2022 announced the launch of the nineteenth edition of the festival, under the patronage of the wife of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, representative of the ruler in the Al Dhafra region, President of the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, Her Highness Sheikha Shamsa bint Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Assistant to His Highness President of the Authority For Women's Affairs, Chairperson of the Higher Committee of the Ataya Initiative.

During the press conference held yesterday morning in Abu Dhabi, the founder of the Abu Dhabi Group for Culture and Arts, founder and artistic director of the festival, Huda Ibrahim Al-Khamis, said that the group has contributed strongly over the past 25 years, in the leadership race with word, music and art in an effort to sustain the renaissance and enhance cultural movement locally, regionally and globally. , where I realized early that culture is the essence of human existence, and that modernity of thought is a sail of transit to the future, so the festival challenged circumstances that affected everyone last year, and it did not and will not stop.

She added: "The late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, believed in his people, and loved them, realizing that the UAE is promoting a culture of renewed thought and calligraphy, may God have mercy on him, the thought of the Emirates, a thought that celebrates diversity and unity, authenticity and modernity, an innovative thought, proud of its legacy. open to the world, with the power of truth, and the will for peace. With the thought of the UAE, as a unified leadership and people, the Emirates of Charity has risen as a haven for human beings, and a kiss for creativity, and the best example of that is Abu Dhabi, and it is making its glory and leadership, a city of creativity, with music as its pulse and soul of life, and Expo Dubai 2020 as it hosts the world drawing a painting (Connecting Minds .. Creating the future). ».

The festival, in its nineteenth edition, includes a unique set of events that combine realistic performances and virtual performances based on the latest digital technologies, with the participation of more than 1,000 artists from around the world; They present more than 300 real and digital events, two world music tours, and 16 world premieres. It presents a new revised and updated version of the opera "Aida - Verdi's Magnificent", bringing to life the great composer Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece, which tells a poignant tale of love and betrayal.

As part of the joint exclusive commissioning works, the famous American mezzo-soprano Joyce de Donato accompanies the audience on the “Eden World Tour” through a journey touring the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, with the unique melodies of the ancient Italian orchestra “Il Pomo d’Oro” and creativity French theater director Marie Lambert. The festival is also cooperating again with the "Exon Provence" Festival, in the production of a new joint operatic work and a world premiere, during July 2022, and it is expected to attract the international opera audience, given its unprecedented size and style.

The festival will present the world premiere “Abrahamic Symphony: Triple Union” by the talented Emirati composer, Ihab Darwish, by default, during October 2022, in celebration of the historic opening of the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi.

The festival will present the Abu Dhabi Youth Festival Orchestra: Emirates Youth Symphony Orchestra, with the participation of a group of the brightest young musicians in the UAE to perform pieces for Paganini and Dvorak, led by Maestro Riad Qudsi, along with emerging violinists Himari Yoshimura and Natsuho Murata, during the month of October 2022 in Dubai.

The Emirati composer, the international composer, Mohammed Fairouz, is inspired by his Fifth Symphony from timeless stations and situations from the legacy and life of the late Sheikh Zayed, the founding father of the UAE.

Recorded in the British capital, the world premiere will be broadcast digitally, with the world's leading London Symphony Orchestra;

This is part of an exclusive production and commissioning from the Abu Dhabi Festival.

As part of the spiritual music series, the festival will present in April 2022, “Rachmaninoff’s Voice” by Emirati soprano Sarah Al Qaiwani, who performs the masterpiece of the famous Russian composer Sergey Rachmaninov, which was created in 1915, produced and commissioned by the Abu Dhabi Festival, and is performed by the captain of Egyptian vocalists Sheikh Mahmoud Al-Tohamy. A group of spiritual songs inspired by Arab traditions and world heritage in a contemporary style, and both actors will be broadcasted via digital broadcasting for the first time globally.

Plastic art

In the field of fine art, the Abu Dhabi Festival 2022 presents a number of works, including the work of the Emirati poet and director, Nujoom Al-Ghanim “Obour”, which the festival supports with (Abu Dhabi Art) and the UAE National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and it will be shown in Manarat Al Saadiyat, after It was presented for the first time at the UAE pavilion in Venice, Italy in 2019. It also presents a series of initiatives that highlight the achievement of contemporary Emirati and international formation, including: "Emirates Visions 2", the first of its kind to highlight the principles of innovation, creativity and cooperation that It marked the emergence and development of the fine arts scene in the country.

The exhibition explores through 100 major artworks, including 15 works specifically commissioned by the Abu Dhabi Group for Culture and Arts, the works of Emirati and resident artists, in the fields of painting, photography, three-dimensional installation works, and audio-visual works.

A series of seminars, workshops, performances and other activities focusing on the plastic arts in the UAE, centered on the theme "Emirates of Visions 2", will be organized over a period of three consecutive months, from January to April 2022.

• The festival includes a unique set of events that combine realistic performances and virtual shows

• The captain of Egyptian singers, Sheikh Mahmoud Al-Tohamy, presents a group of spiritual songs inspired by Arab traditions and world heritage in a contemporary style.

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