Abu Dhabi Classics Welcomes Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra For Two Concert
The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, one of the leading young musical ensembles worldwide, will perform 2 concerts this week at 2 spectacular locations in Abu Dhabi as part of the emirate's Abu Dhabi Classics international concert season.
The orchestra, based in Vienna, Austria and founded in 1986, comprises 120 artists, last week made its launching look in the emirate with a concert titled 'Universal Expressions: Celebrating Louvre Abu' which happened at the Manarat Al Saadiyat on Saadiyat Island with music inspired by the brand-new museum and consisting of two opening night commissions.
Founded by among the most prominent conductors of the past 10 years, the late Claudio Abbado, the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra is among the world's most prominent youth orchestras, performing at significant places and festivals with leading conductors and musicians such as Herbert Blomstedt, Pierre Boulez, Myung-Whun Chung, Sir Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink, Paavo Jrvi and Philippe Jordan.
The very first show on Thursday 24th March with conductor David Afkham and well known German violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann is an efficiency titled 'A Night of Heroes in Al Ain' at the amazing Al Jahili Fort featuring music from Beethoven's marvelous 3rd Symphony.
The second concert on Sunday 26th March will be held at Emirates Palace Auditorium. The first part of the concert will include Frank Zimmermann in Bla Bartk's emotional Violin Concerto No. 1, written in 1907-08 and dedicated to the violinist Stefi Geyer. Following its custom to deal with some of the leading repertoire of the Romantic age, the orchestra under the baton of David Afkham will then in the second part of the night play one of the most iconic and popular pieces of music ever composed: Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
Sara Alshakar from TCA Abu Dhabi said: "After the victorious show at the Louvre last week, we are looking forward to 2 more efficiencies by the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Al Ain and Abu Dhabi. Both Beethoven symphonies are renowned and offer an immense listening experience both to routine concertgoers and to those who step into a performance hall for the very first time".
Abu Dhabi Classics becomes part of Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority's (TCA Abu Dhabi) Music Programme and has actually been created to provide world-class symphonic music at venues across the emirate durig a nine-month-long season. The season runs from September until May 2016 and brings a few of the world's best classical entertainers and orchestras to the emirate at a variety of areas consisting of the cultural center of Saadiyat Island and the historic Al Jahili Fort in the Abu Dhabi's heritage heartland of Al Ain.
