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Acclaimed Catalan composer Jordi Savall is returning to Abu Dhabi next week for a series of 4 shows for among the highlights of the 2015/16 Abu Dhabi Classics global performance season, provided by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi). The Grammy winner, who carried out a world premiere of 'Ibn Battuta: Voyager of Islam' last year in the emirate, is set to bring back his ensemble of Arabic and Western artists for the series of performances at iconic areas across Abu Dhabi.

Currently considered as one of the most phenomenal figures in today's music world, the viol and rebab player, composer and conductor Jordi Savall, has developed an extremely close relationship to Abu Dhabi and its rising musical scene. His opening night in Abu Dhabi in November 2014 was a great success, both nationally and worldwide, as it was relayed on radio stations across the world. Considering that then, Savall has explored with his Ibn Battuta production, restoring the message of peace and mutual comprehending the terrific traveller provided numerous centuries earlier. More than that, thanks to his fantastic musical vitality and interest, Savall has actually started to tap into the UAE arts scene for new musical talent, handling to integrate some of these increasing stars into his prominent music ensemble Hesperion XXI.

The very first performance, titled 'Orient-Occident: A dialogue of Souls' will be held at Abu Dhabi Theater on 22nd November with the viol and rebab gamer leading an unique music program combining the critical music of middle ages Spain, France and Italy with African and Middle Eastern tunes that will showcase the close creative interrelation in between Western and Arabic as well as African countries. The very first performance is likewise part of the UAE's Innovation Week-- an annual week-long occasion that seeks to commemorate the very best in ideas on innovation from the government and economic sectors, along with from the general public.

Likewise on Sunday, 22nd November, Jordi Savall will perform a matine performance specifically for students at Zayed University in the capital.
During his tour of Abu Dhabi, the author will be carrying out Ibn Battuta: The voyager of Islam in 3 spectacular areas: an outdoor concert at Abu Dhabi's Mushrif Park on 23rd November, Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort & Health spa by Anantara on 24th November and in the very heart of the UAE at Bin Hamoodah Fort located in the middle of Al Ain's Jimi Oasis on 25th November.

"Jordi Savall's 2nd appearance in the UAE marks a new crucial step in the fruitful cooperation between TCA Abu Dhabi and Savall's International Center of Ancient Music. Like no other artist in today's music world Savall embodies the spirit of peace and cultural understanding that music has the ability to evocate," said Sara Al Shakar, TCA Music Program. "All programs of Savall's Abu Dhabi trip will be driven by this spirit. The Orient-Occident efficiency in Abu Dhabi Theater will showcase the rich musical discussion in between Europe and Spain in the Middle Ages, while Ibn Battuta's journeys will once again embark the audience on a discovery trip through time and area.".

Abu Abd Ibn Battuta was an explorer, voyager and author and one of the most crucial Muslim visitors of the Middle Ages who travelled 120,000 km in 29 years throughout the Middle East, the Mahgreb, Africa, Europe and the Far East. His journeys were tape-recorded in the trip report 'Rihla' which is the contextual base for Savall's work. A 2nd performance format, presenting another part of Ibn Battuta's journeys, including India and the Far East, is arranged for the 2016/2017 Abu Dhabi Classics season.

Abu Dhabi Classics runs from September until May 2016 and brings a few of the world's best classical performers and orchestras to the emirate at a range of locations consisting of the cultural hub of Saadiyat Island and the historic Al Jahili Fort in the Abu Dhabi's heritage heartland of Al Ain.
For performance timings, places and to acquire tickets see abudhabiclassics.ae.

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