ADMAF Reveals Plans For Abu Dhabi Festival 2010

- Festival reflects the determination of the Capital to lead the world in cultural understanding
- Festival is a platform for world-class performances, commissioning works, world premieres and cross-cultural debates
- Festival will deliver the highest calibre visual art exhibitions
- Festival is committed to rich community programs in the UAE’s seven emirates
- Festival is dedicated to education programs in those emirates
- Leading global artists to gather to celebrate Chopin Bicentennial

The Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF) today revealed details of its most ambitious festival to date – The Abu Dhabi Festival 2010. Offering a unique platform fusing world-class performances from the masters of the arts world today, cultural vision and a depth of community spirit, this year’s Festival will take place from 20 March to 7 April.

Held under the patronage of His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the Festival will be a feast of arts and culture with more than 40 events. It is a two-week manifestation of world-class performances in traditional, classical and jazz music, drama, fine arts, and ballet.

An important visual art exhibition and rich community and education programs will assert the position of the festival as the emirate’s premier celebration of cultural expression and one of the first “Home Grown” brands with international cultural impact. The Festival has ambitious aims, not only to provide entertainment, but to be a platform where commissioning works, partnerships, world premieres and cross-cultural debates take place.

HE Hoda I. Al Khamis-Kanoo, Founder of the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation, comments:

“Year after year, the Abu Dhabi Festival has developed, and as well as having the world’s most prestigious performers, it now involves the whole community – not just in Abu Dhabi but across the seven emirates. Underpinning it all are the education and community programs which assert the festival legacy and a deeply rooted cultural strategy.

“The Festival has reflected over the years the determination of the Capital to lead in cultural understanding. Rapidly becoming an anchor for the cultural elite of the world, the festival will see the world’s most prestigious performers share the stage. Dedicated to arts education and knowledge and committed to community outreach, this year’s festival offers a vast program spanning performances to commemorate Chopin’s Bicentennial; traditional, classical and jazz music, drama, opera, ballet, Middle Eastern artists and a striking contemporary art exhibition”.
 

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