Abu Dhabi will host a traditional Festival of Culture and Art throughout March , considered one of the most significant events of the emirate.

The basis of the program of the future festival will be the theme of "Innovations in creativity": how modern technologies and art interact and influence each other these days . The event will start on March 2 and last until March 31 inclusive. This year the honorary country of the Abu Dhabi Festival is the USA, which will be represented at the festival by the outstanding artist and composer Bill Fontana, the icon of American jazz Herbie Hancock, the opera diva and the owner of the fascinating soprano Renee Fleming and the famous American Ballet Theater with a colorful production "Coppelia" .

Specially for the festival Bill Fontana wrote a work "Acoustic Vision", in which he tried to convey melodies inspired by the capital of the UAE . Since the early 1970s Fontana used sound as a sculpture Urns environment, trying to connect the visual and architectural spaces in the minds of the viewers . He realized musical projects for many world-famous museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the London Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery Tate Modern and other cultural institutions .

Participation in the festival will also receive one of the most prestigious and dynamic orchestras - the European Union Youth Orchestra. Founded in 1976, the team consists exclusively of young talents from the age of 14 to 24 representing the countries of the European Union.

The Festival will be closed by one of the most demanded and promising musicians in the world - the famous Lebanese pianist and arranger Michel Fadel, who gives traditional folk motives modern sounding

Official website of Abu Dhabi Festival: abudhabifestival.ae/en

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