2nd Emirates Music Talent Festival

The 2nd Emirates Music Talent Festival will take place at the Abu Dhabi National Theatre from 10th to 18th of November, 2016.

The festival is organised by the Ministry of Culture & Knowledge Development UAE and held under the patronage of HE Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development UAE.

Amateurs and professional musicians and artists will participate and showcase their talent in front of a jury.

The focus of this year’s competition for young amateur pianists will be on works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin and Claude Debussy.

10th of November, 2016, 8pm – Festival Opening Ceremony with NSO Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven Piano Concerto no.5,1
performed by Alexej Gorlatsch

Chopin Piano concerto no.1,1
performed by Szymon Nehring

Chopin Piano Concerto no.2,2
performed by Fatima Alhashmi

Debussy – Fantasy with Orchestra
performed by Fanny Azzuro

11th and 12th of November, 2016, 11am – 6pm – Piano Competition Hearings

14th of November, 2016 – 7 pm – Piano Recital
Gulmira Abdukhalikova & Stephen Aston

15th of November, 2016 – 7 pm – Piano Recital
Khulood Abdulsalam & Abdullah Khalaf

16th of November, 2016 – 7 pm – Piano Recital
Jokha Alnaabi & Ioannis Potamousis

17th of November, 2016 – 7pm
Awards Ceremony

18th of November, 2016 – 8pm – Festival Closing Ceremony with NSO Symphony Orchestra
Venue: National Theatre, Abu Dhabi
Admission: free