The Abu Dhabi Festival offers a global show that brought together three Emirati artists at the Kensington Palace in London

Abu Dhabi, June 9 / WAM / The Abu Dhabi Festival, in cooperation with the Peace and Prosper Fund, presented an exceptional concert for the first time three Emirati artists with international artists at the Kensington Palace theater in London as part of the “Festival Abroad” program.

The ceremony is a new articulated station in the festival’s march towards consolidating the UAE cultural presence on the international scene, and affirming its mission in capacity building and enhancing global cooperation through music.

This joint production came as a culmination of the three -week artistic residence program, which spanned three weeks in the United Kingdom, with the support of the Abu Dhabi Group for Culture and Arts, in cooperation with the Peace and Prosper Fund, where the participating artists underwent a series of training, workshops and artistic dialogues under the supervision of a group of major music educators in a number of the most important British theaters.

The ceremony presented the product of this constructive artistic interaction, with a creative mixture that combined Emirati musical traditions and global influences, in emphasizing the importance of cultural exchange in the artistic dialog industry and inspiring new forms of contemporary creativity.

The first global performance of the music work, “The ruins of time”, was the main axis of the evening, and it is a new author with an exclusive commission of the Abu Dhabi Culture and Arts Group, which was placed by the prominent Emirati author Ihab Darwish, known to deliver the cultural identity of the UAE to the international audience through music.

The program included a distinguished performance of the meso – Soprano Fatima Al -Hashemi, who presented masterpieces from the works of San Sans, Mozart and Jul Stein, along with the Bariton Ahmed Al -Hosani, who excelled in the presentation of selections from the works of De Cortez and Beze, with the participation of an elite group of international musicians from the peace and prosperity fund.

The ceremony was led by Toby Berser, the coach of the Peace and Prosper Fund, in a presentation that highlighted the growing Emirati talents and its qualitative contribution to the global creative scene. The ceremony came as an extension of the success of the “Arts in Embassies” initiative in cultural diplomacy, organized by the Abu Dhabi Festival, which was held on May 22 at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in London.

The three Emirati artists participated in a dialogue session during which they reviewed their artistic marches and inspiring reflections in the concepts of heritage, identity, innovation, and discovery, which are novels that contribute today to drawing the features of the future of music.

The session renewed the emphasis on the pivotal role of the arts as a platform to enhance dialogue, consolidate understanding, and consolidate the cultural ties between the UAE and the United Kingdom.

His Excellency Hoda Ibrahim Al -Khamis, founder of the Abu Dhabi Culture and Arts Group, founder and technical director of the Abu Dhabi Festival, indicated that the Kensington Palace ceremony sponsored and attended by His Royal Highness Prince Richard Duke Gloster, in partnership with the peace and prosperity Fund, within the Abu Dhabi Festival program abroad, represents the beginning of a new chapter in cultural relations between the UAE and the United Kingdom.

“This first international show is presented by music author Ihab Darwish, Mitzo Soprano Fatima Al Hashemi and Bariton Ahmed Al Hosani, in the context of our vision to enhance cognitive exchange and dialogue of cultures and provide the UAE artistic and music achievement globally, in order to consolidate the state’s status as an incubator for creativity and the destination of creators,” she said.

She added that in conjunction with this joint historical production, we presented the leading cultural diplomacy initiative “Arts in Embassies” in its fourth year, where we organized the dialogue symposium with the participation of artists Darwish, Al -Hashemi and Al -Hawsani, and the management of film makers Nour Kano, in an effort to highlight their path and their experiences in writing and music.

She emphasized that culture provides the depth and strength of diplomatic relations and increases its momentum, and the arts are the bridge that unites us, and creates ties that pass the borders, so our introduction of Emirati artists within the artistic residence program in the United Kingdom leaves itself a role in leading this path, in one of many successful partnerships held by the Abu Dhabi Group for Culture and Arts with British cultural institutions for more than two decades, which was built on Foundations of cooperation and friendship established between the United Kingdom and the UAE.

For his part, Rajai Khoury, founder of the Peace and Prosper Fund, stressed that the ceremony was distinguished at the Kinsington Palace, noting that it is the first cooperation between the Fund and the Abu Dhabi Group for Culture and Arts and said, “This was not only this cooperation between the artists of the UAE and the art and prosperity fund, but also witnessed the first global presentation of music composition of Ehab Darwish’s creativity that was devoted to this occasion. Music between Arab opera and music, turned into a unique cultural mark that brings her fans and artists. “

He added that in the past, the choice of musical works was often based on the needs and objectives of the concerts, while the Kinsington Palace concert is a platform for six artists in different stages of their career, and from various backgrounds and musical patterns, without the presence of a specific artistic agenda other than presenting music with their best capacity.

Through the language of global music, the partnership between the Abu Dhabi Culture and Arts Group and the Peace and Fund for prosperity is united by their vision of stimulating global creativity and enhancing Emirati presence on the international scene, as it contributes a vital role in introducing and empowering Emirati artists, supporting their professional development, and expanding their presence in front of new and varied fans around the world.

The Kensington Palace and the “Arts in Embassies” initiative in the United Kingdom is a new chapter in a long march of cultural exchange and mutual respect between the Abu Dhabi Culture and Arts Group and the United Kingdom. Since 2007, the group has launched wide cooperation programs and supported, inspired by the legacy and vision of the founding leader, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, “May God bless him” that still constitutes a beacon For the festival’s message in promoting cultural exchange and building bridges between peoples.

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