Grand Opening by Violin Legend

Grand Opening by Violin Legend
13th February 2022 MPO Marketing

Grand Opening by Violin Legend

DATE: 13/02/2022
TIME: 8:00 PM till 9:30 PM



presented as part of the Symphonic Middle East Festival 2022 

SERGEY SMBATYAN Conductor
GIL SHAHAM
Violin

 

Programme:

Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Alexey Shor Seascapes       
Claude Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune 
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 

 

The MPO opens the Symphonic Middle East Festival 2022 with a programme featuring Grammy-award winner Gil Shaham interpreting Tchaikovsky’s only violin concerto, popular for its melodic idiom, and Shor’s Seascapes . 

The orchestra opens the evening with Grieg’s Suite, an oeuvre derived from a larger body of works written for Henrik Ibsen’s play bearing the same name whilst also interpreting Debussy’ symphonic poem inspired by Mallarmé’s literature work. 

This concert is presented by CMDI Group and SAMIT Event Group, with the support of the European Foundation for Support of Culture (EUFSC). 



LOCATION: Dubai Opera, Dubai