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On September 7th, Austrian clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer and conductor Daniel Raiskin teamed up to deliver a rendition of contemporary composer Alexey Shor's Clarinet Concerto. Featuring the participation of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the concert also included the Overture to Antonín Dvořák's 'Where Is My Home', and Ludwig Van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.

UK violinist Daniel Hope, one of the leading artists of our time, honoured the InClassica International Music Festival with his attendance yesterday evening, enchanting audiences with a rendition of Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1. Accompanying him on stage where the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra who were led by conductor Sergey Smbatyan. 

On Sunday 5th September InClassica presented a unique evening in celebration of Armenian musical heritage. Violinist Sergey Khachatryan was joined by Armenian conductor Sergey Smbatyan and the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, as they delivered Aram Khachaturian's famed Violin Concerto, alongside Maurice Ravel's orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky's beloved work, 'Pictures at an Exhibition'.

The special 10th anniversary edition of the InClassica International Music Festival has arrived in Dubai, organised by the European Foundation for Support of Culture in conjunction with SAMIT Event Group. Starting on the 15th of August and running until the 26th of September, the United Arab Emirates city has been transformed into a hub of classical music, with concerts, competitions, and masterclasses set to take place around every corner. 

The InClassica International Music Festival continued yesterday evening with a performance by the lauded US pianist Kit Armstrong who took to the stage alongside the Russian National Orchestra who performed under the baton Armenian conductor Sergey Smbatyan. In a concert full of musical greats, the artists delivered a programme with works by the revered composers Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

In celebration of its first week of concerts, InClassica has presented a special concert featuring the participation of renowned Russian violinist Sergei Dogadin, who joined up with famed conductor Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra to put forward a varied programme including works by Camille Saint-Saëns, Alexander Glazunov, and Composer-in-Residence, Alexey Shor.

Egyptian soprano Fatma Said joined forces with Felix Korobov and the Russian National Orchestra at the InClassica International Music Festival's 6th evening, presenting a varied concert full of seminal works from the opera canon at the UAE's famed Dubai Opera, with works by Handel, Mozart, Rossini, and Puccini, among many others all forming part of the programme. 

Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin appeared at the InClassica International Music Festival on on Wednesday 1st September, where he was joined by the Russian National Orchestra under the baton of conductor Gergely Madaras. Together, the musicians presented a concert that included works by Composer-in-Residence Alexey Shor, as well as pieces by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov featured at InClassica on Tuesday 31st August, with the soloist joining Hungarian conductor Gergely Madaras and the Russian National Orchestra in a performance at the Dubai Opera which included works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonín Dvořák, and contemporary composer Alexey Shor.

The InClassica International Music Festival moved on to its third evening on Monday 30th August, with a spectacular concert featuring three living legends of the music world - Maxim Vengerov, Steven Isserlis, and Roustem Saïtkoulov - who presented a diverse programme featuring works by Joseph Hollman, Maurice Ravel, Alexey Shor, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky.