A Musical May in Dubai

A month of May rich in events and emotions for lovers of classical music. The Dubai Opera hosts, starting on May 8th, the eleventh edition of the InClassica International Music Festival. Four weeks of classical music performances with the participation of musicians from every corner of the globe who will perform an ample and diversified repertoire, including pieces of the great composers, such as Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Strauss, Paganini, Chopin and Debussy, just to name a few. 50 world-famous solo artists, 11 famed directors and 3 important orchestras, the Symphonic Orchestra of Jerusalem, the Berlin Symphonic Orchestra and the Slovakian Philharmonic Orchestra, enliven the calendar of this remarkable music festival. Among the Italians on hand, violinist Giuseppe Gibboni, pianist Alessandro Taverna, orchestra director Gianluca Marciano and Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, bandoneon player. The opening concert, Violin in Manhattan, features violinist Sergej Krylov with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, directed by Maestro Dmitry Yablonsky. Closing the festival, Thursday, June 2nd, with the concert Stradivari Empire, the Slovakian Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Daniel Raiskin, performing music by Rossini, Shor and Dvořák with the participation of violinist Fumiaki Miura.