Abu Dhabi Festival launches an album by Omar Rahbani

In support of Arab artists as part of its commitment to preserve and document ancient musical heritage and embrace artistic innovation in its field, and as part of co-production and exclusive commission, the Abu Dhabi Festival has launched, the forthcoming December 7, at eight o’clock UAE in the evening, through its digital platforms, the new music album of the author, the young musician Omar Rahbani, “Piano Concerto No. 1”, which presents a unique blend of musical styles from a variety of cultures dating back to successive time periods.

His Excellency Hoda Ibrahim Al-Khamis, founder of the Abu Dhabi Group for Culture and Arts, affirmed the commitment of the Abu Dhabi Festival since its establishment in 2004, through its initiative “The Platform for Musical Composition and Documentation”, which works to document Arab musical heritage, support and honor Arab artists and composers, and present them to the world, in line with the pioneering role. His Excellency stated: “This year, the festival supports the latest album of the creative Lebanese composer Omar Rahbani,” Piano Concerto No. 1.” This joint production reflects our vision of embracing distinguished creators and launching their works are unique in their richness, diversity and expression of the common spaces in the musical heritage between East and West, in order to enhance cultural diplomacy efforts reflecting the UAE’s leading position in the regional and global culture and arts scene and confirm the role of music and the arts in human encounter and building bridges of dialogue that uphold the values ​​of coexistence and peace.

Musician Omar Rahbani, one of the third generation of the famous Lebanese musical family, mixes in his new album Arabic sounds, European classics, Baroque music of pioneering composers Bach and Vivaldi, Indian rhythms with their irresistible charm, as well as the Brazilian musical style with its strong melodies.

On this occasion, Rahbani said, “The Piano Concerto No. 1 album represents the fruit of years of effort, research and pursuit of a unique and personal musical language.” Group for Culture and Arts and the Abu Dhabi Festival, in light of the group’s vision to help promote interest in art and music.

And “Rahbani” sails with his audience, accompanied by a group of the most important international musicians, on a unique journey of musical melodies of his rhythmic and string types, presenting a group of enchanting melodies that cross borders and continents, that mix between different cultures to blur the difference between the multiple human languages ​​and prevail in the language of music that harmonizes All with her.