Abu Dhabi Festival
United Arab Emirates, year-long
Not for Abu Dhabi the defining constrictions of time and place. It’s a festival with year-round global aspirations that, two decades since its foundation, boasts a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in Paris and, in December, new music inspired by the paintings of Bob Peak at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Co-produced recordings by tenor Juan Diego Flórez and violinist Yamen Saadi add a legacy to an anniversary edition that ends with the China National Symphony Orchestra.
Weiwuying International Music Festival
National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, until 21 April
