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Marking the half-way point of this vast festival, celebrated conductor Dmitry Yablonsky and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra joined up with Turkish pianist Fazil Say, performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's wonderful Piano Concerto No. 21, along with Gioachino Rossini's overture to 'La Gazza Ladra', and Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 2, at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. 

On Friday 10th September the InClassica International Music Festival welcomed not just one, but two acclaimed soloists in the form of Belgian violinist Leonard Schreiber and South Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son. Accompanied by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of conductor Marius Stravinsky, the musicians will be presenting a programme that includes works by Sergei Prokofiev, Bedřich Smetana, and Composer-in-Residence Alexey Shor.

The internationally-revered Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder dominated proceedings at InClassica on Thursday 9th September, teaming up with conductor Daniel Raiskin and the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra to present a programme of works including pieces by Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák at the illustrious Dubai Opera.

The famous American violinist Gil Shaham arrived in Dubai to perform at the InClassica International Music Festival on Wednesday 8th September at the Dubai Opera. Joined by Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Sergey Smbatyan, the soloist performed Alexey Shor's 'Seascapes' and Johannes Brahms's Violin Concerto in D Major with the orchestra, who then also went on to deliver a rendition of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's beloved 'Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasie'.

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.