Grand Opening for Louvre Abu Dhabi

A season of events leading up to the opening later this year of the Louvre Abu Dhabi has kicked off with a concert mixing traditional Arab music with a classical Western orchestra.
Led by German-born conductor Christoph Eschenbach, the performance on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island on Wednesday evening saw 10 Emirati musicians playing alongside 120 members of the Vienna-based Gustav Mahler youth orchestra.
The ambitious Louvre Abu Dhabi project, announced with much fanfare nearly a decade ago, aims to promote the oil-rich United Arab Emirates as a leader in the global art world. It has faced repeated delays but the opening of the museum — set to host more than 300 works including from Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh — is now set for the end of this year.

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Grand opening for Louvre Abu Dhabi