Uzbekistan's Finest: Behzod Abduraimov with Tokyo Philharmonic
The 14th InClassica International Music Festival, organised by SAMIT Event Group, continues on Tuesday April 15th 2025, as Dubai welcomes the celebrated Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov to the stage of the illustrious Dubai Opera for an evening of classical music brilliance. First Prize Winner at the London International Piano Competition (2009), and a recipient of the Choc de Classica, Diapason Découverte, and the Gramophone Editor’s Choice award, Abduraimov is widely regarded as one of the leading piano stars of his generation, renowned for his combination of immense musical depth with phenomenal technique and breathtaking delicacy. For this occasion, the maestro, who is currently Artist-in-Residence at the International Center for Music at Park University, Missouri, shall be collaborating with the famed Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, performing under the baton of their Chief Conductor, the Italian Andrea Battistoni, as they look to present a programme packed with a stirring mixture of seminal favourites and contemporary masterpieces to audiences in the UAE.
About the Festival
The InClassica International Music Festival, running from the 6th to the 21st of April 2025, is a celebration of the very best that the world of classical music has to offer. Featuring a series of concerts with some of the most renowned soloists, orchestras and conductors of our time, the festival boasts a multitude of richly diverse programmes ranging from seminal favourites all the way up to contemporary masters, promising a momentous event and an unforgettable experience for all