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Presented by ABU DHABI FESTIVAL
UN Chamber Music Society Concert in Celebration of Arabic Language Day
Sunday, December 14, 2025
7:30 PM
Weill Recital Hall
The musicians of the UN Chamber Music Society, together with the Abu Dhabi Festival, celebrate World Arabic Language Day in Weill Recital Hall. Founded in 2016 by Brenda Vongova, UNCMS is dedicated to promoting the United Nations' goals and values at large through the universal language of music. In honor of the Arabic language being a pillar of cultural diversity, the program features a variety of popular and classical music from the Arab region.
Performers
UN Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council
Brenda Vongova, Artistic Director and Piano
Jerome Lowenthal, Piano
Hana Mundiya, Violin
Alexander Franco Goldberg, Violin
Marco Sabatini, Viola
Ju Young Lee, Cello
Lourd Hadweh, Clarinet
Joseph Ehrenpreis, Arabic Percussion
James Mancuso, Tenor
Program
KADIM AL SAHIR "Hold Your Fire"
MALEK JANDALI “Piano Dream”
KINAN AZMEH "Prayer, Tribute to Edward Said"
KARIM AL-ZAND "Three Forms in Red" from Six Bagatelles
GRIEG Suite No. 2 from Peer Gynt
And works by Nagib Hankache, Abdul Majeed Abdullah, Flayfel, songs from Arab countries arranged by Ghiya Rushidat and Ari Barack Fisher, and more