HARPON

French harpist Xavier de Maistre is performing at the Bin Hamoodah Fort in Al Ain today as part of the Abu Dhabi Classics 2018/19 season. Considered as the artist solely responsible for making the harp popular once again, De Maistre has albums that have made it to the top of the classical music charts and earned him numerous awards including ‘Instrumentalist of the Year at the prestigious Echo Klassik Awards 2009. His show today will see him strum through a programme inspired by Spanish classical music with Impressionist and Modernist accents as well as compositions by French composers Debussy and Fauré. Tickets from Dh50 at ticketmaster.ae.