Abu Dhabi – from tomorrow to May 3rd, Italy is the guest of honor country at the twenty-sixth International Book Fair Abu Dhabi (ADIBF), in the United Arab Emirates. The participation is promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Heritage, Culture and Tourism, the Italian Embassy in the UAE, the agency ICE for the promotion abroad and the internationalization of Italian companies, the Center for the Book and Reading, and the AIE – Italian Association of Publishers, who took care of the entire project. The adventure begins tonight at 8pm with a preview: the opening concert of the Quartetto di Venezia at the Abu Dhabi Theatre (sponsored by the Italian Embassy in collaboration with the Tourism and Culture Authority of Abu Dhabi). The Quartetto will play immortal pages from the classical repertoire of Italy (Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi) and Europe (Ludwig Van Beethoven). Tomorrow morning the Fair will begin for real through the inauguration of the Italian Pavilion, the exhibition of the “Biblioteca Angelica”, and the speeches by Antimo Cesaro (Undersecretary for Cultural Heritage), Liborio Stellino (Italian Ambassador in the UAE), Gianpaolo Bruno (director ICE Dubai), Federico Motta (President AIE – Italian Publishers Association) and Mohammed Al Shehhi (director of the Book Fair in Abu Dhabi). (9Colonne)