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2017-02-17 11:53:02
Symphony concerts resume in Syria
The Italian organist Eugenio Maria Fagiani believes he is the first western musician to perform in Damascus since the start of the civil war in 2011. He joined the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Missak Baghboudarian, in Joseph Jongen’s Symphonie Concertante and Camille Saint-Saens third symphony at the Damascus Opera House February 9. He also played at St Anthony’s Latin Church in Damascus, at the invitation of Cardinal Mario Zenari. Fagiani is cathedral organist at Arezzo.
2016-06-23 19:40:40
With war ravaging their homeland, the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians has been scattered across the globe. But five years since the violence erupted, the group are reuniting for a cathartic tour – and opening GlastonburyFive years ago, the 90-strong Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music drew stars from Plácido Domingo to Gorillaz to perform with them at their home in Damascus Opera House. Today, with the bitter civil war still raging, its musicians are scattered across the globe. Some former performers of the prestigious orchestra and the choirs that accompany it are refugees in the Middle East, Europe and the US, while others are still struggling to live and perform in the conflict-torn country.“Music, these days, is like a painkiller,” says Raneem Barakat, a singer in the orchestra’s choir. The 24-year-old regularly braves bombs and snipers on the roads on her two-hour journey to Damascus to study and perform. “You […]
2016-01-20 10:06:55
Damascus-based group was scattered around the world by the country’s civil war, but is reuniting for what is intended to be the first of several eventsThe civil war in Syria scattered its members around the world as they fled their homeland, but now the Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music (SNOAM) is to be reunited for a rare concert in London. On 25 June, the orchestra – led by conductor Issam Rafea – will perform at the Southbank Centre, presented by Africa Express, and with appearances by Damon Albarn and others.The 90-strong orchestra first worked with Albarn at Damascus Opera House in 2009, then appeared on the track White Flag on Gorillaz’ Plastic Beach album and on the subsequent world tour. However, the outbreak of civil war in spring 2011 caused Rafea and many other members of the orchestra to flee. The London concert – which is intended to be […]
2014-05-06 08:58:02
Just as Leen Arbid entered the front gate of the Damascus Opera House, a potent symbol of the Assad family's decades-long authoritarian rule over Syria, she heard a deafening bang.
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