GAZA:Daniel Baremboim ofreció un concierto (la entrada está en inglés)
Daniel Barenboim orchestra brings music to the Gaza Strip
Wednesday, 4 May 2011 1:14 PM
Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim heads what he calls the "Orchestra for Gaza"
Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, who has criticized Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, brought musicians from Berlin, Vienna, Paris and Milan to play Mozart in the Gaza Strip Tuesday.
The concert is “a sign of our solidarity and friendship with the civil society of Gaza,” Barenboim said in an emailed statement sent by the office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, that helped organize the event.
The 69-year-old conductor, who has Israeli citizenship and an honorary Palestinian Authority passport, conducted what he calls “Orchestra for Gaza,” with musicians from the Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, and Orchestra of La Scala di Milano.
The Argentine-born Barenboim prides himself for trying to promote dialogue between Arabs and Israelis through music. He set up the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with his friend, the late Palestinian-American writer Edward Said, bringing together young musicians from Israel as well as Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia.
“We’ve come to Gaza not just to play music for you but to show that we care about you,” Barenboim told the audience, expressing hope that Palestinian reconciliation between the Islamic Hamas movement and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would be successful.
Gaza is governed by Hamas, which is considered a terrorist movement by the US, Israel, and European Union. The territory has been under Israeli blockade since Hamas seized control of it in 2007.
Leaders of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas plan to sign an agreement Wednesday to end an almost four-year rift.
Mahmoud Abbas, the authority’s president and chief of its ruling Fatah faction, is scheduled to meet Khaled Mashaal, head of the Hamas movement, in Cairo to sign an agreement that calls for a united Palestinian government and elections within a year.
An alliance between the two ruptured in 2007, leaving Fatah in control of the West Bank and Hamas ruling Gaza.
The Palestinian reconciliation moves follow rallies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in which thousands of people, inspired by the wave of popular protests that led to the toppling of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Tunisian President Zine El- Abidine Ben Ali, called for an end to the division. Abbas is asking foreign countries to recognize a Palestinian state and has said a united leadership will help the pursuit toward statehood.
Fuente:arabianbussines.com
Wednesday, 4 May 2011 1:14 PM
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Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, who has criticized Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, brought musicians from Berlin, Vienna, Paris and Milan to play Mozart in the Gaza Strip Tuesday.
The concert is “a sign of our solidarity and friendship with the civil society of Gaza,” Barenboim said in an emailed statement sent by the office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, that helped organize the event.
The 69-year-old conductor, who has Israeli citizenship and an honorary Palestinian Authority passport, conducted what he calls “Orchestra for Gaza,” with musicians from the Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, and Orchestra of La Scala di Milano.
The Argentine-born Barenboim prides himself for trying to promote dialogue between Arabs and Israelis through music. He set up the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with his friend, the late Palestinian-American writer Edward Said, bringing together young musicians from Israel as well as Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia.
“We’ve come to Gaza not just to play music for you but to show that we care about you,” Barenboim told the audience, expressing hope that Palestinian reconciliation between the Islamic Hamas movement and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would be successful.
Gaza is governed by Hamas, which is considered a terrorist movement by the US, Israel, and European Union. The territory has been under Israeli blockade since Hamas seized control of it in 2007.
Leaders of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas plan to sign an agreement Wednesday to end an almost four-year rift.
Mahmoud Abbas, the authority’s president and chief of its ruling Fatah faction, is scheduled to meet Khaled Mashaal, head of the Hamas movement, in Cairo to sign an agreement that calls for a united Palestinian government and elections within a year.
An alliance between the two ruptured in 2007, leaving Fatah in control of the West Bank and Hamas ruling Gaza.
The Palestinian reconciliation moves follow rallies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in which thousands of people, inspired by the wave of popular protests that led to the toppling of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Tunisian President Zine El- Abidine Ben Ali, called for an end to the division. Abbas is asking foreign countries to recognize a Palestinian state and has said a united leadership will help the pursuit toward statehood.
Fuente:arabianbussines.com
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