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Written by kristel
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Monday, 14 April 2008 |
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Summer season
The summer season has started for the AICafe
which means that from now on we will start our events on Tuesday and Saturday
nights at 8pm! If you don't want to miss the start of the event, please make
sure to be on time! The cafe will be open from 7pm for a drink. We will start at
8pm exactly!
Tomorrow (Tuesday 15th of April) we planned for a cultural
evening with a music performance by music group 'Kazar' (garden of
flowers)
Kazar plays both traditional Palestinian music as well as pieces
influenced by Mediterranean and Balkan folk music. The group has practiced in
the AIC over the past months and this will be there first performance here in
the AICafe.
Doreen is a Palestinian from Jerusalem who plays the out
(traditional Palestinian instrument), Johanna is from Germany and plays the
violin and Raed is a Palestinian from Bethlehem who plays the tabla.
Another musical event that we would like to draw your attention to:
Music
project across the walls
Music crosses boundaries. On Thursday April 17
at sunset, the music event “Carried by the Wind” by composer Merlijn Twaalfhoven
will not only bridge the differences between different styles and cultures, but
literary traverses the walls that separate inhabitants of Bethlehem from each
other.
About fifty singers, percussion and wind players of all ages are
placed on rooftops near the separation wall at Rachel’s Tomb. In this way, the
music reaches out over the divide and connects people that were once
neighbours.
“Carried by the Wind” symbolizes the freedom of the creative mind
that cannot be obstructed by a fence or wall. The involvement of children opens
the perspective on the future.
Dutch composer Merlijn Twaalfhoven is
active in writing music for orchestras, choirs and chamber music groups all over
the world, but is most known by the remarkable projects he creates on unusual
locations. He is now creating a collaboration with Palestinian musicians in
Jordan, the West Bank and Holland. His intention is to highlight the cultural
richness of Palestine and to stimulate more artistic contact between Europe and
the Middle East.
This project is a collaboration between Khalil Sakakini
Cultural Centre, Sabreen for Artistic Development, Al Ruwwad, La Vie sur Terre
and Arab Education Institute Open Windows and is supported by Netherlands Fund
for Performing Arts.
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More information for the press: Gina Asfour:
0522 908012
www.arabica.nu, www.twaalfhoven.net
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