Refugee Orchestra Project

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Dates:	Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Hours:	Concert at 8:00PM
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

Musicians whose families have fled to the U.S. to escape violence and persecution perform works by composers like Kurt Weill, Paul Hindemith, Darius Milhaud, and Irving Berlin - all of whom were themselves refugees.

ABOUT THE CONCERT
Instrumentalists and singers whose families have fled to the U.S. to escape violence and persecution will perform works by composers such as Kurt Weill, Paul Hindemith, Darius Milhaud, and Irving Berlin - all of whom were themselves refugees.

Featured soloists include:
Yelena Dudochkin - Ukrainian-American soprano and principal with New Opera NYC
Lubana Al Quntar - Acclaimed soprano awarded the title of Syria’s first Opera Singer
Barbara Quintiliani - Award-winning soprano from Quincy, MA and the first American woman in twenty-five years to win the prestigious Francisco Viñas Singing Competition in Barcelona, Spain, as well as the Verdi and Public Prizes
Sammy Andonian - Boston-based 17-year-old Armenian violinist, winner of New England Philharmonic’s 19th Annual Young Artist Competition, and 2015 Boston Pops Orchestra soloist

ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Refugee Orchestra Project was conceived by conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, herself a refugee who found asylum in the U.S.

In the wake of the Syrian refugee crisis Yankovskaya realized many of her own closest colleagues and friends were unaware of her own history as a refugee.

“I decided to organize the Refugee Orchestra Project as a way to demonstrate, through music, the critical role that these individuals play in our cultural landscape,” says Yankovskaya.

“American culture and society have been shaped by those who fled to this country to seek a better life.

In light of the negative rhetoric we regularly read and hear in the news today, I felt it was important for all of us to once again be reminded of the essential role that refugees play in making American culture vibrant and strong.”

COST

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Free - all donation will go to support humanitarian aid

WEBSITE

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www.refugeeorchestraproject.org

LOCATION

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11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 map

First Church Cambridge - located in the Harvard Square neighborhood