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Iraqi Youth Orchestra

PRI The World
September 29, 2011

Transcendence through music making, in the form of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq. The ensemble – whose players are drawn from across the country’s ethnic and regional lines – is a rare model of productive cooperation in an otherwise deeply sectarian society. Hopefully the orchestra’s first performance abroad [at Beethovenfest Bonn] will direct attention and funding towards its ‘long-term goal to help restart a stable musical education system in Iraq.’

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