Music, the set of voices of a choir can unite where politics, propaganda, religious fanaticism have created division that seem incurable and that continue to martyd Israel and Palestine. The Amwaj choir It was born for that, to unite where everything is divided and opposed. He created it ten years ago in Hebron and Bethlehem, in the south of the West Bank the Italian violinist Michele Cantoni with his wife Mathilde morning, professor at the Paris Conservatory. Amwaj in Arabic means “wave”, energy that does not stop.
The goal is to offer an intensive and quality musical education for children and young people who do not have access to any artistic activity. Today, 65 boys, girls and young people aged between 7 and 22, receive from six to eight hours of weekly lessons Which include choral song, vocal technique, foreign languages, culture and musical training, introduction to piano and percussion, theater, body expression, yoga and more. In addition, five young adults currently follow, at the choral school, a professional training (direction, composition, arrangement, accompaniment on the piano, pedagogy) to become in turn formators and trainers. The team of teachers also carries out regular mediation activities throughout the West Bank (schools, Sos Children’s Villages, cultural centers, hospitals, refugee camps, companies, etc.)
In an extremely tragic moment for the Palestinian people, the voices of the children and young people of the Amwaj choir of Bethlehem and Hebron sing desolation and exile in A multilingual program that blends traditional music, contemporary creations and Palestinian repertoire. And now they return to Italy for a tour entitled Dalia, voices of exile, that will start from Miano (first concert on Sunday 21 September at 18.30 at the theater in via Fezzan with free admission and offer for the project) To then touch Genoa, Florence, Lasagna, Modena, Vicenza, Venice. The arrival of 45 boys under 20 years and their companions is expected in the late afternoon in Milan, where they will be welcomed by all the Milanese families who, thanks to a word of word, have made themselves available to host them at their home until 23 September, as will it happen in other cities.
