Omar Harfouch's Musical Plea For World Peace
Date
7/28/2024 9:12:07 AM
(MENAFN- Asia Times)
Orchestral music as a plea for peace is not a new idea. The 95-year-old Pablo Casals played his“Song of the Birds” before the United Nations in 1971, and Daniel Barenboim continues to conduct the West-East Divan Orchestra, scheduled for the BBC Proms in London on August 11.
An orchestral work for peace composed and performed by a prominent businessman and politician, though, is something unusual. The Lebanese prime Minister candidate and businessman Omar Harfouch debuted his“Concerto for Peace” in a concert for the European Commission late in 2023.
He performed it in Béziers with enthusiastic notices in the major French media and will reprise the work on September 18 at the Champs Elysee Theater in Paris and the United Nations in Geneva on September 20. The work also will be performed for Italy's parliament.
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