transformation through music
Media Highlights
“Year for the Children of Syria” Video & Article, Times Square Chronicles, April 28, 2013
“‘The wonderful thing about making music is that more often than not, our identities melt away, and we try to match notes, match rhythms and be in harmony,’ [George Mathew] said. ‘Music has the potential for changing the way we deal with each other.’” —Bloomberg News
Interview with George Mathew Zee News India
“A Timely Oratorio Arrives on New Year's Eve
St. John the Divine Concert Sharpens Social Message” WQXR
December 2010 InK Conference
“Musical Movement for Pakistani Community" The Wall Street Journal
“Conductor George Mathew: Social and Cultural Entrepreneur”
Manhattan School of Music Intermezzo
“The Longest Mahler, Played With Urgency”
The New York Times
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Music For Life International
announces our next global humanitarian concert
SHOSTAKOVICH FOR THE CHILDREN OF SYRIA
By permission. UNHCR/ A. Branthwaite
Carnegie Hall, New York
Stern Auditorium/ Perelman Stage
Monday, January 13, 2014
A Concert for The Children of the Syrian Civil War, an Emergency which has been called "The Children's Crisis"
Dmitri Shostakovich: 7th Symphony " Leningrad"
Ticketing information will be forthcoming in a future announcement closer to the concert date.
SHOSTAKOVICH FOR THE CHILDREN OF SYRIA
will be the culminating event of our
Year for the Children of Syria
A Year of Fundraising & Musical Events Worldwide
for the Children of the Syrian Civil War
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“Shostakovich for the Children of Syria sends into the world, and especially to our suffering sisters and brothers in Syria, the message that music can bear witness to the fundamental goodness of the human spirit in the face of oppression, deprivation, and the insane brutality of war.” —Archbishop Desmond Tutu
