Nicole Velasco

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Executive Director for the City & County of Honolulu's Office of Economic Development City & County of Honolulu

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In 1999 the Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and the Palestinian writer Edward Said organised a concert in Weimar in which half the performers were Palestinians and the other half Israelis.The performance itself and the rehearsals which preceded it had a lasting effect on all the participants. How far can the relationship between music and politics be used to promote a more peaceful world? That is the central question which motivates this challenging new work by some of the leading musicians and music scholars of our time.....

Executive Director for the City & County of Honolulu's Office of Economic Development City & County of Honolulu

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