An Orchestra Beyond Borders: Voices of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

With a foreword by Daniel Barenboim.

Bringing together young musicians from Palestine, Israel and other countries of the Middle East, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra is both one of the most acclaimed youth orchestras in the world and a rare note of hope in a war-torn region. Founded by Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said in 1999, it aims to promote Arab-Israeli understanding through music. In "An Orchestra Beyond Borders", Elena Cheah, a professional musician and assistant to Daniel Barenboim, explores the orchestra?s journey through the remarkable stories of the musicians that comprise it. These youthful testimonies are a window into the life of the region. Together, they communicate the musicians? ambitions and hopes, their varied and conflicting views on life and politics, and above all the orchestra?s transformative ability to create an atmosphere of musical cooperation away from the implications and hardships of a world full of division and conflict.

CONTENIDO:

Foreword by Daniel Barenboim
Introduction by Daniel Cohen

- Intermezzo: Nabeel Abboud-Ashkar
- Intermezzo: Backstage
- Intermezzo: Sharon Cohen
- Intermezzo:
Nassib Al Ahmadieh
The Maestro at Work
- Intermezzo: From thé Trumpet Section: Yuyal Shapiro and Bassam Mussad
- Intermezzo:
Tyme Khleifi
Flying with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Alberto and Pablo Martos
- Intermezzo:Meirav Kadichevski
- Intermezzo:
Mohamed Saleh Ibrahim and Friends
Asaf Maoz
- Intermezzo: Forty Days and Nights in the Divan: Talio Zaki the Violinist
- Intermezzo:Guy Braunstein
- Intermezzo: Karim Said
- Intermezzo:
Yasmin of Palestine
All Roads Lead to Rome

Appendix: Edward Said's speech upon acceptance of the Príncipe de Asturias Prize
Appendix: Mariam Said on her Involvement with the Barenboim-Said Foundation and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra