“Refuge Through Music” presented by The Refugee Orchestra Project

When:
Monday, May 22, 2017 8:00p -
9:30p

Where:
First Church Cambridge
11 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Kid Friendly, Music, Performing Arts, Social Good

Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/294301994356774

Instrumentalists and singers whose friends and families have fled to the U.S. to escape violence and persecution will perform works by composers such as Kurt Weill, Paul Hindemith, Darius Milhaud, and Irving Berlin - all of whom are themselves refugees. The concert will showcase, through music, the positive impact those who have come to this country seeking safety and a better life have had on American culture and society. It is one of three fundraising events that the Refugee Orchestra Project is organizing this spring. www.refugeeorchestraproject.org


Tickets:
Admission to the concert is free, donations are suggested.
​Proceeds from the concert will be given ​to HIAS and International Rescue Committee ​in support of asylum seekers abroad.


FEATURED SOLOISTS
Zhanna Alkhazova
Award-winning, NY-based soprano who has earned critical acclaim performing lyric and dramatic operatic repertoire.
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Amal El-Shrafi
Award-winning, Palestinian-American soprano, acclaimed for her powerful stage presence and luscious tone.


Olga Lisovskaya
A native of Kiev, Ukraine and hailed by critics as a “wonderful coloratura soprano with the flexibility to caress the highest range notes”, Olga Lisovskaya regularly performs leading operatic roles and recitals with world-renowned artists.


FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
“This year’s social and political climate have made the Refugee Orchestra Project more relevant than ever before in its mission to demonstrate the critical role that refugees and immigrants play in our cultural landscape,” said Refugee Orchestra Project Conductor and Artistic Director Lidiya Yankovskaya. “I hope that those attending our performances will be reminded that our entire culture and society has been built on and strengthened by the diversity that refugees have brought to America for hundreds of years and continue to bring today.” - Lidiya Yankovskaya

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