Music for Human Rights through TimePrograma de Educação Estética e Artística (PEEA)The PEEA-DGEstE stands for Program of Aesthetics and Artistic Education and it is a Portuguese government program for the public schools…Nov 30, 20213Nov 30, 20213
Music for Human Rights through TimePaul WittgensteinLast Sunday I received a message from a very dear friend in Portugal, my high school mathematics professor Hélder Silva. The message had…Nov 28, 20215Nov 28, 20215
Music for Human Rights through TimeLudwig van BeethovenThis Thanksgiving I would like to write a post about one of our greatest heroes: Ludwig van Beethoven. His faith in humanity was so strong…Nov 25, 20213Nov 25, 20213
Music for Human Rights through TimeAntonio VivaldiAntonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) was one of the greatest composers of the Baroque Period. He did not let his health problems stop him from…Nov 18, 20213Nov 18, 20213
Music for Human Rights through TimeEl SistemaEl Sistema is a government funded Music Program of a social and cultural nature, founded in 1975 in Venezuela by the musician and conductor…Nov 14, 20214Nov 14, 20214
Music for Human Rights through TimeKarim WasfiI remember one night, at home, my parents talking about a cellist who played his own composition all alone, at the exact place were a car…Nov 8, 20213Nov 8, 20213
Music for Human Rights through TimeMusicians for Human RightsWriting my previous post about music during the Second World War made me think about an organization called Musicians for Human Rights…Nov 1, 20212Nov 1, 20212
Music for Human Rights through TimeMusic in Time of WarLast Sunday, I went to Severance Hall to hear a concert by the Cleveland Orchestra. They were playing Prokofiev’s 5th Symphony, composed in…Oct 21, 20215Oct 21, 20215
Music for Human Rights through TimeAncient Greece and MusicToday, I will not share a humanitarian musical project, but will point out the historical moment when music became a fundamental element in…Oct 16, 20213Oct 16, 20213
Music for Human Rights through TimeWest-Eastern Divan OrchestraThe West-Eastern Divan Orchestra was created by two great friends: Edward W. Said who was a Palestinian scholar and author, and Daniel…Oct 8, 20213Oct 8, 20213
