Malek Jandali may only have been alive
for four decades but the award-winning
composer insists he feels ancient,having
revived some of the oldest melodies from
his war -torn Syrian homeland,
"I'm 8000 years old"said the pianist,in the
middle of a world tour he hopes will spread
"peace and freedom "three years after leaving
Syria just as war was tearing it apart,
A winner of the 2014 Global Music Award
gold medal,Jandali has for years sought to
uncover ancient melodies for modern audiences
but says he is now composition and for the land
of his upbringing ,
Born in Germany Jandali grew up in the central
Syrian city of Homs ,once dubbed the "Capital
of the revolution"by activists before winning
a schoolarship to study in the US,
Soon after Syria's uprising started in March 2011
the 42 year old pianist and composer preformed
at a demonstration in front of the White House,
His initiative prompted pro-regime armed groups
to attack his elderly parents in their home in Homs,
They later fled to the United States,Jandali said it
was this attack that helped him discover,
"The soft power of music",
Jandali is aware that music alone can do little
to alter the situation on the ground,but it's raising
much needed humanitarian aid much needed
awareness,
His latest album Syrian Symphony "inspired
by the chants of the Syrian people' during their
protests against the President Bashar al Assad
's regime,
Although he is accompanied by Syrian oud player
Abdulrahim Alsiadi and US cellist Laura Metcalf
,Jandali still
omplains about restriction imposed due to the
political climate at some venues,AFP
Pray 4 freedom Syria.
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