. VIP tickets (free & infront of the Maestro). Basically, the group included of trumpet player, clarinet player, etc. Morethan half of the players were Kurds. In the last months they have been particpating in germany, sweden, scotland, ireland, walse and england. The players were very talented. They also displayed a documentary about Kurdistan. However, the audiences were mostly kurdish and english.The orchestra finished at 11 and then me and my friend were invited to the "after party". The party included only the 60 orchestra players plus me, my friend, the maestro(paul)and a few english women and men. The DJ first started playing a few rap songs and everone was busy drinking and talking. After, they played an arabic song and a few arabs were dancing. Then, some of the english and arabs were shouting and saying "DJ put the Halparke ON". They put the halparke song, the whole bar came together and danced kurdish halparke in a way that you would not believe it. BETTER THAN US.
I asked one of the kurdish guys "Where did they learn our dance?", he said "a few months ago, they all came to Kurdistan and after we taught them the kurdish halparke dance, they were dancing halparke in the lounge, kitchen, changing rooms etc.
The party ended at 3 with kurdish music till the end
. Even Andrew Lloyd Webber was there!
This is in Edinburgh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19395540
This is sky news.
http://news.sky.com/story/976995/iraqs- ... omes-to-uk
check their facebook
http://www.facebook.com/NYO.IRAQ
A few old and new pictures. The london pictures are not out yet.
this was the hall
A group of young musicians from Iraq, who have overcome problems of violence and fundamentalism in their home country, are staging their first UK performance in Glasgow this weekend.
Iraq's National Youth Orchestra - founded just four years ago - has been dubbed the bravest orchestra in the world, says Sky News Scotland correspondent Jane Chilton.
The young Iraqis, who include Kurds, Sunni, Shi'a and Christians, are united in their love of music and have risked terrorist attacks, sectarian violence and fundamentalism to practise their craft.
Most are self-taught, using the internet to learn how to play their instruments.
And YouTube is also a useful device for the orchestra to recruit and audition new members and to rehearse together.
One of those behind the project told Sky News: "They come from all over the country, and the fact that they don't even speak one language makes it a wonderful example that they can sit together and play as an orchestra."
Chilton says members of the orchestra use music to shut out the reality and chaos of life in Iraq.
British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber will be performing with the orchestra during its UK tour in support of the musicians' campaign to promote tolerance through their music.
Music therapist Mel Garside told Sky News the project is "massively inspiring".
"One of the things in music therapy we look for is to find commonality rather than differences," she said.
The experience sends a very powerful message of people working together and having a more hopeful perspective on the future, Ms Garside added.
http://news.sky.com/story/976995/iraqs- ... omes-to-uk
