Yo Yo Ma and Kinan Azmeh Jisreen, composed by K. Azmeh
YoYo Ma is one of the worlds most renowned cellists who participated in and initiated many important projects such as the global cultural collective Silkroad, and more recently the Bach Project: a sixcontinent tour of J. S. Bachs cello suites. Kinan Azmeh is a clarinetist, composer, improvisor from Syria based in New York. He has collaborated with some of the world s leading ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic, and the Seattle Symphony. He also leads his own ArabJazz quartet the Kinan Azmeh CityBand. Jisreen is a little village in Al Ghouta, the greenbelt around Damascus, where Kinan Azmeh used to spend time as a child in his grandparents house. This piece is an homage to the soil of that land, to the surviving apricot trees, and most importantly to the loving people of Jisreen , requiem4justice, resonatehope, yoyoma, cello, silkroad, bach, cellosuites, clarinet, syria, ghouta, easternghouta, jisreen, newyork br, br,
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