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continuing collaboration with Al Kamandjati, Ramallah

Our partner in Ramallah, the music school of Al Kamandjati, which was only founded three years ago, has developed rapidly with projects in Ramallah, Jenin a.o. cities of the Westbank. Ramzi Abu-Radwan, the school's artistic director, is very succesful...

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8 novembre 2008

A.M. Al-Qattan Foundation & Music Fund in Gaza

Ramallah, Saturday 8th November 2009. Meeting Ziad Khalaf, the head of the Ramallah office of the A.M. Al-Qattan Foundation, we evaluated our failure to enter Gaza this last week, and agreed upon a number of new initiatives which Music Fund will be developing...

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7 novembre 2008

repairing music instruments in Nablus

© string-instrument 'doctor' Baptiste Argouarc'h, oud-maker Ali Hassanen and student piano-tuning Sameh Assad in repair-workshop Nablus the Culture © a guitar in need of first aid at the music school of Nablus the Culture

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6 novembre 2008

Jerusalem - meetings

Jerusalem, Thursday 6th November 2008. While Pol De Winter (pianos) started a 3 day work-period in Ramallah, working on pianos of our partner-school Al Kamandjati and Baptiste Argouarc'h (string instruments) and Christian Bertram (guitars) continued to...

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5 novembre 2008

views of Nablus city

© Olivier Marie, myself and Pol De Winter visiting the old city of Nablus © a view of the garden of the instrument repair-workshop in Nablus © at the home of oud-maker Ali Hasanen © also at Ali's home, after eating a delicious Palestinian dish called...

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5 novembre 2008

permits to Gaza refused

Nablus, Wednesday 5th November 2008. We had 2 plans for this trip with our music instrument 'doctors': Plan A was to go work at the first ever music school of Gaza, created in September by our partner there, the A.M. Al-Qattan Foundation. Plan B was to...

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4 novembre 2008

Nablus and Ramallah

Tuesday 3rd November 2008: travelling with instrument ‘doctors’ Pol De Winter (piano), Baptiste Argouarc’h (string instruments), Christian Bertram (guitars) and Messaouda Zaouali (coordinator Music Fund) Today our team split in two: Christian and Baptiste...

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3 novembre 2008

arrival in Nablus

Monday 3rd November 2008: travelling with instrument ‘doctors’ Pol De Winter (piano), Baptiste Argouarc’h (string instruments), Christian Bertram (guitars) and Messaouda Zaouali (coordinator Music Fund) Our first stop in the Westbank is Nablus. We arrived...

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3 novembre 2008

shortly in Tel Aviv

Monday 3rd November 2008: travelling with instrument ‘doctors’ Pol De Winter (piano), Baptiste Argouarc’h (string instruments), Christian Bertram (guitars) and Messaouda Zaouali (coordinator Music Fund) This trip started with bad luck: After our flight...

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28 octobre 2008

presentation of "The Exchange" in Vienna

Today I am in Vienna (Austria) for the presentation by the festival Wien Modern of the documentary film "The Exchange" on our projects in the Middle East. Here is a snapshot of the film with surprising words from a young music teacher in Ramallah: This...

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28 octobre 2008

preparing for a new project in Gaza

From 30th October until 9th November, Music Fund is sending a group of instrument technicians to the Westbank and Gaza. Since 2005 and thanks to the excellent collaboration with our partners, the A.M. Qattan Foundation (Gaza, Ramallah, London), Nablus...

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18 octobre 2008

fetching pianos in Innsbruck

Profiting from a concert of Ictus in Milano (Italy) I took the Ictus truck via Innsbruck (Austria) where - together with Jesse De Belder, a volontary worker in charge of our instruments - we loaded 3 more pianos and other instruments which the festival...

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14 septembre 2008

for Music Fund in Innsbruck, Austria

Yesterday, I have been travelling all day from Belgium to Innsbruck with Pol De Winter's trailer. The music festival Klangspuren is presenting the documentary film "The Exchange" and invited me for a debate following the film. This festival has also organised...

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14 septembre 2008

debate on music and political engagement

In the festival Klangspuren in Innsbruck (Tirol, Austria) I attended a debate amongst composers concerning their engagement towards what happens in the world. It was a very interesting debate indeed. It made me think about my own position and ideas concerning...

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8 septembre 2008

Music Fund goes to Gaza and Nablus

We have our crew together for our journey to Gaza and Nablus in the end of October: in support of the new music school in Gaza, we will be sending 4 instrument experts to Gaza (Pol De Winter and Olivier Marie, piano, Christian Bertram, guitars, and Baptiste...

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2 septembre 2008

guitars from Barenboim-Said Foundation to Gaza

Guitars which Music Fund donated to the Barenboim-Said Foundation in Ramallah will now be transferred to the new music school which the A.M. Al-Qattan Foundation is creating in Gaza this month. It is wonderful to hear that these instruments which have...

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21 août 2008

music school in Gaza !

One of our partners in Palestine, the A.M. Al-Qattan Foundation, is now all set to start a music school in Gaza, of all places ! They have engaged a coordinator for the school, Mr Ibrahim Al-Najjar, last July. Then they rented spaces in the building of...

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18 août 2008

special private gifts to Music Fund

It happens more and more that people propose us special gifts. Recently, we had the following such propositions: More and more people - young and old - propose to their friends and family that, instead of receiving presents for their personal birthday...

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13 août 2008

Summertime: fetching donated pianos in and around Belgium

I am finally enjoying some time in Belgium, combining office-work for Ictus and Music Fund with staying with my family. It feels great for someone like myself who travels so much throughout the year. Olivier Marie spent several weeks in Europe in order...

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2 août 2008

Kinshasa-blog Pierre Helou

Pierre Helou, the wind instrument luthier who was with Music Fund in Kinshasa, also created his own weblog on his experiences in Kinshasa. It can be found here (click).

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