Recap: "Playing for Peace: Music by Karim Wasfi"
Last week, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum hosted a free performance by and talk with renowned cellist and conductor Maestro Karim Wasfi in a public program in the Museum’s auditorium.
A former conductor of the Iraq Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Wasfi used improvised performances at the sites of recent car bombings to highlight the crisis of enduring violence in Iraq. Maestro Wasfi is the president and founder of the Peace Through Art Global Foundation and has expanded his reach and mission to perform music that promotes healing, cross-cultural integration, de-radicalization and counterterrorism.
Watch a clip of Maestro Wasfi’s performance at the 9/11 Memorial Museum below.
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By 9/11 Memorial Staff
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum will host a free performance by and talk with renowned cellist and conductor Maestro Karim Wasfi on Thursday, October 17, as part of the Memorial Museum’s fall 2019 public programs series.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum's Anthony Gardner wrote a blog post for the onePULSE Foundation to comment on the challenge of memorialization and to reflect on his experience participating in the planning process for the eventual 9/11 Memorial.