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I am a New Yorker who witnessed the attacks of September 11, 2001, and Fallen Heroes is the music that came out of that day. I am not a professional composer; this piece came not from training but from what I saw and felt.
From where I stood, I watched the second plane strike the World Trade Center, the flames and the billowing black smoke, and then the towers come down. The moment they fell, my heart sank, because I understood that the first responders, and the people they were trying to save, were gone. I felt compelled to put that into music. Fallen Heroes, a work for solo flute, is the result: a quiet, stirring tribute to the firefighters, police officers, and rescue workers who gave their lives.
The work is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office (Reg. No. PAu 4-302-362). It received its world premiere, performed by flutist Justina Chu, as the opening of the 30th annual Major General John A. Logan Memorial Day Commemoration in Chicago in May 2026, before an audience of about 400, and was covered by CBS News Chicago.
Loren Abdulezer · New York, NY
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I am a New Yorker who witnessed the attacks of September 11, 2001, and Fallen Heroes is the music that came out of that day. I am not a professional composer; this piece came not from training but from what I saw and felt.
From where I stood, I watched the second plane strike the World Trade Center, the flames and the billowing black smoke, and then the towers come down. The moment they fell, my heart sank, because I understood that the first responders, and the people they were trying to save, were gone. I felt compelled to put that into music. Fallen Heroes, a work for solo flute, is the result: a quiet, stirring tribute to the firefighters, police officers, and rescue workers who gave their lives.
The work is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office (Reg. No. PAu 4-302-362). It received its world premiere, performed by flutist Justina Chu, as the opening of the 30th annual Major General John A. Logan Memorial Day Commemoration in Chicago in May 2026, before an audience of about 400, and was covered by CBS News Chicago.
Loren Abdulezer · New York, NY