At the United Nations in New York City, “Music from the strings of the sarod will reverberate in the iconic General Assembly hall on Wednesday as maestro Amjad Ali Khan pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi at an annual concert, with the UN chief Antonio Guterres underscoring that the message of non-violence ‘can change history,’ ” reads an unsigned Tuesday (10/23) Press Trust of India article. “The Permanent Mission of India to the UN is hosting the UN Day Concert 2018, which will feature performance by the sarod maestro and his sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash along with the Refugee Orchestra Project conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya at the General Assembly hall at the world body’s headquarters. The concert’s theme this year is ‘Traditions of Peace and Non-violence.’ … The UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter.” Lidiya Yankovskaya, who is based in the U.S. and whose family were refugees from Russia, founded the Refugee Orchestra Project the wake of the Syrian refugee crisis “to demonstrate the vitally important role that refugees from across the globe have played in our country’s culture and society.”
Posted October 24, 2018
