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It's really - the overwriting theme is that, you know, we can find wisdom in music and we can find things to relate to and solace and power and peace and all these things in music, no matter what genre you love the most.
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More recently, in 2009, with Elias Sanbar, Palestinian writer and Ambassador of Palestine to UNESCO, he created the Instruments for Peace Foundation, which offers music education for young Israelis and Palestinians.
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Merlijn Twaalfhoven (Netherlands), composer and musician, has started some exceptional projects in Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, Syria and the Netherlands, using music to create links and thus serving as a symbol of peace.
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"Music and music education teaches tolerance, it brings everyone together in a spirit of peace, " said embassy spokesman David Snepp.
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Musicians from 40 nations and 70 orchestras come together for just a few days for a one-off performance to show that it's possible for people of different race, religion, color and creed to work together to achieve a greater goal, be it beautiful music, or peace.
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The 80 singers of all ages of the Choir Invisible, Desmond and Leah Tutu Choir for Peace, U.K., will perform a capella compositions inspired by South African Gospel and soul music to lyrics by Archbishop Tutu at the award ceremony.
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In a city which has finally regained its status as one of eastern Europe's leading cultural capitals after the devastation of World War II and decades largely isolated from the West behind the Iron Curtain, Kaye said the orchestra's message of peace through music was especially resonant.
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