making music not war

"In August, as the intifada was raging in the Middle East and the much-vaunted "road map" to peace appeared to be in tatters, thousands of miles away, in the Royal Albert Hall, the pianists Saleem Abboud-Ashkar and Shai Wosner were smiling, holding hands and taking a bow in front of an ecstatic audience. In tandem with the conductor Daniel Barenboim, they had just completed a triumphant performance of Mozart's Concerto for Three Pianos. The standing ovation at the end of the Prom lasted for half an hour. It was a moment rich with symbolism: Abboud-Ashkar is Palestinian; Wosner, Israeli."


http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/interviews/story.jsp?story=470170


May we have more efforts like this!