Jazz for Syria

Jazz for Syria, an international event raising awareness and support for Syrian refugees, will take place on UNESCO’s International Jazz Day Wednesday, April 30. The event consists of three simultaneous concerts in Beirut (Lebanon), Amman (Jordan) and The Hague (The Netherlands) connected via Internet broadcast and virtual interaction.

The main goal of the concert in Lebanon is to give Syrian jazz musicians and others a stage to share their musical message of Peace for Syria with the world. The program will feature well-known Syrian and Lebanese bands such as: Raed El Khazen, Linda Betar, Fattet Le3bet, Tanjaret Daghet, Mabrad, Zeid Hamdan, Itar Shameh (Rasha Rizk, Ibrahim Sulaimany and Omar Harb), lynn Adib and Hani Sawah.

Similar to the concert in Amman, the Beirut stage will turn into the place where Syrian refugee children from Shatila camp can present their collaborative music work created during the workshops held by the Hani Sawah team. The concert will take place in the Babel Theater in el Hamra.