Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra

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The Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra (SEPO) is a symphony orchestra of Syrian musicians in exile founded by Raed Jazbeh in 2015 . Most of the musicians found each other through a call on the social network facebook . The 75 members live today mostly in different European countries. Part of the orchestra also plays as a string quintet under the name Damascus String Quintet . The orchestra is particularly dedicated to maintaining traditional Syrian music, but also to the music of modern Syrian composers or composers of Syrian origin. Musical representations of non-Syrian music are more of an exception at the SEPO: In 2018, for example, the orchestra gave concerts together with greats in show business such as Nena , Semy Deluxe , Philipp Poisel and others on the Day of German Unity at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. In the same year the Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra also took on the world premiere of “ Mass for peace in times of flight ” with texts by Navid Kermani ; Rasha Rizk sang the soprano part.

Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra
General information
Website www.sepo-philharmonic.com
Founding members
Raed Jazbeh

history

The initiator and artistic director of the orchestra is the double bass player Raed Jazbeh. The first concert of the Expat Philharmonic Orchestra took place on September 22nd, 2015 in the Sendesaal Bremen . Since the orchestra could not play all instruments when it was founded in 2015, it was initially supported by German musicians.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Facebook: The Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra - SEPO , accessed on September 22, 2015
  2. ↑ Nena, Meute & Samy Deluxe - The Day of German Unity is celebrated this year in a big way. Accessed December 31, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Nena & Co. play at a unit celebration. Accessed December 31, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Mass For Peace - a composition on the refugee crisis + interview. In: www.chor-heute.de. February 15, 2018, accessed September 1, 2019 .
  5. ^ NDR: A Mass for Peace. Accessed December 31, 2018 .
  6. ↑ nmz new music newspaper kiz-nachrichten from September 17, 2015: Syrian refugees found exile orchestra (dpa) , accessed on September 22, 2015