Amwaj young choralists during a performance at La Barcarolle in Saint-Omer in February 2024. (Credit: Fares S. Mansour)
Amwaj is an educational program based on teaching choral singing to children and young people aged eight to 18, founded in 2015 in the cities of Bethlehem and Hebron in Palestine by Mathilde Vittu, a French music teacher, and Michele Cantoni, an Italian violinist. Both were initially teachers at the Edward Said Conservatory between Jerusalem, Ramallah and Bethlehem. Noting that the country lacked a choral school, their passion as a driving force, they decided to establish Amwaj. Led by a mixed team of French and Palestinian educators, Amwaj allows children and young people to access quality musical education through an intensive educational program based on collective singing. We spoke with the two founders of Amwaj Choir. Read more Hiam Abbass: Wherever I die, Palestine will surround me, it will be my shroud You founded this choral...
Amwaj is an educational program based on teaching choral singing to children and young people aged eight to 18, founded in 2015 in the cities of Bethlehem and Hebron in Palestine by Mathilde Vittu, a French music teacher, and Michele Cantoni, an Italian violinist. Both were initially teachers at the Edward Said Conservatory between Jerusalem, Ramallah and Bethlehem. Noting that the country lacked a choral school, their passion as a driving force, they decided to establish Amwaj. Led by a mixed team of French and Palestinian educators, Amwaj allows children and young people to access quality musical education through an intensive educational program based on collective singing. We spoke with the two founders of Amwaj Choir. Read more Hiam Abbass: Wherever I die, Palestine will surround me, it will be my shroud You founded this...