Syrian pianist's journey from the instrument reduced to ashes in Yarmouk to performing in Germany

[Sally]

Maybe some day this pianist will be appearing in the major concert halls around the world.


Syrian pianist's journey from the instrument reduced to ashes in Yarmouk to performing in Germany


AFP , Sunday 15 May 2016

Aeham al-Ahmad, the pianist of Yarmouk camp playing amid the rubble (Photo: still from documentary on YouTube)

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A year ago, 28-year-old pianist Aeham al-Ahmad was performing in the ruins of Damascus.

But after Islamic State jihadists torched his beloved piano, he fled to Germany where he now sings to audiences of the troubles in his home country.

"The piano, this is my life. This is in my heart," the young musician, dressed in jeans and a keffiyeh scarf, tells AFP.

On a recent day in Berlin, Ahmad throws off his rucksack and rushes to the grand piano in the concert hall where he'll be performing just a few hours later.

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[waltky]

Wish him well.