The Iraqi National Symphony performed for President Bush and a large audience Tuesday night...
The 63-member Iraqi group was joined by the Washington National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Leonard Slatkin, music director of the Washington Symphony, shared the stage with Iraqi conductor Mohammed Amin Ezzat in leading the combined orchestra...
Cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma also performed with the orchestras.
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Freedom to travel, associate, speak, write ~ and play music out loud ~ in public.
Why we fight, ping!
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