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The Power of Music in a Hard Land
Bloomsbury
April 2015
On Sale: April 7, 2015
400 pages
ISBN: 1608198138
EAN: 9781608198139
Kindle: B00PH5RDUS
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
It is an unlikely story. Ramzi Hussein Aburedwan, a child
from a Palestinian refugee camp, confronts an occupying
army, gets an education, masters an instrument, dreams of
something much bigger than himself, and then, through his
charisma and persistence, inspires others to work with him
to make that dream real. The dream: a school to transform
the lives of thousands of children--as Ramzi's life was
transformed--through music. Musicians from all over the
world came to help. A violist left the London Symphony
Orchestra, in part to work with Ramzi at his new school.
Daniel Barenboim, the eminent Israeli conductor, invited
Ramzi to join his West Eastern Divan Orchestra, which he
founded with the late Palestinian intellectual, Edward Said.
Since then the two have played together frequently.
Children of the Stone chronicles Ramzi's
journey--from stone thrower to music student to school
founder--and shows how through his love of music he created
something lasting and beautiful in a land torn by violence
and war. This is a story about the power of music, but also
about freedom and conflict, determination and vision. It's a
vivid portrait of life amid checkpoints and military
occupation, a growing movement of nonviolent resistance, the
prospects of musical collaboration across the
Israeli-Palestinian divide, and the potential of music to
help children everywhere see new possibilities for their lives.
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