After the positive response to its March 2024 London & Berlin concerts, on 05 April 2024 the Make Freedom Ring group presents a follow-up fundraising concert in Berlin to benefit humanitarian aid in Gaza via the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.

Join us at KühlhausBerlin at 7.30pm on the 5th April for an evening of beautiful music. Doors are at 7pm.

All donations for this event will go towards Palestine Children's Relief Fund. These concerts has been produced by a loose collective of musicians and culture workers across London and Berlin. You can find us on Instagram @makefreedomring2024 and at makefreedomring.co.uk.

Artists will include: Michael Barenboim | Isabelle Faust | Joaquín Riquelme García | Raul da Costa | Rachel Fenlon | Itamar Carmeli | Mais Hreish | Dana Hreish | Saeed Diab | Sara Aqel | Ibrahim Alshaikh, among others.

The Syrian-American composer Kareem Roustom will also attend for the world premiere of his piece “Palestinian Songs & Dances,” which will be featured alongside works from the Western classical cannon.

Background

On March 8 in London and March 10 in Berlin, the group Make Freedom Ring organized parallel concerts to fundraise for institutions providing humanitarian aid in Gaza, as well as to generate conversation and support. In total, these two concerts raised approximately 5,500€ for the foundations Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund without media support or an advertising campaign.

These concerts were organized as a response to the classical music industry’s relative silence regarding the ongoing human casualties and loss of life in Gaza, in the hopes of not only showing support for the people of Palestine and those that are suffering, but of starting a conversation within the sector about this world event.