Andreas Knapp
From an Empty Airport to Downtown Berlin, a Music Program Still Soars
Tricia Tunstall, Co-founder and Advisory Editor, The Ensemble
In a white-walled, sunlit room with arched ceilings, an El Sistema-inspired youth orchestra plays Gustav Mahler’s well-known “Bruder Martin” (“Frère Jacques”) theme—the third movement of his Symphony No. 1—under the direction of teaching artist/conductor Leila Weber. The two double bass players are six feet tall, around sixteen years old; the youngest cellist might be seven, and this is the second time she’s held a cello. Embedded among the second violins is a guest teaching artist from an orchestra based 500 miles away.
En tiempos de conflicto, la música es su propio lenguaje
Andreas Knapp, codirector, HANGARMUSIK
La música es un lenguaje compartido y, como todos sabemos, los niños aprenden idiomas con facilidad. Sus capacidades lingüísticas innatas les permiten, con todos sus diferentes ritmos y tonalidades, aprender simplemente escuchando, absorbiendo e imitando. Y lo que es más importante, no hacen juicios sobre qué lengua es más importante que otra.
