Barenboim orchestra spreads 'message of peace' in Berlin

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A West-Eastern Divan Orchestra está celebrando seu trabalho em um festival de uma semana em Berlim, mais de 25 anos após sua fundação por Daniel Barenboim e Edward Said. A orquestra mantém a missão de promover diálogo e paz no Oriente Médio, inclusive entre seus próprios integrantes.

More than 25 years since its founding by star conductor Daniel Barenboim, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra's mission to foster dialogue in the Middle East endures -- including among its own members.  "Our message of peace must be louder than ever," Barenboim, who formed the ensemble alongside US-Palestinian intellectual Edward Said in 1999, told AFP ahead of a week-long festival celebrating the organisation in Berlin.