Press

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2014 Initiatives 

The Scheherazade Initiative comes to D.C. for women and girls who face violence Examiner.com
Music in Za’atari Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Stories

Shostakovich for the Children of Syria (2013-14) 


Syria civil war: Kinan Azmeh's Every Day is a Sad Morning BBC News

The Echoes of War, From One Century to the Next ‘Shostakovich for the Children of Syria,’ a Benefit Concert New York Times

On The Line with George Mathew and Kinan Azmeh Voice of America

Shostakovich for the Children of Syria set for Carnegie Hall Broadway World 

PANAMA FOR THE CHILDREN OF SYRIA

“Repertorio de paz por Siria” La Prensa

“Música para curar” La Prensa 

Photo Gallery “Concierto Panamá por los niños de Siria” PAverte.com

Videos “George Mathews y sus conciertos humanitarios” PAverte.com

“Panamá se une por los niños de Siria a través de la música” UNICEF

“Concierto en Panamá por los niños de Siria” Qué Hacer Hoy

“Por los niños de Siria” La Estrella 

“Concierto Panamá por los niños de Siria” Panamagazine

“Concert at the Athenaeum for the children of Syria” City of Knowledge

Year For The Children of Syria begins with Panamá por los Niños de Siria MFLI Newsletter

LAUNCH OF YEAR FOR THE CHILDREN OF SYRIA AT THE LIECHTENSTEIN RESIDENCE IN NEW YORK

“Year for the Children of Syria” Times Square Chronicle 

“Year for the Children of Syria Launched at the Liechtenstein Residence in New York in the Presence of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon”


George Mathew  

George Mathew ’91 Her Campus Amherst
September 2013 
The Immortal Ninth New Times Los Angeles 
About recent documentary Following the Ninth, George Mathew is a Narrator

“The Immortal Ninth” New Times

“Concierto Inaugural del VII Festival Alfredo de Saint Malo” 
Instituto Nacioinal de Cultura 

“Festival De Saint Malo” PanamaAmerica

“Entrevista con George Mathew, Participante del Festival ASM 2013” 
VII Festival Internacional Alfredo De Saint Malo

Interview with George Mathew Zee News India

“Music of the Heart” The Indian American 

“Conductor George Mathew: Social and Cultural Entrepreneur” interMezzo

“Handel Instead of Tchaikovsky With the Rockets' Red Glare” 
The New York Times

Top 50 Coolest Desis of 2008 (George Mathew is #37) Desiclub.com

For a Good Cause, A Fourth of Mahler (George Mathew and Mahler for the Children of AIDS are cited in the first paragraph) The New York Times

New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace (2011) 

“A Timely Oratorio Arrives on New Year's Eve St. John the Divine Concert Sharpens Social Message” WQXR

Beethoven for the Indus Valley (2011)  

“At Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Symphony SIngs for Pakistan Flood Relief”  Voice of America TV

“Indian Conductor Leads Concert in NY to Raise Funds for Pak’s Flood Victims”  India Tribune

“Beethoven Symphony Unites Americans for Pakistan Flood Recovery” US State Department

“Musical Movement for Pakistani Community” The Wall Street Journal

“Ravaged Pakistan Gets Beethoven” Bloomberg News

“‘Beethoven for the Indus Valley’ Concert to Benefit Flood Victims Jan. 31” Playbill Arts

“What a night! Beethoven for the Indus Valley at Carnegie Hall" Acumen Fund Blog

“Beethoven Symphony Soothes Pakistan’s Flood Victims and Sends Them Succor” East-West Inquirer

“Concert for Pakistan flood victims held in New York” Associated Press of Pakistan

“Beethoven’s Music for flood victims” Pakistan Tribune

Feature in Pakistan Express (NY, PDF)

Feature in Blue Chip (Pakistan, PDF)

Column in “The Score” Symphony Magazine (PDF)
  

Mahler for the Children of AIDS (2009)

“The Longest Mahler, Played With Urgency”  New York Times Music Review by Steve Smith 

“Music as a civic 'conspiracy': George Mathew” Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon 

“Conductor's Zeal Rallies NYC for a Cause" New York Post 

“MUSIC: George Mathew uses music again to try to change the world" SAJAForum

“Mahler Meets The Man With A Mission" ConcertoNet.com 

“Mahler for the Children of AIDS” Mahler Owes Me Ten Bucks Blog   

Requiem for Darfur (2007)

"Requiem for Darfur: A song of solidarity" UNICEF MEDIA

"Making Music Speak for Those Without a Voice"  The New York Times

"Requiem for Darfur" with a South Asian Connection South Asian Journalists Association

"Orchestral Maneuvers" New York Magazine

Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon

"A Carnegie Hall 'Requiem' for Darfur Refugees" NPR Weekend Edition

"Letters read on Feb 3, 07 re: Requiem" NPR Weekend Edition


Beethoven’s Ninth for South Asia (2006)

BBC World Urdu Service 

“New York Based Conductor Organizes Benefit Set To Beethoven” NY1 TV 

SYMPHONY Magazine

“Carnegie Hall Concert on January 23 to Assist Earthquake Victims” Playbill 

“By George, he'll play at Carnegie” DNA 

“Beethoven’s 9th symphony for New York quake fund-raiser” Pakistan Daily Times

Asian Connections 

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