As you know, a piano needs frequent adjustments to work well. There are many pianos in Palestine but there is not anybody qualified to fix it except one man from Jerusalem who is now old and tired of the hassles of travelling here. Thus, Palestinians are depending from voluntary piano tuners' intermittent stays.
Organized with the associations “Music Fund” from Belgium and "Nablus the Culture" from Palestine, the idea is to train two persons during a year. The workshop will be established in Nablus in the north of the Westbank.

Thursday, April 03, 2008

First day, reunion with Sami Hammad

Sami is the director of Nablus the Culture ( www.nablusculture.ps) . I met him for the first time on July, 2007. I was staying a few days in Nablus to make a piano workshop initiation. Organized by Lukas Pairon, director of Music Fund (www.musicfund.be), this stay was a real revelation for me... The project A tuner for Palestine was born!

In front of Nablus the Culture

Entrance hall of Nablus the Culture near 8.00 pm

Nablus the Culture is a converted old house. For the moment, it’s reserved for some musical instrument students but other disciplines will soon appear. The house is magnificent and I am sure it will become the most important cultural place of Nablus. All of this is the work of Sami who is permanently searching about improvements. All is perfectly organized and with his presence, you cannot imagine limits of cultural development.



Views of Nablus, from my flat
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