‘Voices against the Genocide’ concert this Sunday to raise funds to feed Palestine

After success and acclaim for staging the opening event of this year’s Edinburgh International Festival, opera director (as well as singer and violinist) Thomas Guthrie and like-minded colleagues from the world of classical music have decided to demonstrate that cultural institutions, with their deafening silence about atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank and their suppression of protest against those atrocities, do not act in the name of all classical musicians: many workers and staff who make up the sector stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people – and have arranged a concert in London that takes place this Sunday to raise funds to help starving Palestinians in Gaza.

The concert – which takes place from 7pm on Sunday 24th August at St John’s, 73 Waterloo Rd, London SE1 8TY – has emerged from the collective desire of performers to raise their voices together. In a statement about the event, the group said:

We come together to enjoy the music which will be presented by soloists, chorus and orchestra in works by Bach, Brahms, John Cage and Poulenc but also by Dylan and Ravi Shankar. Traditional Jewish and Palestinian songs will also be performed.

We also want to raise money – as a statement on behalf of classical musicians but, crucially, also for practical reasons – for the UN World Food Programme in Palestine.

Please attend this concert, if you can, and – at any event – please donate, if you can, towards our fundraising. The minimum price of a ticket is £10, but if you’d like to give more, tickets at £30 and £50 have also been created. You’ll also be able to donate additional funds on the night.

Those able to attend can book tickets here.

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