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Refugee Orchestra Project

London Symphony Orchestra at St Lukes
Produced by Panorama Productions

Described by the Boston Globe as “spreading a message of inclusion”, ROP provides a platform for instrumentalists and singers to celebrate the immense contributions that refugees make to society.

Cast & Creatives

Director 

Steven Kunis

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Musical Director and Conductor

Lidiya Yankovskaya

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Producer

Panorama Productions

Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen MBE performed her Concerto Grosso with the orchestra. The orchestra played ‘Freedom’ by Afghan composer Milad Yousufi, ‘Metamorphosis’ by Iranian composer Gity Razaz, Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances, a medley by renowned composer, lyricist and American cultural icon Irving Berlin and ‘The Wind’ from Wuthering Heights by Tony and Grammy award-winning composer, Claude-Michel Schönberg, himself the son of Hungarian-Jewish refugees.

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