Let's hear it for the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra | Tom Service

They've survived bombs, random attacks and power failures during performances – which puts our worries about the role of the arts in perspectiveHere's a story to put our worries about arts cuts – Will all the London orchestras survive the next few years? Will the BBC's projected 20% cuts mean the loss of one of its orchestras? – into perspective: an interview in the Wall Street Journal with Karim Wasfi, chief conductor of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra. Wasfi describes how things ha...

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