Children of Aleppo | David Ianni

MY URBAN PIANO | Special Episode

CHILDREN OF ALEPPO

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The music video “Children of Aleppo” is a rather sad “intermezzo” of my musical voyage that took me through Europe. In late 2016, I had taken part in a concert in Luxembourg together with musicians from Syria, and there I first heard them sing a traditional prayer which I found very moving. Shortly afterwards, I was confronted with devastating footage by a Syrian video journalist, and so I composed “Children of Aleppo” and combined the Syrian prayer in counterpoint with my grieving central theme. The video journalist, Waad Alkateab, gave me permission to use her footage for my music video. When I met the young Syrian singers again in July 2018 to give a concert, I invited them to come to Luxembourg to record this song together with me.