DESCRIPTION:
All Sentient Beings : Comp. Norbu Tsering

Bassel Abu Fakher (cello), Dahlia Mees (erhu & vocals), Kelsang Hula (dramyen, vocals), Norbu Tsering (flute, vocals, dramyen),
Pieter Lenaerts (double bass), Robbe Kieckens (percussion),
Tristan Driessens (ud) and Yeshi Wangyal (guitar) are part of Refugees for Refugees project who released the album 'Amerli' on Muziekpublique and performed at the cd release concert in Brussels.

You can buy the album 'Amerli' on:
-itunes: http://hyperurl.co/l90mm8
-Amazon: http://hyperurl.co/m1fmqa

Muziekpublique
Bolwerksquare du Bastion 3
1050 Brussels
http://www.muziekpublique.be
info@muziekpublique.be

Being moved by the recent scenes of migrants arriving in Europe, Muziekpublique has decided to bring together around twenty musicians who are refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tibet. We have assembled a group of virtuoso performers from different regions of the world who have put down roots in Belgium and who hope to make their voices heard through their music. Our objective is to reveal talents and cultural treasures that have become virtually invisible in Belgium. These are experienced musicians who have been trained at some of the most prestigious music academies in the Middle East (Damascus, Baghdad, Aleppo) and who have passed through a string of musical centres dotted along the former Silk road.

These talents form the basis of the project that we are launching with them. Together, we aim to develop a project that will help them to find their place and reconstruct their lives in Belgium. Their CD builds bridge between the musicians and the different traditions they represent, in order to produce an album that is rich, innovative and a mark of diversity and cultural exchange.

"May all sentient beings have happiness and its causes.
May all sentient beings be free from suffering and its causes.
May all sentient beings not be separated from sorrowless bliss.
May all sentient beings abide in equanimity, free from bias,
attachment, and anger"

This Buddhist prayer is famous in Tibet. Norbu learnt it in school. When he was proposed to participate in this album project, he decided to share this message of hope and solidarity with those who had to flee and adapt to a new environment. Born in the mountains in Nepal in a family who fled from Tibet, Norbu learnt how to play the Tibetan musical instruments in school, but his mother is the one who passed on her passion for the flute to him. Apart from music, he also studied Tibetan philosophy, which is a great source of artistic inspiration for him.

Muziekpublique
Bolwerksquare du Bastion 3
1050 Brussels
http://www.muziekpublique.be
info@muziekpublique.be

Production
Muziekpublique
Image : Paul-François Gay
Sound : Christophe Loncour
Sound editing: Emre Gültekin