Two images from Aleppo

Shalan wrote this composition on behalf of the WDR funkhaus orchestra, to premiere in the concert “Da Capo”, where 12 Syrian musicians who were members of the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra and had fled to Europe due to the war in Syria, were invited to a concert as guests with the WDR orchestra under the title “da capo”, in the symbolism of starting a new life. The concert took place in December 2016.

At the time, the Syrian city of Aleppo had been under a brutal siege by the regime and radical Islamist forces for months. The composition “Two Images From Aleppo” premiered in this concert.