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World music matters - Aehem Ahmad: the Pianist of Yarmouk finds keys to friendship
Syrian-Palestinian pianist Aeham Ahmad became known after videos of him playing piano on the bombed out streets of his neighbourhood of Yarmouk near Damascus were posted on Youtube in 2013. Now a refugee in Germany he's released an album Keys to Friendship with German jazz pianist Edgar Knecht. He talks to RFI about how music became his passport to freedom.
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Syrian-Palestinian pianist Aeham Ahmad became known after videos of him playing piano on the bombed out streets of his neighbourhood of Yarmouk near Damascus were posted on Youtube in 2013. Now a refugee in Germany he's released an album Keys to Friendship with German jazz pianist Edgar Knecht. He talks to RFI about how music became his passport to freedom.
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