Projects & Partnerships
As a choir, Amwaj rarely performs alone.
As a choir school, it is never isolated.
Amwaj projects and partnerships are built around the pedagogical program of the choir school, designed to gradually expand the sphere of knowledge and skills acquired by the young singers.
Variety and continuity of the exchanges are at the core of Amwaj’s development and its desire to offer stimulating and inspiring experiences for all.
Since its very first day, in August 2015, Amwaj has involved Palestinian and international guest artists and pedagogues – alongside its regular staff and volunteers – for classes, workshops, summer and winter camps, rehearsals, recordings, concerts and tours.
To date, the Amwaj choir has performed extensively throughout Palestine – in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Galilee – as well as in Jordan and France, constantly exchanging with other artists and ensembles.
For its three tours in France, the choir’s artistic partners were major French youth ensembles and choirs such as the DEMOS orchestra (Philharmonie de Paris), Choeur de Jeunes de l’Orchestre de Paris and Les Petits Chanteurs de Lyon. Concerts were held in multiple venues in Paris (Philharmonie de Paris, Conservatoire National, Notre-Dame de Paris, UNESCO, Institut du Monde Arabe) as well as in auditoriums and churches of several other French cities (Lille, Saint-Omer, Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Arcueil, Aubervilliers).
A special relationship between Amwaj and the prestigious choir Les Petits Chanteurs de Lyon began in 2017, when the French children’s choir was hosted in Bethlehem by Amwaj for the first time. Yearly visits to Palestine followed, and will continue.
Besides a precious artistic value, these exchanges have an essential intercultural dimension that allows Amwaj’s foreign guests to discover and appreciate Palestine, a very unusual destination for children’s choirs.
ARTISTS, PEDAGOGUES & STAFF
Among the many people who volunteered, worked, or performed with Amwaj since 2015 – whether for hours, weeks, months, or years – there are:
Abood Qawasmi, Adelaide Stroesser, Adèle Bérard, Adrien Alix, Agnès Charles, Aidan Pendleton, Alaa Abu Maialeh, Aleen Masoud, Alexandra Duchêne, Alice Barron, Alice Fagard, Alice Raulo, Amandine Beyer, Amandine Godard, Amani Ermelia, Amir Hassan, Amir Malhis, Amira Musallam, Andre de Quadros, Angela Feeney, Anne Renardet, Artemisz Polonyi, Ayed Hoshiah, Baha’ AbuShanab, Baldomero Barciela, Benjamin Lunetta, Bernard Quénu, Brad Dumont, Brigitte Rose, Bushra Qaraqe, Camille Aubret, Carol Ibrahim, Catharina Kroeger, Catherine Garonne, Catherine Roussot, Chad Putka, Chris Clark, Christine Souillard, Clémence Monnier, Damon Hankoff, Daniele Spada, Diana Talhami, Diego Masson, Dima Bawab, Dima Hourani, Dina Shilleh, Dominique Visse, Edgardo Campos-Seguel, Edwin Baudo, Elisabeth Julen, Elise Marné, Elodie Vittu, Emily Joworski, Emmanuel Meliz, Eric Villeminey, Fabienne van Eck, Fadi Deeb, Fadwa Qamhia, Fanny Prandi, Fares Mansour, Faris Ishaq, Flora Ageron, Florence Badol-Bertrand, Gandhi Saad, Gauthier Simon, Gérard Authelain, Giulia Valentini, Giulio Foresto, Guzman Bajo Sosa, Habib Sabbara, Habib Yammine, Haitham Daoud, Haneen Rjoub, Hazem Al Sharif, Heyam Talbishi, Hiba Al Zughayyar, Ibrahim Handal, Issa Sacaan, Jalal Albess, Jalil Saieh, Jamil Freij, Jasmine Bourne, Jean Gautier, Jean Tubéry, Jessica Duchen, Jiries Alawi, Joanne Chen, Jude Amous, Julie Huguet, Juliette Vittu, Khader Jaraiseh, Khalil Chekir, Khalil Khoury, Khoulud Sabbara, Lara Jamal, Laurence Mekhitarian, Lionel Sow, Loreline De Cat, Louis Clerc-Renaud, Lucia d’Anna, Lucie de Beyzer, Lucie Helleboid, Lucie Tronche, Maali Tamimi, Maen Al-Ghoul, Maeva Depollier, Mahmoud Karzon, Malak Shahine, Manfred Baumgartner, Marcos Garcia Gutierrez, Mariana Delgadillo, Maria Paola Viano, Marie Deremble-Wauquiez, Marie Joubinaux, Marie-Pierre Labro, Marina Eichberg, Marion Benet, Mathieu Romano, Matthieu Camilleri, May Mourad, Maya Abu Alhayyat, Michael Dabroski, Michèle Courvoisier, Mohamed Najem, Mohammad Karzon, Mohammed Abu Laban, Mohanad Ashhab, Moneim Adwan, Morgane Marticoréna, Muhsen Alhoumouz, Mutaz Qaraqe, Nahed Bandak, Naji Hakim, Nancy Abu Ghosh, Nay Barghouti, Nicolas Dufetel, Nicolas Simon, Nicole Corti, Nora Maynard, Ondrej Jaluvka, Olivia Romanet, Patrick Lama, Pedro Lòpez de la Osa, Rachid Jounas, Raghad Adwan, Ramzi Shomali, Rashed Zarour, Razan Al-Azzeh, Rebecca Minio-Paluello, Roberta Paraninfo, Robin Burlton, Rose Logodin, Roxanna Panufnik, Sabine Chanon, Saif Hammash, Saliba Rishmawi, Sama Alzghayyer, Samar Haddad-King, Samar Zghayyer, Sami Darwish Alkurd, Samir Makhoul, Samira Kharoubi, Sandrine Hudry, Ségolène Brutin, Shafee Hafez, Shanti Mouget, Sherry Jiarui Yao, Simon Heberle, Suhail Canaan, Taima Ayyad, Tareq Abu Salameh, Tareq Wahba, Thaer Hemone, Thibaut Louppe, Tibah Saad, Tom Suarez, Tore Erik Mohn, Tyler Turner, Vicente Marin Diez, Will Roberts, Yasmeen Sabbara, Yousef Zayed, Youssef Hbeisch.
CHOIRS, ENSEMBLES and INSTITUTIONS
Amwaj collaborations include:
Accademia Vocale di Genova (Italy), Al-Kamandjati (Ramallah), Association d’Echanges Culturels Hebron-France (Hebron), Association France Palestine Solidarité (France), Association Soutien Amwaj (France), Beit Al-Musiqa (Shafa’amr). Beit Jala Municipality, Bethlehem Cultural Festival, Bethlehem Municipality, Bethlehem Strings (Bethlehem), Chœur d’Enfants de l’Orchestre de Paris, Chœur de Jeunes de l’Orchestre de Paris, Choir of Beit Al-Musiqa (Shafa’amr), Choir of London, Conservatoire de Genève, Conservatoire de Saint-Omer, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, Consolato Generale d’Italia (Jerusalem), Consulat Général de France (Jerusalem), Dar Al-Kalima University College for Arts & Culture (Bethlehem), Dar Annadwe (Bethlehem), Folkwang International Ensemble (Germany), Fondation Les Instruments de la Paix – Genève, Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II (Bethlehem and Italy), Fortuna Canta (Germany), Ghirass Cultural Centre, Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève, Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris), Institut Français de Jérusalem, Institut Français de Nazareth, Les Chanteurs de Finoreille (Opera de Lille), Les Petits Chanteurs de Lyon, Majdal Choir and Orchestra (Bethlehem), Nawa Arabic Music Ensemble (Ramallah), Orchestre DEMOS (Philharmonie de Paris), Oslo Philharmonic Choir, Palestine Philharmonie, Palestinian Circus School, Philharmonie de Paris, Primatiale de la Cathédrale Saint-Jean Baptiste (Lyon), Ramallah Orchestra, Sawa Choir (Shafa’amr), Shoruq Dabke Group (Bethlehem), Sounds of Palestine (Bethlehem), UNESCO Palestinian Delegation (Paris), Ville d’Arcueil, Ville de Bagneux, Ville de Montreuil, Ville de Nanterre, Voices 21C (Boston), Zeriab Arabic Music Ensemble (Nazareth)
Amwaj is a member of the MEDINEA network:
25 February-4 March 2020:Third Tour in France (invitation of the Paris Philharmonie) : 3 C
25 November-2 December 2018: Second Tour in France and Jordan (invitation of the UNESCO):