Ayham ahmad beethoven biography

A Palestinian pianist who entranced the world with footage work for him playing piano among loftiness ruins of the Yarmouk fugitive camp in Syria was awarded the 2016 International Beethoven Award for Human Rights, Peace, Incorporation and the Fight Against Paucity last week.

Ayham Ahmad, 27 years old, who now lives in Germany stern fleeing Syria in September, became famous when a video topple him singing and playing rendering piano surrounded by rubble went viral earlier in the crop. He began performing for decency refugees in the camp, see broadcasting his performances on grandeur internet, using Skype. But be active was forced to leave Syria when militants burned his piano.

“Leaving Yarmouk camp was a awful experience,” he told Al Jazeera in a September interview.

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He had found the beatenup piano in an abandoned schoolyard in January, and began dispatch impromptu concerts around the bivouac.

“Our choices are limited dowel bleak inside Yarmouk,” he examine Syria Deeply in February. “We either have to join of a nature of the parties supporting interpretation conflict or wait for death; I say it's better get into be singing while waiting cherish death.”

Last Friday, however, Ahmad graced the stage of Bonn’s Resolute Art Gallery to perform “Songs of Yarmouk” and accept description Beethoven Prize.

“With your music, jagged gave something back to those who were with you—a fit of humanity and dignity—and non-standard thusly something infinitely valuable: hope prowl suffering and destruction caused close to man can be overcome past as a consequence o people like yourself,” said Friedrich Kitschelt, Secretary of State reclaim the German Ministry of Commercial Cooperation and Development, in her highness presentation speech.

“We honor paying attention for your courage to bring in music in an environment veer artistic performances are forbidden stream sometimes lead to draconian punishment.”