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Zoom in with Renee
(08.12.22)
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali, and Lidiya Yankovskaya in conversation with Dr. Renee Mehrra
Today
(06.20.22)
Orchestra project brings refugees together from across the world
CNN
(2020)
This orchestra is a creative haven for refugees and immigrants
UN Live United Nations Web TV
(10.24.18)
United Nations Day Concert 2018: Traditions of Peace & Non-violence)
by United Nations
Voice of America
(5.4.17)
Оркестр беженцев Лидии Янковской (Orchestra of Refugees)
by Victoria Kupchinetsky
CGTN America
(5.4.17)
The Refugee Orchestra Project: Spreading Awareness of Displaced Peoples
by Frances Kuo
NowThis
(6.28.16)
"This Orchestra Wants to Change the Way the World Sees Refugees"
*Over 107,000 viewers
NowThis
(6.20.16)
Live Stream - "
World Refugee Day Concert"
*Over 84,000 viewers
AFP News Agency
(6.21.16)
"Syrian Opera Singer Performs with US Refugee Orchestra"
BNN News
(4.25.16)
Refugee Orchestra Project Plans First Concert
Press
The Hill
(01.05.22)
Rare female opera conductor gives birth and goes back to podium just days late
by Shirin Ali
Indian Panorama
(10.26.18)
UN Day Celebrated With The Theme “Traditions Of Peace And Non-violence”
by
I.S. Saluja
Fast Company
(12.6.17)
This Video Counters Common Lies About Refugees with Real Stories
by Adele Peters
National Sawdust Log
(11.8.17)
Meet the NS Artist-in-Residence: Lidiya Yankovskaya, Activist Conductor
by Samantha London
500 Pens
(7.14.17)
The Refugee Orchestra Project and the Music of Inclusion
by Katie Simon and Erin Kennedy
The Boston Globe
(5.19.17)
Refugee Orchestra Project Spreads a Musical Message of Inclusion
by Zoë Madonna
Boston Music Intelligencer
(5.17.17)
Refugee Orchestra Project and the Artist as an Activist
by Lidiya Yankovskaya
WBUR - The ARTery
(3.22.17)
Boston Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya Juggles Many Roles
by Keith Powers
VAN Magazine
(2.2.17)
"Exile Aria: On the Refugee Orchestra Project"
by Zoë Madonna
American Voices with Senator Bill Bradley
(9.23.16)
Artistic Director Lidiya Yankovskaya sits down for an interview with Senator Bill Bradley on his weekly radio show on Sirius XM.
Newsweek
(6.24.16)
"Refugee Orchestra Project Brings Exiled Musicians to Brooklyn"
by Lucy Wescott
Non-Profit Quarterly
(7.1.16)
"The Human Face of the Refugee Crisis on the Concert Hall Stage"
by Sophie Lewis
Refinery29
(7.5.16)
"How this Opera Singer is Raising Her Voice in a Very Different Way"
by Kaelyn Forde
El Norte
(7.9.16)
"Refugiados en la música"
by Luiz López
Al Jazeera
(6.26.16)
"US: Refugees Set Up Orchestra in New York"
by Gabriel Elizondo
Deseret News
(6.27.16)
"She Fled Russia with Her Family. Now, She Has a Powerful Message About the Refugee Crisis"
by Billy Hallowell
HIAS
(6.14.16)
"In New York, Musicians Gather for World Refugee Day Tribute"
by Rachel Nusbaum
Al-Monitor
(6.21.16)
"Syrian Opera Singer Performs with US Refugee Orchestra"
by AFP
Yahoo News
(6.21.16)
"Syrian Opera Singer Performs with US Refugee Orchestra"
by Jennie Matthew
Musical America Worldwide
(6.28.16)
"Refugee Orchestra Rallies to the Cause"
by Musical America
Notable Mentions
National Sawdust Log
(2.27.18)
Refugee Orchestra Project, Artists as Activists in the Modern Era
by Lidiya Yankovskaya
Washington Hispanic
(4.7.17)
Music to Benefit Refugees at The Fillmore
by Nelly Carrión
Deseret News
(6.28.16)
"Jewish-Iranian Refugee who Fled the Middle East for the U.S. is Now Running for Congress and She Could Make History"
by Billy Hallowell
Awards
2017 Adolf Busch Award
(10.15.16)
Finalist
Press Materials
Quarantine Commission Challenge
(10.8.20)
New Executive Director
(10.8.20)
4.10.17 DC Area Concert Press Release
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Spring 2016 Press Materials
6.20.16 World Refugee Day Concert Press Release
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Spring 2016 ROP Press Packet (see below)
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PHOTOS
June 20th, 2016 - Brooklyn, NY
Olga Timofeyev, photographer
May 10th, 2016 - Boston, MA
Scott Bump, photographer