Syria's national symphony orchestra takes to the stage for its first concert at Damascus opera house since Bashar al-Assad's ouster. After Islamist-led rebels ousted Assad on December 8, the orchestra's rehearsals and concerts were halted as Syria embarked on a delicate transition away from decades of one-family rule enforced by a repressive security apparatus.
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00:00This place means a lot to me, it's one of my favorite places in Damascus, and the scene
00:25that I saw today is the Syria that I love, the music with the people who came to listen
00:31and dance and see, and the most beautiful picture that Damascus introduces to us is this mixture
00:37that was present today.
00:55We have a diverse culture, and today's concert is a celebration of our efforts in life,
01:16or our efforts in work, let's say, in music, so that we reach a point where we are present,
01:22we are able to perform art in life, we have art.