I am very happy to see that everybody is excited about the new concert hall in Ramallah. The hall will be used for concerts of Palestinian and international visiting artists and for medical conferences. I am delighted that we now have a first class concert hall in Ramallah, both visually and acoustically. And it is my hope and intention to use it regularly so as to give the musical public of Ramallah a regular concert life with new programmes every four – six weeks. Greetings from China, where we just arrived!
Wagner, Israel and the Palestinians
Kaufmann and Röschmann kick off Staatsoper’s 2011-12 Barenboim Cycle