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The
Holy Sounds Foundation took root several years ago when Mr. and
Mrs. Kuanyshev, prominent agricultural industrialists and philanthropists
from Kazakhstan and Muslims by faith, visited Jerusalem on business
and were inspired by the city's legendary beauty and historic
significance. Moved by the desperate need for understanding and
tolerance among the three faiths that have called Jerusalem home
for more than a millennium , they sought a platform from which
to promote understanding. Soon thereafter, they embraced the common
language of music to serve as a catalyst that could unite people
while recognizing their diversity.
Various
dignitaries from around the world have endorsed the Holy Sounds
Foundation, including:
Andre Azoulay
- Supreme Counselor to H. M. King Mohammed VI of Morocco
Manuel Chaves
- the President of the Government of Andalucia, Spain
Mikhail
Gorbachev - Nobel Prize Laureate, the Head of Gorbachev Foundation, former President of USSR
Shimon Peres
- Nobel Prize Laureate, Founder of the Peres Center for Peace, former Prime Minister and current Foreign Minister of the State of Israel
Dr. Walter Veltroni
- Mayor of Rome, Italy
Prof. Federico Mayor Zaragosa - Head of Foundation of Culture for Peace, former Director General of UNESCO
Julian Nida-Rumelin - Minister of Culture of Germany
Stanley Sheinbaum - Academician and Diplomat, United States
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton - United States
Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy - United States
Congressman Ray LaHood - United States
Congressman Howard L. Berman - United States
Congressman Franck R. Wolf - United States
Pilar Del Castillo Vera - Minister of Culture of Spain
The
following have blessed the Holy Sounds Foundation:
The
Holy Father Pope John Paul II
His Beatitude Michel Sabah
- Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
(The late)
Diodorus I - Orthodox
Patriarch in Jerusalem
Sheikh Fawzi El-ZafZaf
- President of the Permanent Committee of Al-Azhar for Dialogue with Monotheistic Religions
Sheikh Zaki Badawi
- General Director of the Muslim College in London
Sheikh Ali el-Samman
- Advisor to the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar for Interfaith Dialogue
Sheikh Muhammad
Hussein - Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Sheikh Triki Al-Halotaye Afif Husni Al-Koasmi
- Sufi in Palestine
Sheikh Akrima
Sabri - Supreme Mufti in Jerusalem and Palestine
Sheikh Mustafa Seric - Mufti of Bosnia Herzegovina
Rabbi Eliahu Bakshi Doron
- Chief Rabbi in Israel
Rabbi Israel Meir Lau
- Ashkenazi
Chief Rabbi of Israel
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
- President of Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Rabbi David
Rosen - President of the World Conference of Religions for Peace
Leading
the international team of ethnomusicological advisors to the foundation
are renowned specialists in the music of the three cultures:
The
Muslim Traditions: Dr.
Jihad Racy, Professor
of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles;
and Professor
Amnon Shiloach, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
The Judaic
Traditions: Professor
Edwin Seroussi, Director
of the Jewish Music Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
and Jeffry
Vigoner and Gabriel
Motskin, Professors
at Hebrew University.
The Christian
Traditions: Dr.Massimo
Acanfora Torrefranca of Rome.
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