I heard about this on The Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning so since then I have found out a bit more. Youngsters learnt instruments through the Internet, self-taught, practised in secret whilst car bombs and shooting going on. Now an orchestra performing in the UK.
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Youth_Orchestra_of_Iraq
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/iraq-youth-orchestra-tunes-up-for-Lloyd-webber-show-8083815.html
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19317056
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Don't make people into heroes John. Heroes don't exist and if they did I wouldn't be one of them.
