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Together for Palestine in Bologna
On 13 June M&R participated in the organisation of a fundraising dinner in Bologna together with the local Gaza community and Bologna per Gaza. Together we cooked, talked, watched and shared! It was a great success.
M&R at the Festival Resistente di Montemaggio
Music & Resilience took part in this year's Montemaggio Festival Resistente, in the hills of Siena, collaborating with ANPI Val D'Elsa and delivering live events throughout the festival, offered by key members in the M&R project.
The encounter between Music & Resilience and the ANPI Val d'Elsa has only just begun and has already produced many wonderful things, a fine way to start liberating our future together.
Collection of musical instruments for Palestinians in Lebanon
Do you have an instrument you no longer play, hidden in the attic or in the wardrobe?
We are collecting all kinds of musical instruments in good conditions, which we will donate to young Palestinian musicians.
Planning & monitoring visit in Lebanon
Part of the M&R team was in Lebanon with our Palestinian friends at the beginning of May, from 1st to 7th. We were able to have a number of institutional meetings that we hope will allow us to expand the project's network of partnerships (such as UNRWA and the [...]
“This is our Resistance” in Agrigento
On april, 8th the documentary "This Is Our Resistance" was screened in Agrigento, at Arci "John Belushi" Agrigento.
M&R at the Music School of the People Ivan Illich in Bologna
The last musical meeting between Music & Resilience and the Palestinian community in Bologna took place on 5 April at the Scuola Popolare di Musica Ivan Illich. The collaboration with the Ivan Illich school also extended to the following day, for a musical Sunday of internal work by the M&R staff to prepare the repertoire for the next Community Music activities and, in the evening, another screening of our documentary, ‘This is our resistance’.
Music & Resilience in Lampedusa
From 18 to 23 March 2025 Music & Resilience joined the festival BOZA! The Mediterranean resounds in Lampedusa, invited by Mediterranean Hope. The M&R crew joined the festival staff working in music with the whole community in a truly transversal way: children and adults, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, the elderly; in schools, on the streets, in libraries, on farms; using idioms, techniques, voices and instruments from every part and culture of the world.
M&R in Ukraine: March 2025
From 1-10 March 2025 Music & Resilience was back in Ukraine together with Mediterranea Saving Humans, to continue supporting those displaced by the war with Russia. Alberto V., Luca and Marco joined Mediterranea’s Emilia-Romagna ground crew completing a crew of 19 for this mission to Ukraine: the fourth for M&R. M&R’s psychosocial musical interventions took place in Lviv at the same locations as the previous mission, further deepening the synergy between the project, Mediterranea and the local people.
M&R in Barcelona
On 11 January 2025, Music & Resilience flew to Barcelona, together with Marco Lolli and Luca Scavone, for an intense day of meeting and sharing. We had the opportunity to meet with students, teachers and activists, talking about our work and sharing experiences on how music can be a tool of support and resistance in the most difficult contexts.
In the morning they met with the students of the Master in Music Therapy at ESMUC, while in the afternoon they moved to Can Battlò, a self-managed social space in the heart of Barcelona, to participate in ‘Existir per/para Resistir’, an event organised by Mediterranea Barcelona.
Music & Resilience in Ukraine
During 2024 Music & Resilience started to collaborate with Mediterranea Saving Humans on their supply missions in Ukraine. Mediterranea has been operating in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion, providing human and material support to refugee populations.
During 2024, M&R participated in 3 resupply missions, adding their musical activities to the donations for refugees in the Lviv area. The latest of these missions was from 29 December to 6 January, involving Alberto, Marco, Maria and Sara.
M&R with the Palestinian community of Bologna
In a small room at the Katia Bertasi Center in Bologna, children and mothers from Gaza spent a couple of hours playing and singing with Music & Resilience's staff.
“This is our Resistance” in Colle Val d’Elsa
The series of screenings of our documentary, beautifully created by Francesco Corsi, are going on. On the evening of december the 18th we were at Teatro del Popolo in Colle Val d'Elsa, for a nice evening organized by Forum per la Pace (Forum for Peace). The evening programme was: [...]
