The Band Plays On

Studio 360

Reporter Melik Kaylan is recently back from Iraq, where he reported for the Wall Street Journal. He tells Kurt about his visit with Karim Wasfi, conductor of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra. Throughout five years of wartime life in Baghdad, the symphony has kept performing against all odds.

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