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	A musical project dedicated to 'Friendship', 'Peace' and 'Love' an article by WAALM The non-profit musical project dedicated to 'Friendship', 'Peace' and 'Love' is a collaboration of Maestro Sattar, Opera singer Leonardo Tajabadi and WAALM (The World Academy Of Arts, Literature, And Media). click on photo to enlarge No doubt music plays an important role in creating 'Friendship', 'Peace' and 'Harmony' and it is a major instrument in establishing 'Cultural Diplomacy' throughout the world. Despite of all the troubles in the Middle East, two international outstanding vocalists of Iran who live in diaspora have joined their talents and for the first time ever recorded "A Time for Us" as a duet in Italian and English dedicating it to "Friendship", "Peace and Love". This forthcoming non-commercial release is recorded by the Opera-baritone singer, 'Leonardo Tajabadi' from Paris and the legendary Pop-tenor, Oratorio singer, 'Sattar' from Los Angles. 'A time for us' was created in 1968 by the great Italian composer, Nino Rota (1911-1979) which was a theme song for Romeo & Juliet movie. The project is facilitated by WAALM Academy and its extension School of Cultural Diplomacy, which is a non-profit organisation registered in England and Wales.		DISCUSSION Question(s) related to this article: What place does music have in the peace movement? Thematic forum(s) in which this article is being discussed: THE ARTS - LES ARTS Latest reader comment: Rama - Thanks for that. Yes, that event was a key moment that illustrated a possible future for Jamaica, but was it really the music that did it? Is it possible that it could have happened with a different musician, or a famous sports person instead, or any other popular figure in front of that many onlookers? Music was the medium in this case in which an event and media-moment was staged to positive effect, but the music itself on that occasion did not do much. It is possible to say that from that moment reggae took on a newer and more profound meaning to a number of Jamaicans as they took it to represent their collective identity and this followed them whether or not they stayed in Jamaica or immigrated to other areas, New York for example, where dancehall reggae culture provided the platform for the emergence of hip hop, which is a closer example of music working somewhat towards reducing conflict, at least until the original message became appropriated for other, opposite means. So I'm afraid that saying music creates peace or even fosters it is just not accurate in the case of Bob Marley.
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