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The story of the friendship between a Jewish-American conductor and Pope John Paul II. This book offers the inspirational story of an unlikely friendship and the two men who collaborated in an extraordinary way to begin to help heal centuries-old wounds. For two decades Sir Gilbert Levine and Pope John Paul II collaborated on symbolic acts of reconciliation: a series of internationally broadcast concerts designed to bring together people from all religious backgrounds under the auspices of the Vatican. These concerts broke new ground and demonstrated the Vatican's desire for rapprochement and even atonement in its relationships with Jews around the world. And it resulted in Sir Gilbert recovering his own Jewish faith in a deeper and more meaningful way. Details the extraordinary collaboration between a world-renowned musical maestro and an innovative Pope. Shows how music can act as a bridge between people of different faiths A moving, inspirational, and personal story that appeals to music lovers and to people of all faith traditions. This is a compelling tale of faith, friendship, and the healing power of music to bring people together.
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About Sir Gilbert Levine
Sir Gilbert
Levine
is a distinguished American conductor who has led major orchestras in the
United States and abroad, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Staatskapelle
Dresden, San Francisco Symphony, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic,
Montreal Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Kraków Philharmonic, and L’Orchestre
de la Bastille. Educated at Juilliard, Princeton, and Yale, he has conducted
numerous televised concerts on PBS, as well as for the European Broadcasting
Union, and performed for His Holiness Pope John Paul II on many occasions. He was
honored with the highest Pontifical Knighthood accorded a nonecclesiastical
musician since Mozart.