This Week - (January 30 & February 1) at 2 p.m. Eastern on Sage Stream - (Replay at 7 p.m.)
Tuesday - Christian Singer Art Salvagno; Thursday - Syrian oud player Rihab Azar
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Christian Artist - Art Salvagno
Born and raised in South Philadelphia, PA, Art is the founder and CIO of Battle4Children. From Art’s 36-year law enforcement career, 14 of which he investigated child sexual and physical abuse cases while with the Philadelphia Police Special Victims Unit, Art found a need to raise awareness for families and their children in order to help bring down the already high number of cases in Philadelphia. With over 3000 cases being investigated annually there was also a delay in services, so Art believed, in order to expedite services, Battle4Children could help support organizations who provide trauma specific therapy and related services with funds to help speed up the necessary treatment.
To accomplish these objectives, Art performs his original and cover Christian music at various area churches, reaching communities in Baltimore, Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, New York and even Canada.
Rihab Azar - Syrian Oud Player
Rihab is a music facilitator and a graduate of the Conservatoire of Damascus (2014). She has trained with London’s Wigmore Hall. She was the first woman oudist to solo-perform accompanied by the Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music (2014). In 2016, Arts Council England Recognised Rihab as a musician of “exceptional promise”.
Since 2015, Rihab has performed in the UK as a soloist and with different ensembles and orchestras such as the London Sinfonietta, Cantata Dramatica, The Third Orchestra, Theatre of Voices, and Stile Antico. She has collaborated on several interdisciplinary, compositional, and cross-genre projects and has received several special mentions in the press for live performances and festivals she has played. Her playing was described as “infinitely tender and haunting”- The Arts Desk and her appearance in ENF2021 was described as a “Highlight” – The Guardian.