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CSO conductor Riccardo Muti to visit Syrian refugee camp

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti, 80, rehearses Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera (A masked Ball)” with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Center in 2022. (AP)

MILAN — Italian conductor Riccardo Muti plans to visit Syrian musicians living in the vast Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan on the sidelines of his annual Roads of Friendship concert series that aims to use music to build bridges and help those affected by war.

Muti, currently the Zell Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, will conduct Italian and Jordanian musicians in concerts set in ancient Roman amphitheaters in Jerash, Jordan, on July 9 and the Pompeii archaeological site on July 11, for the 27th Roads of Friendship concert series.

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