Stories from My Favorite Planet - Daniel Pearl World Music Day

15739 Ventura Boulevard
Encino, CA 91436

Stories from My Favorite Planet: A Musical Tribute to Journalist Daniel Pearl

Music by Russell Steinberg • Text by Daniel Pearl

Violin, Mitchell Newman • Piano, Russell Steinberg

Readers, Mitchell Newman and Russell Steinberg

The work intertwines readings from five of Danny's articles published in At Home in the World: Collected Writings from the Wall Street Journal, into a musical tapestry that portrays Danny's compassion as well as his sense of the ridiculous. There are stories about Al Qaeda cornering the gem trade in Tanzania as well as a stolen UCLA Stradivarius violin whose new owner refuses to relinquish it because it lets her "play in tune." Articles are combined with a visual slideshow and alternate with musical reflections for the violin and piano duo.

"Likely the very first piece of music inspired by the Wall Street Journal!" - Judea Pearl, father of Daniel Pearl

This will be one of the hundreds of Daniel Pearl World Music Days taking place worldwide each October.

Tickets: $10 reserved in advance; $15 at the door - proceeds to the Daniel Pearl Foundation.

For further information , email jmcla@socal.rr.com or call (818) 907-7194.

For reservations, call Valley Beth Shalom, (818) 788-6000.