Based in Berlin and Helsinki, respectively, violinist Ashraf Kateb and pianist Hamsa Al-Wadi Juris have dedicated themselves to researching, recording, and performing contemporary classical music by Arab-world composers. This concert — part of a five-campus collaboration with Boston University, Yale, Brown, and Connecticut College — focuses on Syria, illuminating its rich prewar classical music scene. Kateb and Al-Wadi Juris will perform U.S. premieres by Dia Succari, Solhi Al-Wadi (Hamsa Al-Wadi Juris’s father), Zaid Jabri, Walid Al-Hajjar, and Boghos Gelalian.

Free; no tickets required

This concert has been made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.