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    – Press Release

    From Elton John, Los Lobos and the London Philharmonia to Pakistan’s MTV award-winning band Strings, hundreds of
    performances worldwide are scheduled throughout October as part of the Fourth
    Annual Daniel Pearl Music Days ( http://www.musicdays.org ), a global network of
    musical events on Oct. 1-10. Concert registrations from both amateur and
    professional musicians are flowing into the Music Days website daily to join
    this international phenomenon of “Harmony for Humanity.”

    Daniel Pearl Music Days began in 2002 as an international “jam session” to
    commemorate the Oct. 10 birthday of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl, who
    played classical, jazz and bluegrass music wherever he traveled. In addition
    to the hundreds of live performances scheduled this year, Music Days’ “Harmony
    for Humanity” e-Stage will expand the Daniel Pearl Foundation’s
    ( http://www.danielpearl.org ) program of promoting cross cultural understanding
    through an internet radio station that will play original compositions,
    lyrics, and playlists inspired by the Music Days’ theme.

    “Music Days is about raising awareness of the universal power of music to
    bridge cultural divides; it is not a fundraiser,” explained Jackie Gelfand,
    Executive Director of The Daniel Pearl Foundation. “Musicians can register a
    song or full concert, a DJ can dedicate a radio show or a club set; an
    orchestra can offer a performance, single composition, or open rehearsal; a
    youth group can perform at a school event; and music lovers can show their
    support either by attending performances listed on our website or visiting our
    online e-Stage radio station throughout October.”

    Scheduled Music Days dedications will include tributes from a wide variety
    of musical genres including the Narambi Cultural Festival of Traditional Music
    in India, Costa Rica’s Promising Artists of the 21st Century Showcase, Zubin
    Mehta and the Israeli Philharmonic, San Francisco’s Living Word Festival, The
    Whirling Dervishes of Turkey, Nubian music’s Hamza El Din, the International
    Bach Festival in Toronto, Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Masango Band in
    Cameroon, and Friend Of Danny Festival, FODfest in Southfield, Massachusetts
    to name a few. Artists in locations as varied as Japan, Germany, Kenya,
    Poland, Nepal and New Zealand, as well as over 130 in the United States have
    already registered.

    “We are honored to have such a varied and celebrated group of artists
    joining Music Days and using the power of music to promote cross-cultural
    understanding,” said Judea Pearl, father of Daniel Pearl and president of the
    Daniel Pearl Foundation. “Danny was a talented musician who always connected
    people through words and music; he truly lived the Music Days theme of
    ‘Harmony for Humanity.'”

    The Daniel Pearl Music Days Honorary Committee spans a wide variety of
    musical genres. Hip hop “godfather” Russell Simmons and jazz, pop, bluegrass
    and rock superstars Herbie Hancock, Sir Elton John, Mark O’Connor, Barbra
    Streisand and R.E.M join with classical virtuosos Yefim Bronfman, Ida Haendel,
    Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman; ethnic music masters Salman Ahmad, Theodore
    Bikel, Hamza el Din, Tania Libertad, Mohammad Reza Shajarian and Ravi Shankar,
    as well as composers and conductors George Pehlivanian, Zubin Mehta, Steve
    Reich and John Williams.

    “The simple, yet profound message of Daniel Pearl Music Days continues to
    empower and unite both performers and audiences in a meaningful celebration of
    the oneness of humanity,” said Ruth Pearl, Daniel Pearl’s mother. “We are
    humbled that Danny’s belief in music as a universal language has proven to be
    an inspiring legacy of hope in these troubled times.”

    To register a Music Days 2005 performance or to listen to the “Harmony for
    Humanity e-Stage, please visit http://www.musicdays.org

    Daniel Pearl’s murder by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002 touched millions.
    By developing innovative international programs focused on journalism, music
    and respectful dialogue, the Daniel Pearl Foundation seeks to counter the
    hatred and intolerance that took his life. For more information please visit
    http://www.danielpearl.org

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