Based in Berlin and Helsinki respectively, violinist Ashraf Kateb and pianist Hamsa Alwadi 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 Alwadi Juris will play selections (all US premieres) by Dia Succari, Solhi Al-Wadi (Hamsa Alwadi Juris’ father), Zaid Jabri, Walid Al-Hajjar, and Boghos Gelalian.