{"id":2117,"date":"2018-04-06T17:02:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/didouqen.com\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2020-10-06T10:34:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T10:34:08","slug":"rita-sahers-night-at-carnegie-hall-with-high-atlas-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/rita-sahers-night-at-carnegie-hall-with-high-atlas-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"RITA SAHER&#8217;S NIGHT AT CARNEGIE HALL WITH HIGH ATLAS FOUNDATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"s1\">The High Atlas Foundation\u00a0participated in a benefit concert at New York City\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com\/attachment\/u\/0\/?ui=2&amp;ik=ae7234421e&amp;view=att&amp;th=13bac7ac9fa50774&amp;attid=0.9&amp;disp=inline&amp;realattid=f_haukt00d6&amp;safe=1&amp;zw&amp;saduie=AG9B_P_y9iEvQFoZ15UBjw6I7EbS&amp;sadet=1355833561661&amp;sads=l-oHL6N1dynJ7ZwbUSj5cbqIHUQ\"><span class=\"s2\">Carnegie Hall<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on Saturday evening,\u00a0<\/span>December 14, 2012, given by virtuoso pianist Rita Saher. Rita, who is originally from Casablanca and began studying piano when she was ten, treated the large and appreciative audience to works\u00a0by Mozart, Schubert, Poulenc, Alb\u00e9niz, and Falla; and she responded with several encores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Rita, who has given many performances internationally and has been the recipient of a number of awards for her artistry, once remarked that one of the things most important to her is \u201cthe appreciation of the audience.\u201d Yossef Ben-Meir, HAF\u2019s President, who introduced Rita, observed in his preliminary remarks the similarity between her view and HAF\u2019s mission. HAF\u2019s development projects are determined by and for the people served, and community fulfillment is sought through community achievement. With HAF, he added, community satisfaction &#8212; achieved through its own empowerment &#8212; is a vital element. \u201cCommunity engagement,\u201d or \u201cthe centrality of the community in development,\u201d is one of \u201c the keys to HAF\u2019s work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rita once remarked that what is most important to her is the appreciation of the audience.\u00a0 With HAF, the communities\u2019 satisfaction (achieved through their own empowerment) is also the vital element.\u00a0 Development projects are determined by and are for the people, their fulfillment and appreciation of community achievements is integral to HAF\u2019s work.\u00a0 Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir, HAF\u2019s President, introduced Rita and in his preliminary remarks, underscored the importance of such community engagement \u2013 the centrality of the community in development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rita\u2019s and HAF\u2019s next goal is to inspire Morocco\u2019s rural youth from disadvantaged regions through music and dialogue.\u00a0 Specifically, we hope to organize concerts where youth can come and hear the music of a world-renowned pianist while participating in dialogue ultimately contributing to transformative and sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Special thanks to H.E. Mr.\u00a0Mohammed Loulichki, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations, and the many other friends and supporters of HAF and Rita, for participating in Rita\u2019s night at Carnegie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Happy holidays to all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Atlas Foundation\u00a0participated in a benefit concert at New York City\u2019s\u00a0Carnegie Hall\u00a0on Saturday evening,\u00a0December 14, 2012, given by virtuoso pianist Rita Saher. Rita, who is originally from Casablanca and began studying piano when she was ten, treated the large and appreciative audience to works\u00a0by Mozart, Schubert, Poulenc, Alb\u00e9niz, and Falla; and she responded with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/saher2-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17480,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions\/17480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}