Make Freedom Ring

Since founding Make Freedom Ring in January 2024, we’ve organised 21 concerts globally and raised over EUR 100,000 for charities and organisations providing emergency aid in Gaza and the West Bank. If you’ve attended any of our events, you’ve likely noticed a unifying visual thread throughout our posters. That’s thanks to the extraordinary talent of one designer: José Lima @lima_semze_ . José has re-designed our logo, which we’re pleased to share with you. THANK YOU, José, for your powerful, moving designs. Looking back through these posters is a sobering reminder of the length and scale of the genocide, and indeed the many obstacles we’ve faced in organising our concerts due to a hostile industry. Though mainstream rhetoric on Palestine has shifted slightly, it’s imperative that we continue to act, and fight for a free Palestine. In the coming months: - We’ll return to Berlin with a fundraising concert on 16. September and participate in the Musik für Menschlichkeit 20. September musical flash mob - Concerts are in the works for Ireland and the UK. - We’ll continue hosting our Classical Music and Palestine Industry Forum (date will be shared asap). - we’ll join the newly formed Classical Musicians’ Bloc at the upcoming national marches in London Our work is far from finished, but we’re heartened to see more people joining the movement than ever before. We are committed to music as a force for liberation, to amplifying Palestinian voices, and to a free Palestine. Slide 1: our new logo Slide 2: Fundraiser for @gabusittahchildrensfund Slide 3: Fundraiser for @thepcrf Slide 4: Fundraiser for @soskinderdoerfer Slide 5: Fundraiser for @medicointernational Slide 6: Fundraiser for @savethechildren_de Slide 7: Fundraiser for @whitekitecollective Slide 8: Fundraiser for @nrc_deutschland Slide 9: Fundraiser for @baitona_ Slide 10: Fundraiser for @oxfam_de Slide 11: Fundraiser for @nrc_deutschland (upcoming!)

Tribute Award for Make Freedom Ring! 🏅 We were invited to hold a fundraising concert for Doctors Without Borders @msf_portugal at the Lisbon Film Festival @leffest24 last week, and during the closing ceremony of the festival we were awarded the Tribute Award, the prize for an outstanding moment of the festival! We want to thank everyone that made this concert possible, and the incredible @leffest team for the recognition and outstanding work in remembering and reflecting on the history and current situation of Palestine. Thank you all!

Our last Make Freedom Ring concert of the 2025/2026 season is in Munich at Fat Cat on 17th June! Proceeds go to medico international Gaza/West Bank emergency fund. Tickets in bio! @medicointernational @fatcat.muc /copy-of-benefitzkonzert-fuer-gaza-in-ludwigsburg-medico-international

Concert in 2 days! 📢 🕊️ For those of you in Berlin, join us on May 14th for another Make Freedom Ring fundraising concert at Kühlhaus Berlin, with the proceeds going to Gaza Birds Singing. We extend our gratitude to the musicians and artists alike who are coming together to make this concert a reality, and we look forward to seeing all of you there. @michael_barenboim @dxelias @rzabhrmi @eesakhoury @sarah_jegsa @sindymohamed.violist @katiakader @arthurhornig.cellist @arnechristianpelz @dana.hreish @raulpianissimo @saratheoneandnotonly @franciscolucenapais @kkschries @aboud.alqalaq @gazabirdssinging Make Freedom Ring

Berlin 📍 Join us for the next @makefreedomring2024 this Thursday, May 14th at 18:00 in @kuehlhausberlinofficial We will be fundraising for @gazabirdssinging and your presence is an important act of solidarity! 🫶🏼 join us and a fantastic line up of musicians and speakers. Tickets available in the link on bio

JAYSON NEEDS OUR SUPPORT What’s the cost of speaking out? In August 2024, pianist Jayson Gillham performed a solo recital presented by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He played Witness by Conor D’Netto which is a piece dedicated to Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza and made a statement from the stage, explaining the dedication. He told the audience that in the prior 10 months, Israel had killed over 100 Palestinian journalists. The next day, the MSO cancelled his upcoming performance. But Jayson refused to stay silent. Now he’s taking the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to court in a 15-day trial involving around 20 witnesses called by the orchestra. Legal fights like this cost a huge amount of money and Jayson needs your support. This isn’t about one cancelled concert. This is about whether artists can speak about human rights without being punished. Killing journalists is a war crime under international law. Jayson’s case is about whether artists even have the right to say that out loud. If you can, please donate to support Jayson’s legal fight at: /project/justice-for-jayson (LINK IN BIO). The trial is in a matter of days and he needs your urgent support. We must stand up and fight for artistic freedom.

Riad Othman @othman.ri am 08.05.2026 beim MAKE FREEDOM RING Benefizkonzert mit ZUGUNSTEN DER GAZA/WEST BANK NOTHILFE VON MEDICO INTERNATIONAL @medicointernational im @kampnagel_hamburg mit @michael_barenboim @denizcaneren @alenajabarine @irisicellioglu @blofsof @sobaido Denizcan Eren - Flute Michael Barenboim — Violin Samir Obaido - Violin iris İçellioğlu — Viola Sofia von Freydorf - Cello @makefreedomring2024

Alena Jabarine @alenajabarine am 08.05.2026 beim MAKE FREEDOM RING Benefizkonzert mit ZUGUNSTEN DER GAZA/WEST BANK NOTHILFE VON MEDICO INTERNATIONAL @medicointernational im @kampnagel_hamburg mit @michael_barenboim @denizcaneren @othman.ri @irisicellioglu @blofsof @sobaido Denizcan Eren - Flute Michael Barenboim — Violin Samir Obaido - Violin iris İçellioğlu — Viola Sofia von Freydorf - Cello @makefreedomring2024

Join us! This Friday 8th May at Kampnagel Hamburg, Make Freedom Ring is organising a charity concert, proceeds going to medico international Gaza/West Bank emergency fund. Tickets: /de/buyingflow/tickets/16475/40260/ Denizcan Eren — Flute Michael Barenboim — Violin Samir Obaido — Violin İris İçellioğlu — Viola Sofia von Freydorf — Cello Speeches by Alena Jabarine Riad Othman @makefreedomring2024 @kampnagel_hamburg @medicointernational @denizcaneren @irisicellioglu @blofsof @sobaido @othman.ri @alenajabarine

Join us for another benefit concert at the beloved Kühlhaus Berlin on May 14th! The proceeds will go to @gazabirdssinging , and the concert will feature a diverse repertoire and a fantastic lineup of musicians & speakers who continue to shape and revitalize the spirit of Make Freedom Ring in Germany. We look forward to seeing you there with us, coming together in solidarity and commemoration. Link to tickets in bio! @michael_barenboim @gazabirdssinging @dxelias @eesakhoury @raulpianissimo @kkschries @arnechristianpelz @sindymohamed.violist @arthurhornig.cellist @saratheoneandnotonly @dana.hreish @bakr.khleifi @katiakader @franciscolucenapais /benefizkonzert-fuer-gaza-in-berlin-gaza-birds-singing

Impressions from the last @makefreedomring2024 concert in the wonderful Friedenskirche in Ludwigsburg. Thanks to everyone in the community who made this very special concert possible! Proceeds from this event go to @medicointernational All pictures 📸 @rongchenphotography

Kaum zu ertragen- sehr berührend - und (leider) dringend nötig: das Benefizkonzert für die notleidenden Menschen in Gaza. @makefreedomring2024 hatte es organisiert, der internationale Zusammenschluss von Künstler:innen aus der klassischen Szene, die gegen das ohrenbetäubende Schweigen zu den grausamen Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Gaza angehen wollen. Mich beeindruckte gerade das Zusammenspiel von klassischer Musik, von traditioneller Musik ( einfach richtig gute Musiker:innen!) und von sehr guten Redebeiträgen: @judithscheytt sprach aufrüttelnd, und @cohentsafrir , der Chef von @medicointernational , entwarf eine ebenso überzeugende wie schreckliche Deutung der Ereignisse im Gaza: Dort gehe es nicht nur um physische Vernichtung - sondern auch um kulturelle Auslöschung. Auf dass sich niemand mehr erinnere, wer dort mal wohnte. Teil dieses Programms besteht darin, dass die Israelis auch den Zugang für Hilfsorganisationen (wie Medico international) fast unmöglich macht). Danke allen, die sich für den Abend eingesetzt haben - den Organisatoren im Hintergrund; den tollen Musiker:innen - und den über 200 Besucher:innen. Danke! #makefreedomring #musik #ngo