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Afghan Women Solidarity Concert Belfast - International Women's Day 2025

The event that took place on a peace line in Belfast UNESCO City of Music with the Ulster Orchestra and special guests, represented the greatest number of orchestral works by female artists & composers from Afghanistan ever presented together in a single orchestra concert.

GUEST ARTISTS
Sonita Alizadeh, Elaha Soroor, Zarifa Asghari, Eva Kearney

SUPORTING ARTISTS
Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey (conductor), Nolan Donnelly, Darryl ‘Daz’ Forsythe, Al MacSween, Shahbaz Hussain, Saphwat Simab

Orchestra Players
Ioana Petcu-Colan, Beverley Scott, Ana Vandepeer. Claire Thatcher, Gongbo Jiang, Nicholas Rippon, Aisling Manning, Julia Doukakis, Philip Walton, Feargal Ó Dornáin, Thomas Isaac, Sarah Shephard, Helen Glynn, Paul Klein, Darren Moore, Wizz Bannan, Sam Staunton

PRESENTERS
Niamh Campbell
Amanda Ferguson
Fatima Sarwari

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Photos by Nicola McKee

Photos by Stuart Bailie

Photos by participants and audience

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