Arab music conservatories to create network

Heads of music conservatories of eight Arab states gathered in Istanbul June 10-12, decided to create an academic exchange network. The meeting also set up a follow up committee and decided to hold coming meetings in Syria in 2004 and Tunisia in 2005, said head of the Rabat music and dance conservatory, Said Laghzaoui, who represented Morocco at the meeting.

Directors of the Lebanese, Syrian, Jordanian, Iraqi, Egyptian, Algerian, Tunisian and Moroccan conservatories took part to the encounter, initiated by the Palestinian conservatory.