In Argentina, music cures the soul

[Judi Lynn]

In Argentina, music cures the soul

Volunteer members of Musica Para el Alma (Music for the Soul) give a flash mob concert in the main hall of the Alvarez Hospital in Buenos Aires on June 12, 2017. Musica Para el Alma is a project born in Argentina involving members of symphonic orchestras and choirs interested in helping people by sharing their music in hospitals, special education schools, nursing homes and different public institutions. EITAN ABRAMOVICH / AFP.

by Sonia Avalos


BUENOS AIRES (AFP).- Picture a hospital: the bustle of harried doctors and nurses, time dragging for lonely patients, and the pervasive sadness of a place for the sick and dying.

And suddenly, there's music -- live, classical music, the sounds of masters like Johannes Brahms and Giuseppe Verdi -- to make it all a bit more bearable.

These unannounced flash concerts are staged by an organization called Music for the Soul, and on this particular day at Alvarez Hospital in Buenos Aires the artists are 70 musicians, a choir, two sopranos and a tenor.

They perform for free, and most of the time with fellow musicians they meet for the first time right then and there.

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[sandensea]

1. Among its many patients since opening in 1906: Pope Francis.

Álvarez Hospital is just a few blocks from Francis' childhood home.

Thank you for posting this, Judi. A very sweet story indeed.