Healing the Soul with Orchestral Music

In a multipurpose room, around 15 boys and girls sat in a circle playing violin, cello and bass. Their string instrument performance was producing a melodious musical piece.

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Gonzalo Simo plays the violin during a training session with the children of the Pondok Taruna Orphanage in Cipayung, East Jakarta, Friday (29/4/2022).

Music can heal the body and soul. However, not everybody has the opportunity to study music. So Spanish national Gonzalo Simo Conde, 47, started Strings in Action (SiA), which teaches disadvantaged children to play string instruments in orchestras.