youngsters to receive online 19)tuition from music teachers in the UK and America. “When the war broke out, most of the music teachers in Iraq disappeared. They either left the country or stopped teaching. Many young musicians in Iraq are self-taught. It is the only way,” she says.
接下来的挑战是寻找年龄介于14至24岁的音乐家来组建管弦乐团。在伊拉克，拿着乐器行走在大街上都会招来强硬分子制造麻烦，所以音乐人才并不好找。苏坦再次借助互联网。她用英语、阿拉伯语和库尔德语在网上发贴，收到了53封申请书。她筛选出33个，并安排这些年轻人在线接受英国和美国音乐老师的授课。“战争爆发后，伊拉克大部分音乐老师都消失了。他们要么离开了伊拉克，要么不再教书。伊拉克很多年轻音乐家都是自学成才的。自学是唯一的办法，”她说。
