Welcome to the HOPE Blog — your behind-the-scenes look at how music, compassion, and creativity come together to support children affected by war. Explore updates from the project, interviews with artists, concert moments, and stories that remind us of music’s power to bring people together.
Stories, Updates & Inspirations
An Interview with Katia Sochaczewska, PhD Immersive audio is opening up new possibilities for how we experience music. For HOPE, Katia Sochaczewska, PhD, created the album’s Dolby Atmos mix, bringing together her experience as an immersive music producer with her research into spatial audio and human perception. Her work spans creative production, psychoacoustics and the…
Did you know that the track order of the HOPE album was carefully structured to reflect the hidden architecture of storytelling in film? While all twelve compositions were created independently and without narrative instructions, their final sequence on the album was later thoughtfully arranged to mirror the dramatic progression of a classic three-act structure and…
Selected works from HOPE – 12 Prayers for Cello & Orchestra were featured on May 6, 2026 on Swiss national radio SRF 2 Kultur as part of a programme dedicated to new classical releases. The broadcast has now aired, but it remains available to stream online via the SRF audio platform. Dive into this broadcast…
In this episode, Hannah Bonini speaks with initiator and cellist Andreas Graf about the vision behind the HOPE project, and features exclusive interviews with composers Andrew Morgan Smith, David Kudell, Sara Baron, Nathan Stornetta, Christoph Zirngibl, and Peter Hauser, who share personal insights into their stories, inspirations, and the creation of their individual works for…
The HOPE album is out today and now available worldwide. A cinematic and orchestral album created with heart and vision, brought to life by the London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ben Palmer, cellist Andreas Graf, and an extraordinary collective of composers and creative collaborators. A heartfelt thank you goes to the visionary composers whose music forms…
Kathryn, "Solace" is such a powerful title. Could you tell us about the inspiration behind this piece? Was there a particular moment or story that sparked the composition? My piece “Solace” was written from a place within, empty of any preconceived ideas of what it would be, and let it “write itself” from visceral honesty.…