Syria and Tambi Cimuk

Tambi Cimuk: Cimuk grew up in Damascus. In 2012, his family fled to Turkey to escape the civil war. They went first to Istanbul and then ended up in the city of Bursa, three hours south. , according to CBC. "The first lesson was the worst, believe me, because it a new thing and there two hands and there pedals and you have to learn notes," he said, sitting in front of a grand piano at a store in midtown Manhattan. In Syrian refugee soap opera, art imitates life Syria civil war: Suspension of airstrikes in Aleppo offers 'glimmer of hope' Canada to resettle 10,000 more Syrian refugees over 3 years As a refugee from Syria, pianist Tambi Cimuk could hardly believe it when he stepped onto the stage to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City earlier this month, a feat even more remarkable given he only started playing the piano 18 months before. It was there, in a music store, that his piano-playing abilities were discovered. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.