In the middle of the ‘Intruso’ tour, considered one of the best violinists of all time, Ara Malikian, the musician from Beirut (1968), stops along the way to talk about his love for sports, especially football. Passionate, versatile and energetic, he is clear about who is who in this business. -What team are you from? -I am not a member of any specific team. It’s unbearable. I like football and I change a lot. I am, as they say in Spain, a turncoat. I go with whoever suits me best at all times. Sometimes I change daily. -I’m sure he is more faithful with the players, who is dazzling him? -What Lamine does is spectacular, especially knowing his history. Mbappé is a great player, but, in recent times, somewhat disappointing. It makes me sad that so many opinions are changed about a player. I believe that to reach these top teams is a miracle and you cannot go beyond saying that a player is very good one day and very bad the next. -At 12 years old, he plays his first concert. It’s like the Lamine Yamal of music.-Not at all. I had the opportunity to play at that age and maybe I didn’t deserve it because I wasn’t that good. But circumstances helped me. Lebanon was mired in an endless war. The Lebanese character is optimistic. And every time there is a small truce, the citizen believes that the war is over and rebuilds. Return to art, to culture. I was lucky and they gave me this opportunity. Since then, I have not stopped.Related News Standard football No Emotional tribute in Mestalla for the victims of DANA Sergi Font Football has returned to Valencia, where the local team has received Betis, without forgetting the catastrophe or its victims. The Valencian club ended up winning 4-2. Neither music nor football save lives, but they improve them. Music and sport, alone, do not stop wars, but children have a culture in which they have been able to suck the beauty of art will never surrender to violence. That’s why I think they do help. -Lebanese, Armenian, Spanish… how can I talk to you about racism! -There is, of course there is. I rarely go to football due to lack of time, but what you see, read and are told tells you that there is. Racism exists because of hate, misinformation and ignorance. Someone who is cultured, who knows about the world, it is impossible for him to be racist. Education must be improved. Someday we have to put an end to it.-Complicated. -Football is not the best school of tolerance. I have suffered a war that has lasted 25 years. There are children who have only seen hate, war and violence. That is not what a child should grow up with, but learning that we can think differently without necessarily being your enemy. Children must be sensitized.-With all their experience, and people in football hitting each other, insulting players…you must think that, for some, they lack a boil.-When you compare a stadium to two countries at war it is not the same. I like football and I have the eternal doubt why there is so much fanaticism. Why do you have to be from Barça or Madrid, why can’t you like both or the day one plays better than the other you can admire and be from that team? It’s all fanaticism. We must learn to respect that we are different. -Of Barça and Madrid? That’s sacrilegious, Ara-I’m sorry for the hate. And when there are international competitions and one becomes radicalized with their nationalism, it is horrifying. Maybe all competitions should be eliminated, those that incite hatred, separation, and thinking that one is better than the other. I love soccer, but I don’t know if sport is always an art, with so much hatred around a stadium and the idea of competing. -If you were a soccer player, who could you be like? -Yes, I have to. To define it, I have to say that I am very shy, although on stage I let loose. And very disciplined and methodical. For example: I have been studying in the same way for 40 years. Maybe I could look like Cristiano Ronaldo. – Is there a musical culture in sport? – I think so. Any human being has their cultural and musical concerns. Some footballers come to my concerts. Borja Iglesias, for example, has a very vast culture. He is very knowledgeable about music. Each profession has its microworld. The footballer prefers, not always, but in many cases, reggaeton. And mine is not that. Although there is everything.-What piece of music suggests a personality like that of Hansi Flick and why?-Brahms’ ‘Symphony No. 1’, because it is a piece with a very German rigor, but, at the same time, it emanates many emotions. That’s what Flick is achieving.-And Ancelotti?-Vivaldi. Without a doubt, Ancelotti is Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’. It is endearing, close, open. Vilvaldi’s music is like this: direct, open, happy.-Simeone?-Simeone is Piazzolla’s tango, ‘the Libertango’. It is the freedom, the pulse, the energy. Yes, ‘el libertango’. -Who is going to win the league? -It looks like Barcelona is going to win it. Although Madrid always grows at the end of the season. It’s going to be an exciting league. Hopefully Atleti will also sign up.
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