El Coro Reconciliacion
Sophie ZermattenWe are honoured to announce that the full article “La Colombie, à chœur ouvert” (Colombia, with an Open Heart) is available on our website in all three languages.
Photo: Nora Teylouni.
Written by Juliette De Banes Gardonne, with photography by Nora Teylouni, the story will bring you inside the Coro Reconciliación, a choir in Medellín where victims and former combatants of Colombia’s armed conflict come together to sing, remember, and rebuild.
This piece, originally published in Le Temps, is more than a chronicle of post-conflict reconciliation. It is a reflection on how music becomes a tool for healing, truth-telling, and imagining peace.
To report this story from Colombia, journalist Juliette De Banes Gardonne received a grant from the Edgelands Institute. We covered travel costs and podcast production expenses. Editorial independence was fully respected: the journalist retained complete freedom over the reporting, and Edgelands did not review or approve the final text.
