The Divertimento Symphony Orchestra was conducted at the Olympics closing ceremony by its founder Zahia Ziouani.
She’s French-Algerian, born in Paris in 1978, twin sister of the cellist Fettouma Ziouani.
Benjamin Bernheim sang Fauré’s Hymn to Apollo with a flying piano accompanist.
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