EMMA for Peace, or the Euro Mediterranean Music Academy, is a non-profit global umbrella organization for music diplomacy and education: a network of music institutions, universities and philanthropic foundations brought together in the shared interest of music and the promotion of peace in the Mediterranean and Middle East regions.
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EMMA for Peace in Nepal
Artists in residence, Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory, Nepal 26th April / 2nd May 2017 In occasion of the forthcoming UNESCO International Jazz Day (30th April), by invitation of the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory (Nepal) with the support of Fao Mountain Partnership, artists Gianni Denitto and Ivan Bert are going to develop a project that will include charity concerts and workshops. In the one week residency seven Italian artists (five musicians, one choreographer and one documentarist) are going to perform and teach improvisation techniques, dance and jazz music to the Nepalese students. Concerts are scheduled in the NAG orphanage, Kathmandu clubs and UNESCO sites. EMMA for Peace is proud to partner with Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory and support this exciting cultural, educational and social project. Artists invited: Gianni Denitto (alto sax) Ivan Bert (trumpet) Fabio Giachino (piano) Mauro Battisti (double bass) Mattia Barbieri (drums) Valentina Gallo (choreograper, Teatro Orfeo) Paolo Ceretto (documentarist, video...
International Series of Concerts for Peace
Under the Patronage of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, EMMA for Peace is proud to present a new international series of concerts for peace. The project, promoted in collaboration with Emilia Romagna Concerti, Fondazione Italia Giappone, will present in a week 5 concerts in 5 different cities between Italy, Israel and Palestine. Under the baton of the renowned Italian conductor Paolo Olmi, the Young Musicians European Orchestra, which brings together young talents from all over the world, will perform along three of the greatest young soloists of today, Yury Revich (violin), Jonathan Roozeman (cello), Luis Cabrera (double bass). Here the full calendar: 8th December: Ravenna (Italy), Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (conductor, Matthieu Mantanus) 9th December: Forlì (Italy), Abbazia di San Mercuriale (conductor, Matthieu Mantanus) 10th December: Rieti (Italy) 11th December: Rome (Italy), Cappella Paolina, Palazzo del Quirinale (Presidential Palace) 12th December: Jerusalem (Israel), Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center 13th December: Bethlehem (Palestine), Church of the...