EMMA for Peace is proud to serve as Media Partner for Music & Drama Education Expo, Europe’s largest conference and exhibition for music education, which will take place in London on next 9 & 10 February 2017.
Completely free to attend, the event features more than 60 CPD seminars, workshops and debates and over 130 exhibitors. New for 2017: bigger venue, free wifi, fire-side chats, department crossover and ‘The Space’.
Find out more: www.mdexpo.co.uk
EMMA for Peace is proud to be partner of MasterPeace for the World’s Largest Music Competition for Peace!
MasterPeace invites musicians to join world’s largest music competition for peace, using their music with a cause for winning the chance to perform at Europe’s largest music festival!
The competition mobilized professional and up & coming artists submitting over 200 songs from more than 68 countries, joining with songs of peace, togetherness, tolerance, change and positivity bringing these most needed values with the power of art and music and partnership with strongest names in the music world!
Paolo Petrocelli, Founder and President of EMMA for Peace, will serve as a member of the jury for the final selection of the best song, along with Grammy Award-Winning Composer and Producer, Ricky Kej, and the South Sudanese musician, actor, former child soldier, and political activist, Emmanuel Jal.
Submission are still open! send you song for peace now!
EMMA for Peace at the conference of the EESC – European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels.
A HOPE FOR EUROPE!
CULTURE, CITIES AND NEW NARRATIVES
A conference to explore how culture can be a vehicle for economic growth, a tool for integration and inclusiveness.
In the evening of June 20th, EMMA for Peace organized a concert at the EESC, demonstrating how music can become a global instrument of dialogue, understanding and peace-building, with a performance by the Damascus String Quintet of the Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra – SEPO.
http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.events-and-activities-europe-culture-cities
Official launching event in the UAE of EMMA for Peace at the Nobel Museum in Dubai, in collaboration with Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation.
Paolo Petrocelli,Founder and President of the Euro-Mediterranean Music Academy for Peace, appointed Khaled Habeeb AlAttar as a member of the international executive board and the Middle East regional director of EMMA for Peace, while Adeeb Albalooshi was appointed as the international ambassador of Education and Peace of EMMA for Peace, during the official inauguration ceremony attended by His Excellency Liborio Stellino, the Ambassador of Italy to United Arab Emirates.
Piano Recital with Elisso Bolkvadze
Wednesday 13 April 2016
The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8.30pm
The Pharos Arts Foundation, in collaboration with EMMA for Peace, presents a recital with the remarkable Georgian pianist Elisso Bolkvadze. A superstar in her home country, Elisso was awarded the “Medal of Georgian Government” – one of the most prestigious national honours. She has won numerous international piano competitions such as Van Cliburn Competition (USA), Vianna da Motta (Lisbon), Axa International Piano Competition (Dublin), Marguerite Long Competition (Paris) and she is regularly invited to perform with the world’s most renowned orchestras. A UNESCO Artist For Peace, she has become the first Georgian personality to hold this prestigious title, and she has recently received the prestigious distinction of Chevalier des Arts et Lettres by the French government. For her recital in Cyprus, which will take place on Wednesday 13 April 2016 at The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8:30pm, Elisso Bolkvadze will perform works by Schubert, Chopin, Debussy and Prokofiev.
Programme:
SCHUBERT Impromtus D899 (Nos.2,3,4)
CHOPIN Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brilliante, Op. 22
DEBUSSY “L’isle joyeuse”
PROKOFIEV Sonata No.2, Op.14
Paolo Petrocelli, Founder and President of EMMA for Peace, will give a talk on “Music and Diplomacy” at the Hanoi University on February 29th at 9.30 am and at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities of Ho Chi Minh City on March 1st at 9.00 am.
27 – 28 February 2016
Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi Opera House
8.00 pm
EMMA for Peace is proudly partner of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra for its Opening Season Gala Concert.
The two concerts conducted by Honna Tetsuji, Music Director and Principal Conductor of VNSO, will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on February 27th and 28th at 8.00 pm.
Special guest: young Italian soprano Angela Nisi.
Paolo Petrocelli, Founder and President of EMMA for Peace, will give a talk on “Music and Diplomacy” at the Hanoi University on February 29th and at the Ho Chi Minh City University on March 1st.
EMMA for Peace is proud to announce a partnership with MasterPeace to jointly develop projects and initiatives in the shared interest of music and the promotion of peace.
MasterPeace is a global grassroots movement that inspires everyone to use their talent and energy for peace building and togetherness. Through music, sports, arts and dialogue, MasterPeace will help lead the way to a more sustainable world with less armed conflict.
Paolo Petrocelli, Founder and President of EMMA for Peace, will serve as Member of the Music Advisory Board of MasterPeace and as Jury Member for the My Music Competition 2016, the world’s largest music competition for Peace.
3 March 2016
Pordenone, Italy
Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi
8.00 pm
EMMA for Peace partner of the Peace Concert promoted by Amusart, under the patronage of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO.
Orchestra Filarmonica della Fenice
Eduardo Strasser, conductor
Michelangelo Carbonara, piano
music programme:
Gabriel Fauré
Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite dalle musiche di scena, op. 80
Cristian Carrara
War Silence, per pianoforte e orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
Sinfonia n. 7 in re minore, op. 70
29 February 2016
Venice, Italy
Teatro La Fenice
8.00 pm
EMMA for Peace partner of the Peace Concert promoted by Amusart, under the patronage of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO.
Orchestra Filarmonica della Fenice
Eduardo Strasser, conductor
Michelangelo Carbonara, piano
music programme:
Gabriel Fauré
Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite dalle musiche di scena, op. 80
Cristian Carrara
War Silence, per pianoforte e orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
Sinfonia n. 7 in re minore, op. 70
