Autore: Paolo Petrocelli

EMMA for Peace is proud to present its second workshop in the United Arab Emirates.

Italian manager Paolo Petrocelli (Founder & President of the international organization Euro-Mediterranean Music Academy for Peace), and Emirati team member Engr. Khaled AlAttar (Gulf Region Project Manager), will meet the students of the American University of Sharjah on Sunday 29th and Monday 30th of March to talk about cultural leadership and event management.The workshop will represent an opportunity for the participants to discover and develop their management skills through creative and innovative teaching approaches.Participants will be awarded with a certificate from EMMA for Peace and registration fees will be donated to Sharjah City for Humanity Services.

Registration deadline: 26th of March 2015. For more information email: smushtaha@aus.edu

The Italian Cultural Institute of Hong Kong, in collaboration with EMMA for Peace, will present a piano recital of celebrated Italian pianist Michele Campanella at Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre in Hong Kong on January 8th 2015 at 8.00pm.

On the occassion of 65th anniversary of Bilateral Relations between Italy & Indonesia, the Embassy of Italy in Indonesia and the Italian Institute of Culture of Jakarta, in collaboration with EMMA for Peace,  proudly presents a New Year’s concert on January 6th 2015 at 7.30 at  Usmar Ismail Hall in Jakarta by celebrated Italian pianist, Michele Campanella.

December 28 – 30 2014, 4.00 – 8.00 pm
RAK College Activity Hall
Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE

EMMA for Peace will present a leadership and cultural events management workshop at Ras Al-Khaimah Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates as the first project in the region. The workshop will be held during three days for more than 170 students by EMMA for Peace Gulf Region manager, Khaled Al Attar. This initiative is a start for more projects that EMMA will organize in the Gulf Region over the next months, in the mission of building more bridges of understanding between cultures and civilizations.

EMMA for Peace is proud to support as institutional partner “FaRe, Music for Everybody”, a project created by Maestro Mattia Rondelli, in collaboration with BSI Europe, Uniqa Insurance and Caritas Ambrosiana, promoting culture as one of the primary and crucial value for all individuals.

Thursday, December 11th at 8.30 pm, in the Sala Verdi of Milan Conservatory, Mattia Rondelli will conduct the Orchestra of the Academy of La Scala of Milan and the Ars Cantica Choir. The program features – for the first time in Italy – the Gloria for solo, choir and orchestra by Giuseppe Sarti and the Symphony n. 5, Opus 67, by Ludwig van Beethoven.

The concert is open and free of charge for everybody living, working or just passing by in Milano;however, it is particularly dedicated to those that for their living have no choices but to turn to the charitable services of the Caritas Ambrosiana. The work of this Foundation is not limited to the material assistance of the people in need, but also to giving them back dignity, thanks to inspirational cultural gatherings, where each of them can feel their own real value in spite of social, economic or working status.

Clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh will represent EMMA for Peace on December 4th 2014 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in occasion of  Humanicy: The Human Side of Diplomacy, an event organized by the Permanent Mission of Sao Tome and Principe to the United Nations, in partnership with Friendship Ambassadors Foundation.

Cairo Opera House – El Gomhouria Theater

November 12th 2014 | 8.00 pm 

Opera Gala Concert in collaboration with Accademia Teatro alla Scala and George Solti Accademia.

Cairo Opera House together with EMMA for Peace will present an Opera Gala Concert featuring three acclaimed young singers: soprano Tereza Gevorgya (George Solti Accademia alumna), mezzo-soprano Lilly Jørstad, baritone Filippo Polinelli (Accademia Teatro alla Scala alumni) and Cairo Opera Orchestra, conducted by Nayer Nagui.

The concert will represent a unique opportunity of interaction between artists coming from Europe, Asia and the Middle East.On this occasion, EMMA for Peacewill present “Opera for Peace” an educational project with the aim of bringing opera music and its related professions to both conservatoire students and young people in the refugee camps of Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Palestine and Turkey.

Forum of Mediterranean Cities is taking place in Naples from the 25th to the 28th of October 2014 within the framework of the Forum Universale delle Culture di Napoli e Campania at Mostra D’Oltremare in Naples.

The Forum of Mediterranean Cities ’14 is an international event that aims to support the Mediterranean relations among local authorities, to promote local democracy, rights, and peace through the “city diplomacy” and innovation within local government.

FCM’14 is meant as a moment of dialogue among local authorities operating in the countries of Southern Europe and the Arabian states and aims to contribute to the achievement of development policies that overcome the differences between the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean, starting from values ​​such as solidarity, dialogue, cooperation and exchange, in order to respond to common challenges and to achieve the objective of creating an area of ​​peace, stability and shared prosperity.

Paolo Petrocelli, Founder & President of EMMA for Peace, will participate as a speaker to the session dedicated to culture, education and research on Sunday 25th at 11.30 am. Full program here.

EMMA for Peace joins Kunsthaus in supporting the promotion and knowledge of cultures and traditions of the countries of the Mediterranean, through the connection between music and contemporary art.

Mys-sing Things is an exhibition organized by Kunsthaus divided into two thematic sections: music and contemporary art. This fusion between the arts is accomplished through two musical performances throughout the evening. The first, curated by EMMA for Peace, will present Iranian musician and composer Pejman Tadayon who from 2012 carries on the “Pejman Tadayon Ensemble” a project dedicated to spirituality and Sufism that combines music, dance and poetry to celebrate and spread the universal message of peace and harmony among all religions and cultures. Through the use of musical instruments from different cultures, Tadayon evokes states of meditation that aim to bring out the spirituality and emotion inherent in every human being.

Mys-sing Things 

Exhibition by Kunsthaus

EMMA for Peace presents: Pejman Tadayon 

Palazzo Velli – Piazza Sant’Egidio 10 – Trastevere, Rome

October 30th 2014 | h 6.30 -12.00 pm

EMMA for Peace is extremely proud to announce a partnership with Playing for Change to jointly develop and promote social-engaged music programming in the Euro-Mediterranean.

Playing For Change is a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music. The idea for this project came from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people.

Playing For Change was born in 2002 as a shared vision between co-founders, Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke, to hit the streets of America with a mobile recording studio and cameras in search of inspiration and the heartbeat of the people. This musical journey resulted in the award-winning documentary, “A Cinematic Discovery of Street Musicians.” Ever since, the Playing For Change crew has traveled the world recording and filming street musicians, creating Songs Around the World, and building a global family.