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Bizet, but not only... Music for Cultural Harmony

Bizet, but not only... Music for Cultural Harmony

Upon invitation of the Shenzhen Municipality and the Shenzhen Orchestra, Melody for Dialogue among Civilizations Association has organized a multi-cultural dance, song and music in the Grand Concert Hall of Shenzhen on 7 December 2012 to inaugurate the City’s Music month. The theme of this concert was on Cultural Harmony and Dialogue. Shenzhen is the City where over 50 ethnic groups live in peace and harmony with each other and contribute to the rich culture of Guangdong Province.

Maestro Bartholomeus-Henri Van de Velde from Belgium conducted this rich -multicultural program. Nguyen Le and Anthony De Ritis were the two composers for adopting the music of Mosorgsky-Ravel (Pictures of Exhibition). Niko Andrea Guarin was the Solo Guitar in the Rodrigo’s composition where Angelika de la Riva Mezzo – Soprano improvised. Our second Mezzo Soprano from Croatia sang an aria from Carmen “Bizet”. Our virtousi violin player Wolfgang David played with the Orchestra Capriccioso by Saint Seans and the School of Arts and Dance of Shenzhen provided dancers for Borodin ‘s “Prince Igor” who was accompanied by a Rym Charabeh lead dancer and a couple of Cong Fu performers from Shaolin Temple “China”.

Additional musics were provided by a Jazz trio led by Nguyen Le. The program was rich and beautiful. In addition, we had the honor of presenting 15 traditional instrumentations by virtuosos from 14 countries.

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