MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

Virtual Concert in Celebration of International Day of Parliamentarism 2021;

Empowering Youth IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC

VIRTUAL GLOBAL LAUNCH:
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
9:00am EST (New York time)

Watch the performance: United Nations
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In celebration of International Day of Parliamentarism on 30 June 2021, the UN Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council (UNCMS) – in partnership with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) - will perform a concert in celebration and recognition of the role of parliaments in national plans in empowering youth who have been coping during the pandemic – ensuring access to education, addressing reduced employment prospects, social isolation, and the surge in mental health issues.

 

The concert will be launched on the UN platforms, and shared by the Member Parliaments, along with the other debates and discussions of the parliament held on the International Day of Parliamentarism. 

 

Established in 30 June 1889, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the world organization of parliaments, connects national parliaments in order to promote greater transparency, accountability and participation at the global level. Along with other parliamentary organizations, IPU engages with the United Nations on activities that cover a broad range of issues, including peace and security, human rights and sustainable development.

The music programme will feature musical works that represent an artistic tapestry of human experience, to provoke empathy and create a more interconnected world.  Founded in 2016 by Brenda Vongova, the UN Chamber Music Society is dedicated to promoting the UN goals at large - through the universal language of music. 

 

PROGRAMME

Opening Messages

Duarte Pacheco 
President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Martin Chungong
Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

UN Chamber Music Society
of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council
Brenda Vongova, Artistic Director
Music Programme

CHRISTOPHER TIN (1976 - ) 'Flocks a Mile Wide'
Hana Mundiya (Violin I), Rohan Mundiya (Violin II), Abigail Elder (Viola), Derek Louie (Cello), Kohei Yamaguchi (Bass), Sarah Favinger (Bass), Brenda Vongova (Piano), Tom Betsalel (Percussion)

DAVID POPPER (1843 - 1913) Requiem, Op.66 (arr. for 6 cellos)
Derek Louie (Cello)

JOHANN PACHELBEL (1653 - 1706) Canon in D Major
Hana Mundiya (Violin I), Naoko Nakajima (Violin II), Noémi Chemali (Viola), Noah Koh (Cello), Brenda Vongova (Piano)

DARREN HUANG (1997 - ) Threnody for the Victims of COVID-19
Derek Louie (Cello), Brenda Vongova (Piano)

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SPECIAL THANKS

UN Department of Global Communications

Ms. Patricia Ann Torsney,
Permanent Observer for the Inter-Parliamentary Union to the United Nations

Sven Spengemann, MP

VERY SPECIAL THANKS

KlavierHaus
Sujatri Reisinger

Joel Sheakoski, Video Editor

Production of Threnody
Dylan Louie, Video Production

Audio Production
VIRTUA CREATIVE
Edward Bilous, Artistic Director and Producer
Anran Qian, Music Editor 
Keren Plowden, Production Coordinator 
Greg Kalember, Mix Engineer

For more information:
https://www.ipu.org/event/empowering-youth-in-time-pandemic-un-chamber-music-society-virtual-concert