NNA – Spreading the universal language of music to fill the educational and social void caused by the global pandemic and the financial crisis, while helping to reduce the distance between people. With this objective in mind, the World Youth Orchestra Foundation returns to Lebanon with the WYO4CHILDREN project, thanks to the important support of the Culture and Art Foundation – instrumental body of the Terzo Pilastro – Internazionale Foundation, chaired by Prof. Att.y Emmanuele FM Emanuele – which works for the promotion of cultural and artistic initiatives in the name of solidarity, as well as the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Beirut. Six young violin students, aged seven to fourteen with problematic histories and originally from different regions of Lebanon, will benefit from it. All of them have recently been forced to halt their musical training due to pecuniarydifficulties and to the restrictions related to the coronavirus. They willbe taken care of by Ramzi Kandalaft, one of the teachers who are part of the large family of the World Youth Orchestra in the world, through individual lessons via videoconference, as long as the anti-Covid restrictions remain in force.
“All those who know me know that I have always been convinced that the arts, including music, play a leading role in the cultural and spiritual growth of the person and in the development of a collective consciousness, eliminating differences in favor of both the social inclusion of individuals and a constructive dialogue between peoples. – says Prof. Att.y Emmanuele FM Emanuele, President of the TerzoPilastro Foundation.
“Restarting from music means offering young Lebanese a precious possibility of expression, thus transcending the narrow space in which they are confined today. The World Youth Orchestra works to spread a message of peace and understanding among peoples, but this year our commitment takes on an even deeper meaning: art, an essential nourishment for the human soul, is in fact a powerful tool to deal with the current crisis”, declares Maestro Damiano Giuranna, Founder and musical director of WYO.
The World Youth Orchestra celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year. Twice a year, the Orchestra involves about 100 talented young musicians from major universities, conservatories and academies,representing the five continents.
The Culture and Art Foundation works for the promotion, the implementation and the dissemination of cultural and artistic initiatives, based on the fundamental assumption that art and cultureplay a leading role in favor of the social inclusion of individuals and the constructive dialogue between different peoples.– Embassy of Italy in Beirut
Source: National News Agency-Lebanon