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United Nations Day Concert 2014
24 October
General Assembly Hall
Presented by
The United Nations
in collaboration with
the Lang Lang International Music Foundation
Speakers
H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon,
Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Sam Kahamba Kutesa,
President of the 69th Session of the
United Nations General Assembly
Mr. Alec Baldwin,
Representing the Lang Lang International Music Foundation
Mr. Maher Nasser,
Acting Head of the Department of Public Information
Lang Lang
Lang Lang has inspired millions with open-hearted,
emotive playing, whether it is in intimate recitals or
on the grandest of stages. The discovery of music propels Lang Lang to what he calls “his second career”:
bringing music into the lives of children around the
world, both through his work for the United Nations
as a Messenger of Peace focusing on global education
and through his own Lang Lang International Music
Foundation.
Lang Lang has been featured on every major TV network and in magazines
worldwide. He has performed for international dignitaries including four
US presidents, President Koehler of Germany, Queen Elizabeth II, former
French President Sarkozy and more.
He has been added as one of the World Economic Forum’s 250 Young Global Leaders, and been honoured with Honorary Doctorates from the Royal
College of Music and Manhattan School of Music, the highest prize awarded by China’s Ministry of Culture, Germany’s Order of Merit and France’s
Medal of the Order of Arts and Letters.
Manuel López-Gómez
Conductor Manuel López-Gómez began his musical
life in violin, piano and chamber music and composition at the age of 8. His talent for conducting was noticed early on and he has distinguished himself as a
conductor at the front rank of young talent.
Manuel has also had conducting engagements with
the Washington National Symphony, San Francisco
Symphony, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Brussels
Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. He is increasingly recognized
not only for his groundbreaking work as National Music Director of El Sistema in Colombia, but also as a guest conductor of visionary and inspiring
capabilities.
Manuel visits South American orchestras regularly. Active also in opera,
he conducted the world debut of the orchestrated opera Atahualpa in Lima,
Perú, where he will soon lead a production of Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette.
Sting
Composer, singer-songwriter, actor, author, and activist,
Sting has received 16 Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe,
an Emmy and three Oscar nominations and sold close
to 100 million albums from his combined work with
The Police and as a solo artist. A member of both the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall
of Fame, he will receive the Kennedy Center Honors
in December. He has appeared in more than 15 films
and authored two books, including The New York Times
best-selling memoir Broken Music. His fourteenth solo album is inspired
by the story of The Last Ship – a new musical opening October 26 at the
Neil Simon Theatre, marking Sting’s debut as a Broadway composer. His
support for human rights organizations mirrors his art in its universal
outreach. Along with wife Trudie Styler, he founded the Rainforest Fund
in 1989 to protect both the world’s rainforests and the indigenous people
living there.
Alec Baldwin
Since 1980, Alec Baldwin has appeared on stage, in
films and on television and has received a Tony nomination (A Streetcar Named Desire, 1992) an Oscar
nomination (The Cooler, 2004) and has won two Emmy
awards, three Golden Globes and seven consecutive
Screen Actors Guild Awards as Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on NBC-TV’s 30 Rock. His films
include The Hunt for Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross,
Malice, The Edge, It’s Complicated, Blue Jasmine, among
many others.
Baldwin is a 1994 BFA graduate of Tisch and received an honorary doctorate in 2010.
He is also the radio announcer for the New York Philharmonic.
Baldwin has two daughters, Ireland Elliese Baldwin and Carmen Gabriela
Baldwin. He is married to Hilaria Thomas Baldwin.
List of the members of the orchestra
Name
Country
Diana Carolina Alarcon Pulgarin Venezuela
Ensemble
Fundamusical Bolivar
Santiago Alberto Aristizabel
Correa
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Yoojin Baek
South Korea
MSM College Division Student
Juvenal Rafael Balestrini Lubo
Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Hayoung Bang
United States
MSM Precollege Division Student
Joel Enrique Barazarte Leyon
Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Ena Deuel Barbosa Santos
Brazil
Neojiba
Erica Barreto Smetak
Brazil
Neojiba
Uriel Borges Vieira Silva
Brazil
Neojiba
Daniel Andres Cardenas Pira
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Ramon Enrique Carrero Martinez
Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Marcela Angelica Cerna Alcantara Perú
Sinfonía por el Perú
Adrian Arturo Chavez Mejias
Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Michelle Cozzi
United States
MSM College Division Student
Victor De Oliveira Macedo
Brazil
Neojiba
Hanxiao Deng
China
MSM College Division Student
Sung Eun Kim
South Korea
MSM College Division Student
Elson Freitas Jesus Santos
Brazil
Neojiba
Juan Manuel Garay Monroy
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Eric Goldberg
United States
MSM College Division Student
Cristhian Andres Norberto
Gonzalez Giraldo
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Yanderth Alberto Gonzalez Vegas Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Lais Guimaraes Dos Santos Costa
Brazil
Neojiba
Irene Han
United States
MSM College Division Student
Jose Ignacio Hernandez Romero Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Renzo Adrian Jimenez Bernales Perú
Sinfonía por el Perú
Andrew Johnson-Scott
MSM College Division Student
United States
Hehsong Kim
Republic of Korea The Art of Music Foundation
Andrew Kirjner
United States
MSM Precollege Division Student
Coreisa Lee
United States
MSM College Division Student
Angelica Andreina Leon Olivo
Venezuela
Neojiba
Branimir Enrique Leon Villalba
Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Kexin Li
China
MSM College Division Student
Manuel Felipe Lopez Tovar
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Roan Ma
United States
MSM College Division Student
Athos Eduardo Magalhaes
Brazil
Neojiba
Juan Esteban Mendoza Bisogni
Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Diego Martin Mendoza Maguiña
Perú
Sinfonía por el Perú
Juan Sebastian Mora Lopez
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Natalia Maria Mora Lopez
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Mariana Jose Morales Rivero
Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Indira Moreno Gómez
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Alexandra Ruth Muthoni Murkiri Kenya
The Art of Music Foundation
Clara Leticia Nascimento Correia Brazil
Neojiba
Karen Gabriele Nino Rosa
Brazil
Neojiba
Conor O’Hale
United States
MSM College Division Student
Ethan Oguya
Kenya
The Art of Music Foundation
Manoel Passos Ribeiro Neto
Brazil
Neojiba
Wilson Alexander Pepper Verdy
Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Daniel Felipe Perez Astudillo
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Cynthia Phillippi
United States
MSM Precollege Division Student
Cristhian Plazas Neisa
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Maylin Stefanie Pre Kong
Perú
Sinfonía por el Perú
Jeanna Qiu
United States
MSM Precollege Division Student
Meriline Milagros Rivero Meza
Perú
Sinfonía por el Perú
Quinn Robinson
United States
MSM Precollege Division Student
Priscila Gabrielle Rodrigues
Silva Santos
Brazil
Neojiba
Nicole Rodriguez
United States
MSM College Division Student
Anibal David Rojas Leon
Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Esdras Santana Santos
Brazil
Neojiba
Kashvi Shah
British
The Art of Music Foundation
Priya Sharma
Indian
The Art of Music Foundation
Jenna Sobowlewski
United States
MSM College Division Student
David Souza Dos Santos
Brazil
Neojiba
Samuel Sparrow
United States
MSM College Division Student
Diego Nicolas Tarazona Carbajal
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Kaori Geovana Terrones Salazar
Perú
Sinfonía por el Perú
Calvin Tzeng
United States
MSM Precollege Division Student
Evelyn Umbarila Fonseca
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Zorioscar Raquel Urbina Rondon
Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Ercules Daniel Urro Vasquez
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Ghislaine Jacqueline Vania
Valdivia Chihuan
Perú
Sinfonía por el Perú
Samuel Abraham Vargas Teixeira Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Aline Vartanian
United States
MSM College Division Student
Jhon Freddy Velasquez Ulloa
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Juan Diego Villalobos Martinez
Venezuela
Fundamusical Bolivar
Oscar Cristian Yauri Pelayo
Perú
Sinfonía por el Perú
Jamie Yoon Ji Kang
United States
MSM College Division Student
Fabian Leonardo Zarate Millan
Colombia
Fundación Nacional "Batuta"
Young Scholars of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation:
Janice Carissa, Avery Lin Gagliano, Maxim Lando, Clayton Stephenson, Elliot Wuu
Lang Lang International Music Foundation
Our organization was created over 6 years ago to inspire and motivate the
next generation of classical music lovers and performers. One of my true
passions is to take new and extraordinary talent and help develop their
musical gifts to a level the world appreciates. I am very fortunate to share
Lang Lang’s vision in building self-confidence and a drive for excellence
in our youth.
The Foundation operates with the conviction that music is a universal
language and that music can open opportunities for communication, understanding, and acceptance. We aim to ignite a passion for music in our
children so that they can be leaders in bridging cultural gaps and helping
unite local and global communities. Our hope is that cultural exchange
through music, over time, will translate into greater cultural awareness
and social development.
The heart of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation are its priority
programs:
•Music Education Program in Public Schools:
Lang Lang’s Keys of Inspiration
• Young Scholars Program
• 101 Pianists
• Junior Music Camp
• Piano Masterclasses
• Unique music events
For more information please visit our website:
www.langlangfoundation.org
Thank you very much for supporting our mission and work.
I wish you an unforgettable evening!
Leszek Lukas Barwinski
Executive Director
Lang Lang International Music Foundation
KT Wong Foundation
The KT Wong Foundation fosters mutual understanding between China and the rest of the world, through collaborative cultural projects. The
Foundation is a catalyst, co-producer and sponsor for innovative creative
ventures in a number of disciplines including opera, horticulture, architecture, fashion and costume design.
The KT Wong Foundation partners with globally renowned institutions and
festivals including, the BBC, the BFI, the Royal Opera House, Chinese Film
Archive, the Young Vic, La Cinémathèque Française, Aix Festival, Salzburg
Easter Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Beijing Music Festival, Shanghai Music Festival, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the British Council, the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, and National Theatre.
2014 saw the premiere of three documentaries co-produced with the BBC
-‘Beethoven & Barenboim’, ‘One Hundred Million Musicians’ and an indepth profile of Lang Lang for Imagine.
The KT Wong Foundation sponsors educational programmes in China, Europe and the US as well as cultural exchanges and internships for the gifted.
Lang Lang and The Lang Lang International Music Foundation wish to
thank all of the artists for donating their time for this performance
Credits
Produced By
Department of Public Information in collaboration with
the Lang Lang International Music Foundation
Executive Producers
Leszek Lukas Barwinski
Clarence P Klugh
Production Manager
Jeff Markowitz
Special Thanks (in alphabetical order)
Art of Music Foundation Kenya
Fundación Musical Simón Bolivar Venezuela
Fundación Nacional “Batuta” Colombia
Jean-Jacques Cesbron
Manhattan School of Music USA
Sinfonía por el Perú
Neojiba Brazil
Jim Gandre, Bryan Greany, Mallory Schwartz,
Nicole VanGiesen, Tracy Bufferd
Shanghai Media Group, Steinway & Sons
Musical Performances
International Youth Orchestra
Manuel López-Gómez - conductor
Young Piano Scholars of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation
Janice Carissa, Avery Lin Gagliano, Maxim Lando,
Clayton Stephenson, Elliot Wuu
Lang Lang - piano
and
Sting - guitar and vocals
Franz von Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture
Aram Khachaturian:Waltz from Masquerade Mascarade
Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 8 in G
Arturo Marquez: Danzon No. 2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Sting, arranged by Rob Mathes: Fragile
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331,
Alla Turca – Allegretto
Leonard Bernstein: Mambo from West Side Story
Sting, arranged by Rob Mathes: Englishman in New York
Message from the Secretary-General
for United Nations Day, 24 October 2014
The United Nations is needed more than ever at this
time of multiple crises. Poverty, disease, terrorism,
discrimination and climate change are exacting
a heavy toll. Millions of people continue to suffer
deplorable exploitation through bonded labour, human trafficking, sexual slavery or unsafe conditions
in factories, fields and mines. The global economy
remains an uneven playing field.
The founding of the United Nations was a solemn
pledge to the world’s people to end such assaults
on human dignity, and lead the way to a better future. There have been painful setbacks, and there
is much work ahead to realize the Charter’s vision.
But we can take heart from our achievements.
The UN Millennium Development Goals have inspired the most successful anti-poverty campaign
ever. United Nations treaties addressing inequality, torture and racism have protected people, while
other agreements have safeguarded the environment. UN peacekeepers have separated hostile
forces, our mediators have settled disputes and our
humanitarian workers have delivered life-saving aid.
At this critical moment, let us reaffirm our commitment to empowering the marginalized and vulnerable. On United Nations Day, I call on Governments
and individuals to work in common cause for the
common good.
Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General of the United Nations
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