Concert for Peace

November 23rd
Conservatori del Liceu

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The World Peace Forum and the Conservatori Liceu foundation in collaboration with Carano 4 Children and Casa América de Catalunya present the Concert for Peace, an event where Music is put at the service of human aspirations for a better world, in which men and women can live in peace and develop their personal projects based on values of solidarity and empathy.

The concert includes the participation of Colombian singer-songwriter César López, the creator of the Escopetarra, a musical instrument of high symbolic meaning, since it is an AK-47 rifle converted into a guitar. López’s project aims to provide shotguns to prominent musicians around the world. Thanks to Casa América de Catalunya’s collaboration, we can listen to this instrument. In his performance, César López will have the collaboration of Diana Hoyos.

The students and teachers of the Conservatori Liceu will contribute with pieces and songs that have a lot to do with the desire for Peace to which this concert wants to give voice: the Choir of the Conservatori Liceu joins the song of Peace by Cesar López, Aseel Massoud and Ahmad Dyab, Master’s students of the Conservatori from Syria, will bring us the song of a girl for peace from the city of Damascus and the Saxophone Quartet will take us to Sarajevo.

PROGRAM:

Welcome by Dr. Maria Serrat, General Director of the Conservatori Liceu and Felix Bentz, President of the World Peace Forum Barcelona

César López y Cor del Conservatori Liceu (Ricard Oliver, director)

En su nombre

César Lopez y Diana Hoyos

Sobreviviré

Aseel Massoud y Ahmad Dyab

B. Rajjoub . Cha’am.
Popular catalana . El Cant dels Ocells.

Sara Serrano, piano (Conservatori Liceu)

E. Granados . La Maja y el Ruiseñor.

Quartet Gènesi (Conservatori Liceu)

Pol Del Moral, Berta Ballesté, Oriol Martínez, Bernat Valls, saxophones

E. Lago . Sarajevo.

Martina Meola, piano (Moldavia)

E. Granados . Allegro de concierto
F. Liszt . Rapsodia Húngara núm. 11

Nadja Komlenic, violin (Serbia)

C. Saint Saens . Rondo Capriccioso

Valeria Esposito, violin (Italia)

P. Sarasate . Caprice basque

Erika Zoi, piano

Cammini
Meditazione, Valeria Esposito violin

Marina Krasnova, soprano (Ucrania)

Traditional Ukrainian music . The Moon’s Night

Speakers

César López

César López is a Colombian musician, composer, guitarist and pianist. In 2003, López founded the Immediate Artistic Reaction Battalion, which involves several musicians and activists seeking alternatives to the violence that has plagued Colombia for many years. The group mainly concentrates its efforts in the city of Bogotá. When informed, it is widely known that the group immediately gathers to play for victims directly affected by the violence within the country. César López is officially a UN Nonviolent Messenger and an Emissary of Conscience for Amnesty International. In 2010, he and his Audio Engineer, Julio Monroy, recorded the album Las Voces del Salado. The album was recorded in the Montes de María with the people of the El Salado hamlet, who were involved in the El Salado Massacre in 2000. López is the creator of the Escopetarra, an AK rifle, a largely symbolic musical instrument. 47 converted into the guitar.

Diana Hoyos

Diana Hoyos is a Colombian actress and singer of great popularity and recognition in her country. This year, she has premiered the Colombian series “Te la dedico”, where she stars alongside the popular artist Pipe Bueno. In addition, lately we could also see her in the North American films “Sniper: Ultimate Kill” or “Never Back Down: Revolt” which have marked her leap to Hollywood.

She gained fame in her country thanks to her star roles in highly rated television series such as “Oye Bonita” and “Amar y Temer”, as well as her participation in the acclaimed series “Escobar, el patron del mal” or “Enfermeras “, among others.

Diana has been awarded the prestigious India Catalina Awards for Best Leading Actress for “Enfermeras” or the Online and Latin Plug Awards, among others.