TURKEN FOUNDATION
presents
YPHIL – International
Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
Concert for Global
Peace
at Isaac Stern
Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage, CARNEGIE HALL
September 27, 2015
with
JOSE LUIS GOMEZ, Conductor
and
ALEXANDER MARKOV, Violin
and
DANNY GLOVER, Host
YPHIL
brought together 100 young talented musicians aged 18 to 26 from 74 countries
to express peace through the common language of music at Carnegie Hall,
September 27, 2015, during the United Nations General Assembly week. SERHAT KAAN, Founder and Chair of YPHIL
Orchestra and Director of Turken Foundation, is committed to raising awareness
for global youth issues and human rights.
The evening was hosted by DANNY GLOVER, an award winning actor,
producer, former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Program
and currently, serves as UNICEF Ambassador. Opening remarks were given by Mr.
Kaan concerning the United Nation’s development goals for the next 15 years. He
focused on the goal to end world poverty. Mr. Glover, thereafter, introduced
the YPHIL who performed the program with classical instruments, along with traditional
instruments from some of the musicians respective countries.
The young musicians performed beautifully
J. SIBELIUS, Finlandia, Op. 26, F. MENDELSSOHN, Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.
64 featuring ALEXANDER MARKOV,
Soloist who has been hailed as one of the most captivating, brilliant and
musical violinists, according to Lord Yehudi Menuhin. Markov was a delight to
listen to and full of energy and even played a bit of Paganini as an encore for
which he’s an acclaimed virtuoso.
The evening continued with C. Debussy,
Clair de lune (arr. Clapet), followed by an almost avant-garde composition by
SEAN J. KENNEDY, Kaku, Kupula, Fear in Neutral Buoyancy dedicated to 2015 YPHIL
International Philharmonic Orchestra and all young musicians around the world, continued
with an excerpt from MICHAEL VONGOVA’S Piano
Concerto for the United Nations, in celebration of the 70th
anniversary of the United Nations sung stupendously by choral soprano, BRENDA VONGOVA, to end with F. KANCA, Turken
Foundation Symphonic Suite of Voices of the World—featuring traditional instruments
from around the world.
The aim of the concert was to show the
world how musicians of different countries can work together regardless of
their nationality, race, beliefs, language barriers and perform
brilliantly. It truly was a celebration
of the collaboration of diverse cultures. The dynamic performance exemplified
that when people collaborate from all over the world, they can create a better
world to promote peace, and, in this case, raise awareness for universal youth
issues. What a magnificent message
brought through music! For more
information about YPHIL, visit www.yphil.org.
By
Laura Thompson
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