May 31, 2018
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United Nations, New York, USA, May 30, 2018 – Singer and songwriter Emmanuel Kelly tells his story and sings his song at the President of the General Assembly’s Youth Dialogue. (#Youth72) today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire By Kurt Wheelock Emmanuel Kelly, the boy abandoned in a shoe box in Baghdad, Iraq, disabled or differently abled by the impact of chemical weapons in war, spoke and sang on May 30 in the UN’s Economic and Social Council chamber. From his new single, he sang “I will never be alone.” Earlier he told the [Read More]
May 25, 2018
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By Kurt Wheelock On May 30 UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak is convening a Youth Dialogue, featuring an Tongan Special Olympian and an up and coming singer who was abandoned as a baby in a shoe box in Iraq. Midday May 30, Lajcak will speak in the UN’s Youth Media Zone, with Leonardo Parraga who founded BogotArt Foundation and Ella Okko of the youth initiative from Finland called “Lennons Peace Ambassador.” Emmanuel Kelly, the boy abandoned in a shoe box in Baghdad, Iraq, disabled or differently abled by the impact of chemical weapons in war, will speak on will [Read More]
May 17, 2018
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Anna Eliza Ribeiro, Antônio Henrique da Silva, bass, Carlos Moisés Galvão Ribeiro, Carlos Samuel Galvão Ribeiro, cello, classical music, cultural education, David Nascimento, favela do Alemao, Favelas, flute, Gabriel de Jesus da Paixão, Luiz Felipe Vieira Pereira, Marcos Afonso Souza Andrade, Mariana Pereira da Silva, Mauro Vieira, Moraes, Natanael Jesus da Paixão, New York, percussion, Renan de Paula da Conceição, Rodrigo Cunha da Silva and Jean Barreto da Costa, Social Action through Music of Brazil, social inclusion, talented youngsters, UN, united nations, USA, Victor Lucas Pacheco Freitas, Viola, Violin, Youth Camerata of Rio de Janeiro, Youth Choir
United Nations, New York, USA, May 16, 2018 – Brazilian Classical Music Concert by the Group Youth Camerata of Rio de Janeiro today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire By Kurt Wheelock UNITED NATIONS, May 16 — Many musicians have come to the UN and played, and garnered applause. But on May 16 it was young people from Brazil’s slums or favelas, organized into the Camerata Jovem Do Rio de Janeiro, who played in the UN General Assembly lobby, to thunderous applause. Brazil’s Mission to the UN sponsored the event, held at 1 pm [Read More]
