Musicians for Human Rights: concert-show on the theme “The right to asylum and citizenship”. Rome, 17 May 2013
The movement Musicians for Human Rights (MFHR), organises in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of education, university and research (MIUR), a concert-show on the theme of the right to asylum and citizenship. The event is held on 17 May 2013 at the Olympic Theatre (Teatro Olimpico) in Rome.
The show, at its forth edition now, is part of a broader project meant to promote the culture of human rights among students, via music.
At the beginning of every academic year, MFHR choses a human right that will reflect the working theme for the following months. The students have the possibility to improve their knowledge on the specific theme, participating to conferences or specialised seminars which benefit from the collaborations of experts and professional. In the past editions, Amnesty, Save the Children and the Italian Council for Regfugees (CIR) gave their contribution, while the current edition benefits from the collaboration of the Archivio Disarmo (Disarmament Archive).
The show consists of the performance of various music pieces of the 1900s and of “Hozho” composed by Paolo Marzocchi and specifically written for music junior schools' orchestras. Students and musicians will play under the direction of Alessio Allegrini, founder of Musicians for Human Rights and first solo horn at Santa Cecilia Orchestra. Both students of the comprehensive institute Sinopoli of Rome are interpreting together with professional musicians from the Movement, which are normally playing in important orchestras directed by great masters such as Claudio Abbado and Daniel Baremboin, who are also honorary members of MFHR. The show’s artistic direction this year is cured by Guido Barbieri, music critic and artistic director of the concert organization Barattelli of L’Aquila. During the show, space will be dedicated to present students' interventions related to human rights and direct testimonies. The film “Mare chiuso” (Closed sea) by Stefano Liberti and Andrea Segre on push-backs to Libya will be also screened during the event.