Sending solidarity and support to the Middle East and its people in the face of the humanitarian catastrophe – on 26 October 2023, the UN Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council (UNCMS), will present a virtual concert in support of the relief efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). 

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A massive humanitarian operation continues, and the UN and its partners are rapidly ramping up efforts to provide life-saving assistance.  The United Nations is on the ground to deliver emergency relief items – including food, medicine, water, fuel, shelter, blankets, hygiene kits, and other humanitarian aid.

Music binds us together in these darkest moments.  Through compassion, the musicians of UN Chamber Music Society, under the Artistic Direction of Brenda Vongova – together with violinist Yamen Saadi, Concertmaster at the Vienna Philharmonic and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (founded by Maestro Daniel Barenboim and the late literary scholar Edward Said to promote coexistence and intercultural dialogue); and violinist David Strongin, from the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra – will perform a concert to support the Middle East.  

All donations will be directed to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), to deliver lifesaving assistance to those affected by this massive tragedy. Founded in 2016, the UN Chamber Music Society carries out the United Nations’ mission of peace, understanding and cooperation, through the universal language of music. 

Support the relief efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) - by donating to:
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Messages:

Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) (TBC)

UN Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council Brenda Vongova, Artistic Director

Featuring: Musicians from the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra




Music Programme:

ERNEST BLOCH (1880 - 1959)  Baal Shem: II. Nigun
David Strongin (Violin), Brenda Vongova (Piano)
MOHAMMED FLAYFEL (1899 - 1986) Mawtini
Hana Mundiya (Violinist), Naoko Nakajima (Violinist), Florrie Marshall (Violist), Jakob Taylor (Cellist), Brenda Vongova (Piano)
GABRIEL FAURE  (1845 - 1924)  Les Berceaux
Yamen Saadi (Violin), Brenda Vongova (Piano)




Special Thanks:

UN Department of Global Communications
Ziad Ayad
Mohammed Shaker
Klavierhaus, James Wu, Recording Engineer
Recording of Bloch’s Nigun: High Line Nine
Christina Maxwell, Manager.
Artist Kyle Meyer, represented by Yossi Milo Gallery
Rebecca Dixuan Bai, Video Editor

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