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BreatheLife for a Healthy People – Healthy Planet
Public Multimedia & Musical Awareness-Raising Event
Palais des Nations 31 October 2018
20:30 – 22:00 Salles des Assemblées
On the occasion of the
Featuring Grammy® Winner and ‘United Nations Humanitarian Artist’ Ricky Kej, this free, public concert event will expand awareness in Geneva international community about air pollution as a critical health, climate and environment issue through music, video and art. Known for his signature - ‘Music for the Planet’, Ricky Kej and his ensemble of musicians from countries as diverse as Ghana, India, Peru, Viet Nam, South Africa, and the USA will play compositions of ‘World Music for Healthy People and Planet’. See here for your free tickets: http://reg.unog.ch/e/breathlifeconcert
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Featured Artists
Ricky Kej & Musical Ensemble:
Grammy® Award Winner Ricky Kej is a well-
known Conservationist, an Ambassador to Earth Day
Network and a professor at the Indian National Institute
of advanced Studies (at the Indian Institute of Science).
Ricky Kej composed and produced his latest
album ‘SHANTI SAMSARA’, which was launched by
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French
President François Hollande in the presence of World
Leaders at the United Nations COP21 Climate Change
Conference in Paris.
For Shanti Samsara, Ricky collaborated with over
500 musicians from over 40 countries, all coming together for Environmental Consciousness.
Ricky has performed at prestigious venues all over the world including thrice at the United
Nations General Assembly, NY.
Ricky has been awarded "Global Humanitarian Artist" by the United Nations,
"Outstanding Musical and Humanitarian Achievement" award by the The House of Commons,
Parliament of Canada, and several others. 'Real Leaders', a Signatory to the United Nations has
named Ricky Kej as one of the 100 Real Leaders. Ricky is also conferred with the title “Youth
Icon of India".
Wouter Kellerman, South Africa
Wouter Kellerman is a Grammy® Award-winning
South African flautist, producer and composer who has
won six South African Music Awards. Using his classical
training as a foundation, Kellerman has focused his
attention on World and Roots music, exploring the
versatility of the instrument and fusing classical and
contemporary sounds.
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Laura Dickinson, USA
Grammy® Winner from USA, Laura Dickinson infuses a unique freedom and laser-beam vocal precision into every song she performs. A hugely popular vocal contractor and voice actress in Hollywood, her vocals can be heard in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, War For The Planet Of The Apes, Sing, Pitch Perfect and the sequel, on commercials and popular TV series. She is credited for her work on Disney Channel's animated hits Phineas and Ferb, Jake and The Never Land Pirates and Sofia The First. She recently toured the United States with UK space rockers Spiritualized, performed on the The Talk with Andy Grammer, and opened for many artists including Tony Bennett, Lyle Lovett and Bob Newhart.
Ciro Hurtado, Peru
Grammy® Nominee Ciro Hurtado is a guitarist-
composer from Perú who has been actively performing
since the early seventies. He has scored for numerous
films including contributing tracks to the classic film,
“Baraka”. He has also performed on several Grammy®
winning albums and has worked with Strunz and Farah,
the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and Alex Acuña among
others. Ciro's guitar work ranges from the very
traditional Latin American genres to the more
sophisticated fusion Latin-Jazz idioms, placing him
among a select generation of Latin American composers.
He has been awarded the prestigious Durfee Master Musician Fellowship.
Rocky Dawuni, Ghana
Grammy® Nominated Rocky Dawuni is a
Ghanaian singer and advocate for cleaner cooking
technologies. His signature is ‘Afro Roots’ sound which is
a mixture of Reggae, Afrobeat, Highlife and soul music.
He currently spends his time between Ghana and Los
Angeles. Dawuni’s sixth studio album titled ‘Branches of
The Same Tree’ was nominated for a Grammy® Award
for Best Reggae Album in December 2015 for the 58th
Annual Grammy® Awards.
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Lonnie Park, USA
Grammy® Nominee Lonnie Park is a vocalist, keyboardist, songwriter, engineer, producer, and plays a wide variety of instruments. Along with his solo career, and various collaborations, Lonnie is the lead singer of the band Ten Man Push. Lonnie also regularly collaborates with Grammy Winning producer and conservationist Ricky Kej for performances at United Nations summits and other world stages. Lonnie has also produced commissioned music for causes such as Autism Works, Autism Movement, Puzzle Solvers.
Hai Phuong, Viet Nam
Hai Phuong is one of the leading Dan Tranh
musicians in the world. A Graduate of HCMC
Conservatory (Zither Performance Department), she won
‘The First Prize’ and ‘The Best Contemporary Music
Performer Prize’ in ‘The First National Concours of
Young Zither talents 1992’. She has performed in several
National and International Music Festivals. Currently, Hai
Phuong is a teacher of Tranh Zither in HCMC
conservatory.
Other Ensemble Members/Orchestra – India
Manoj George, India
Manoj George is a violinist and composer
of repute. He has performed as a conductor,
string arranger and choral arranger in the
Grammy award winning album Winds of
Samsara. His wide repertoire include scoring
music for Malayalam and Kannada feature films,
documentaries, short films and commercials.
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Varijashree Venugopal, India
Varijashree Venugopal was found to have the rare
ability to identify about 40 ragas at the tender age of one
and a half years and about 200 ragas at the age of four
years. She was initially trained by her father. An award
winning vocalist and flute player, Varijashree is known for
her immense virtuosity as a cross-cultural musician and
performer.
Muthu Kumar, India
With over 20 years in the music industry, Muthu
Kumar has made a niche for himself as a percussionist
par excellence. Having studied under legends Ustad
Allarakha and Ustad Zakir hussain, Muthu has traveled
around the globe many times and performed on many
prestigious stages and festivals. He has collaborated
with musicians around the world, across genres and has
accompanied the likes of Alice Coltrane, Maynard
Ferguson, John Barnes, Bill Laswell, Dana Gillespie,
Bombay Jayashree, Mandolin U. Rajesh and Lucky Ali to
name a few.
B. S. Arun Kumar, India
Along with being a master of Carnatic percussion,
Arun Kumar is also a very well-known Jazz Drummer.
Has been in the field of Music since 1986 and rendered
percussion support to Carnatic Classical, Talavadya,
Jazz music, Light Music and Dance Performances. Has
given performances all over India, Hong Kong, Germany,
Holland, France, Switzerland, UK, Belgium, Spain,
Luxemburg, Sri Lanka, USA and Canada.
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String Orchestra - bringing together distinguished young musicians from France and
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland under the baguette of the innovative
Franck Fontcouberte.
Franck Fontcouberte, Conductor
Franck Fontcouberte is both artistic director and
conductor of the instrumental ensemble Contrepoint, principal
conductor of United Strings of Europe, artistic director of the
festival "Musicasète", "Rencontres artistique Gigeantesques",
the “Chorale de Sète” and the Vocal Ensemble of Montpellier.
Holder of the State diploma of professor of percussions
and the Certificate of aptitude to the functions of professor of
direction of instrumental ensembles, he teaches the direction of
orchestra with the Regional Conservatory of Montpellier
Méditerranée Métropole.
Dorothée Fontcouberte, First violin
She studied violin with Pierre Yvanovitch, Marie-Claude
Theuveny at the CNR of Saint Maur, Tatiana Affanassief, Haik
Davtian and Pierre Hofer at the CNR of Créteil. She won several
first prizes in violin and chamber music.
Since then she has appeared as a soloist in various
ensembles to perform, among other things, Mozart's
"Symphonie Concertante", Corelli and Bach Concertos, Vivaldi's
"Four Seasons", and also the "Rondo Capriccioso" of Saint
Saëns on tournée in Prague with the Counterpoint Orchestra in
April 1997.
In addition to her activity as a violin teacher, she plays in numerous orchestras: the
Montpellier National Orchestra, the Toulon Opera, the Grand Théâtre de Reims and the Lyric
Orchestra of Paris at the Palais Garnier and at the Opéra Bastille.
Matthew Chin, First violin
Matthew Studied with renowned violinist Pierre Amoyal in
HEMU-lausanne under the support from ‘Association des Amis
du Conservatoire de Lausanne’, Max D.Jost foundation and
Lalive foundation for his Bachelor studies in which he graduated
with a perfect recital (6.0). He then continued his studies at the
Mozarteum University of music, Salzburg. Currently, he is
studying at the HEM-Geneve under Svetlin Roussev.
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Eric Mouret, Second violin
After studying violin in Avignon, his hometown, Eric
Mouret continued his training at the Conservatory of Boulogne-
Billancourt before finishing his career with the Geneva High
School of Music, in the class of Jean-Pierre Wallez. He also
holds an orchestration diploma from the HEM of Geneva (class
of Nicolas Bacri), the Diploma of Piano Study awarded by the
CRR of Boulogne-Billancourt, as well as the Diploma of Direction
of Orchestra of the École Normale de Musique de Paris, in the
class of Dominique Rouits.
His activities are divided between violin teaching and his
career as an interpreter with Camerata Alma Viva, of which he is
a founding member and arranger, as well as several
independent writing works, notably for the Verbier Festival
Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France.
Zoé Saubat, Cello
French cellist Zoé Saubat received her Diploma in Music
Education at the age of 15 years before leaving to study at the
RRC in Paris. At the same time, she studied Modern Literature
at the Sorbonne where she obtained a degree. She obtained her
Master of Performance at the prestigious Royal College of Music
in London under the guidance of Alexander Boyarsky.
As an accomplished orchestral musician, Zoé regularly
works in London with the orchestra of the BBC, the Birmingham
Orchestra, and participates in numerous collaborations with the
Royal Opera House, the London Symphony Orchestra and the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Zoe has also performed as a
soloist with many orchestras such as London City Orchestra and Southbank Sinfonia, which she
was part of during 2016.
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Vilas Nayak, India – Visual Artist
Vilas Nayak, a self-taught artist, is one of the
most sought after speed painting artists in the world. He
has performed in over 28 countries on some of the most
prestigious stages. His performances on Asia’s Got
Talent on AXN and Got Talent World Stage Live have
caught attention of millions of art lovers across the world.
He was a finalist of India’s Got Talent season 3 and
winner of ‘EC live quotient Most Innovative Act Award’
2012.
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