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ON THE OCCASION OF the European Union and the 2018 Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union are delighted to present a SPECIAL CONCERT BY THE UNITED NATIONS ORCHESTRA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ANTOINE MARGUIER FEATURING BULGARIAN VIOLINIST LIYA PETROVA Wednesday 9 May 2018, 7:30 p.m. Victoria Hall - Free entrance Tickets available at the Billeterie Ville de Genève (tel: 0800 418 418)

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Page 1: Presidency of the Council of the European Union are ... · Béla Bartók - Six Romanian Folk Dances Jules Massenet – Meditation from Thaïs Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen ON

ON THE OCCASION OF

the European Union and the 2018 Bulgarian

Presidency of the Council of the European

Union are delighted to present a

SPECIAL CONCERT BY THE UNITED NATIONS ORCHESTRAUNDER THE DIRECTION OF ANTOINE MARGUIER FEATURING BULGARIAN VIOLINIST LIYA PETROVA

Wednesday 9 May 2018, 7:30 p.m.Victoria Hall - Free entrance

Tickets available at the Billeterie Ville de Genève (tel: 0800 418 418)

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WELCOME REMARKS

Ambassador Peter Sørensen Permanent Observer of the European Union to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Ambassador Marc Vanheukelen Permanent Representative of the European Union to the World Trade Organization

Ambassador Deyana Kostadinova Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Mme Sandrine Salerno Vice-President, City of Geneva

CONCERT PROGRAMME DIRECTION: ANTOINE MARGUIER VIOLIN: LIYA PETROVA

European anthem – Ludwig Van Beethoven - Ode to Joy

Gioachino Rossini - The Barber of Seville, Overture

Camille Saint-Saëns - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Petar Hristoskov - The little Toccata for solo violin

Maurice Ravel – Pavane for a dead princess

Béla Bartók - Six Romanian Folk Dances

Jules Massenet – Meditation from Thaïs

Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen

ON THIS ANNIVERSARY EUROPE LOOKS BACK WITH PRIDEAND LOOKS FORWARD WITH HOPE.

The date of 9 May marks the anniversary of the historical ‘Schuman declaration’.At a speech in Paris on 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman, the then French Foreign Minister, set out his idea for a new form of political cooperation in Europe, which would make war between Europe’s nations unthinkable. His vision was to create a European institution that would pool and manage coal and steel production. A treaty creating such a body was signed just under a year later. Schuman’s proposal is considered to be the beginning of what is now the European Union.Since then we have built a Union that promotes peaceful cooperation, respect of human dignity, liberty, democracy, equality and solidarity among European nations and peoples.

EUROPE DAY HELD ON 9 MAY EVERY YEAR CELEBRATES PEACE AND UNITY IN EUROPE.