Bi-Communal Choir for Peace - Lena Melanidou
Cyprus
regional (e.g. continent-wide)
Primary Mission
understanding
Activity Category
performance - music - traditional
Mission Statement
two communities, Turkish-Cypriots and Greek-Cypriots, who share the same vision of a re-unified and peaceful common country and also believe in the unity of the two communities through Music. do not compromise with the division of our island but we long to see a re-unified Cyprus, part of the big European family which will safeguard a peaceful, happy and prosperous future for all its inhabitants.
Activities
The choir repertoire consists mainly of selected songs from the tradition of Cyprus in both Greek-Cypriot and Turkish - Cypriot dialects as well as newer songs in Greek, Turkish and any other language as long as they send messages of peace, love, solidarity and reconciliation, messages that conform with our aims and visions. The choir works under the instructions of two conductors, a Turkish-Cypriot and a Greek-Cypriot and it also co-operates and performs with cultural groups of the smaller communities of Maronites and Armenians.
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