15 March 2022
A meeting took place between the director of the Museum of Contemporary Glass Art of Alcorcón Maria Luisa Martinez and the director of the Museum of Peace - MAMT Pia Molinari.
15 March 2022
On the occasion of the "Musics for Peace" event, there was the presentation of the "I Filandari" collection, high quality olive oil since 1896, which the Museum of Peace will promote.
Artist Ciccio Merolla, who was surrounded by representatives of the company, expressed his satisfaction.
14 March 2022
The Fondazione Mediterraneo and the Anna Lindh Federation participated in the Mercadante Theatre - adjacent to the seat of the Fondazione and the Museum of Peace MAMT - in the presentation to the City of Naples of the new guidelines for the cultural policy of Naples and its metropolitan area, outlining the course for the coming years and defining the nine strategic priorities that will inspire the work of the Administration.
Three actions are already in the pipeline: the development of a structure, under exclusive public ownership, capable of caring for, protecting, maintaining and enhancing cultural sites; the upgrading of municipal libraries; and the strengthening of the music sector aimed at consolidating the role of 'Naples as a city of music'.
A month of discussion awaits us. Ideas from the world of culture will be collected and will integrate and enrich the operational programme.
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 2022 - 2026 CULTURE PLAN, YOU CAN SUBMIT A PROPOSAL BY FILLING IN THE FORM AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://www.comune.napoli.it/culturanapoli2022-2026-proposte
14 March 2022
A study seminar and tribute to Prof. Xavier Richet was held in Paris by the President of the University of Dahla Driss Guerraoui.
Prof. Michele Capasso, Secretary General of the United States of the World, joined in the remembrance, sharing the qualities of his late friend.
PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK "VIRGINIA COLOMBATI MAESTRA DI BEL CANTO" BY ANDREA ZEPPONI (Marsilio publisher)
12 March 2022
The presentation of the book "Virginia Colombati, maestra di belcanto" by Andrea Zepponi (Marsilio Editore) took place in the "Sala Palestina" of the Museo della Pace MAMT - in full compliance with the anti-Covid 19 rules.
Speakers with the author were Michele Capasso, Giovanni Battista Digon and Elisabetta Lombardi. The musicologist Simone Di Crescenzo sent a message.
Speakers included representatives from the world of music, politics and institutions.
A concert was held in honour of Virginia Colombati with soprano Anna Corvino - accompanied by Maestro Giovanni Battista Digon.
Ciccio Merolla and Valentina Crimaldi Zurzolo performed "Music for Peace".
12 March 2022
Adelaide Cuciniello took part in the "Music for Peace" event held in the Museum of Peace - MAMT as part of the initiatives for peace in Ukraine and the rest of the world.
Among the other artists who performed were: Andrea Zepponi, Anna Corvino, Ciccio Merolla, Valentina Crimaldi Zurzolo.
12 March 2022
On the occasion of the presentation of the book "Virginia Colombati maestra di belcanto", the participants visited the section of the museum dedicated to Pino Daniele and expressed their appreciation for the initiative and the motions received.
Sandro Pezzoli and Andrea Zepponi stayed in Pino Daniele's studio and were visibly impressed by the atmosphere and the songs played.
12 March 2022
A Peace Concert dedicated to Ukraine was held at the Museum of Peace - MAMT.
The speakers were:
Anna Corvino (soprano), Giovanni Battista Rigon (piano), Ciccio Merolla (percussion), Valentina Crimaldi Zurzolo, Adelaide Cuciniello (singer).
11 March 2022
On March 11th, IPI hosted a virtual conversation among four former UN senior officials on “The War in Ukraine: Anticipating Dilemmas for the UN as it Strives to Stop the Fighting.”
As the war progresses in Ukraine and millions of lives are upended, questions concerning ceasefires, humanitarian pauses and the like will advance. What dilemmas will the UN inevitably face when working to establish mechanisms to stop the fighting?
How can a ceasefire or humanitarian pause be negotiated without rewarding aggression?
What are the lessons from past experience?
And how can a constructive path forward be established?
Speakers:
- Mark Malloch Brown, President of the Open Society Foundations, former UN Deputy Secretary-General, and Administrator of the UN Development Programme;
- Karin Landgren, Executive Director of Security Council Report, former UN Under-Secretary-General, and Head of three UN Peace Operations;
- Jan Egeland, Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council and former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator;
- Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, President of the International Peace Institute and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Among the discussants was Michele Capasso, President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo.
08 March 2022
The Fondazione Mediterraneo decided to celebrate "International Women's Day" by dedicating it to Ukrainian women: innocent victims of a fratricidal war in the heart of Europe.
Throughout the day, the Museum's 107 large videowalls projected images of Ukrainian women whose dignity and lives had been violated.
So as not to forget what appears to be a tragedy of immense proportions.
President Capasso was moved and addressed the women present and those connected to the webinar:
"We want to dedicate this 8 March 2022 to the Ukrainian women who resist, who heal, who flee, who fight for life, who cry, who stand against Putin's war, who hope for Europe, who ask us to help them.
The images of Ukrainian women victims of the war flash before our eyes, now unaccustomed to this spectacle in the heart of Europe: thousands dead, hundreds of thousands displaced or exiled, cities and villages in ruins, bridges and buildings destroyed by cannon fire, monuments of culture or faith desecrated, violence and humiliation of all kinds, countless lives of simple people mutilated or torn apart forever. Human suffering cannot be summed up. Can one go beyond it?
This question is addressed at the same time to Russia, which has invaded Ukraine, but also to those who have done so little to stop this war in the heart of Europe.
What can we say, in the face of such a tragedy, of a UN unsuited to the changes in our world with bureaucratic rules and vetoes that prevent real peace action; of a NATO that has remained a prisoner of archaic defence models; of a European Union that cares so little for the rest of Europe except for economic needs and following the law of markets and merchants; of a Russia that is trying to take over from the former Soviet Union using force and violence, of all these games barely disguised by the great powers and their interests? Agreements constantly betrayed, pacts mocked and negotiators made ridiculous, international resolutions ignored, humanitarian convoys themselves becoming targets of deadly rage. Russia has provoked a war in the heart of Europe, against a 'brother-country': Ukraine. A European war that is being waged according to archaic and despotic criteria contrary to any logic. A morally illegitimate war with no legal basis. Above all, it is a war fought by causing humiliation, suffering, genocide, violations, planned and announced massacres, the victims of which are mainly women and children.
On this day we want to pay tribute to the women of Ukraine, to whom our thoughts and support go.
Let us once again throw a bottle into our sea with a common appeal to what is left of consciences on our shores".