EUYO and Vasily Petrenko to perform at 11 November world leaders armistice ceremony in Paris
07/11/18 - On 11 November 2018 the European Union Youth Orchestra, together with their Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko, will perform at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe during a ceremony marking the centenary of the end of World War I. The event is organised by the French government’s Mission du centenaire de la Première Guerre Mondiale under the direction of France’s President Macron, and will be attended by many world leaders. Vasily Petrenko and the EUYO will perform Ravel’s Bolero as the climax of a commemoration that includes music by cellist Yo Yo Ma and Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo.
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