Fryderyk Chopin Belgian Royal Palace 🇧🇪 Belgium MFA La Monnaie De Munt Chopin Institute Wieniawski Society 🎻🇵🇱 Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 The Violin Channel The 24 semi-finalists of the Queen Elisabeth Competition #Violin2024 includes two Russian and three Ukrainian candidates: queenelisabethcompetition.be/en/competition… #WFIMC NB: The competition no longer posts at X.

The 24 semi-finalists of the ongoing Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels #Violin2024 : youtu.be/25U2KmO3ArI?si… NB: The official title of the competition no longer includes the superfluous “International” and “Music”. The Chopin Competition in Warsaw could also omit…

Icons of Europe Vjosa Osmani Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz MFA Kosova 🇽🇰 KOSOVOinBrussels🇽🇰 University of Prishtina UNMIK (UN Mission in Kosovo) UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Council of Europe Kosova in Poland Fryderyk Chopin In relation to my recent post below and Icons of Europe’s questions, Kosovo’s ability to shape its own national/cultural identity in a meaningful way will set the tone for its future relationship with China. #culturaldiplomacy #nationalidentity

Icons of Europe Vjosa Osmani Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz MFA Kosova 🇽🇰 KOSOVOinBrussels🇽🇰 University of Prishtina UNMIK (UN Mission in Kosovo) UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Council of Europe Kosova in Poland Fryderyk Chopin These questions on Kosova’s national/cultural identity are absolutely key for the nation’s longer-term prosperity and security.

Next: To facilitate multilateral relations in Europe and access to international organisations, how will Kosova define its own national/cultural identity (e.g. persons, fields, values)?
Desirable for the identity to be acceptable to all Kosovars and all Balkan states? ID project?

Kosova in Poland Coinciding with the opening of Kosova’s new Consulate General in Warsaw, the 14th edition of the “Chopin Piano Fest Prishtina” is set for 9 May - 9 June 2024 at the Amphitheatre of the University of Prishtina. The 2022 edition: youtube.com/playlist?list=… Albin Kurti Drilon S. Gashi…

Today marks 184 years since #Tchaikovsky was born 🥳

To celebrate, here's a recording of Piano Concerto No 1 from our archive. In 2020, pianist Ke Ma performed with Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Farnes.

Watch the full recording ⬇️
youtu.be/QZqplrImTOw

Fryderyk Chopin Icons of Europe История.РФ 🇷🇺 Президент России Москва Moscow Conservatory Большой театр Tchaikovsky Research Tchaikovskyhome Министерство культуры России MFA Russia 🇷🇺 The Moscow Times Москваgov Anton Troianovski Moscow Symphony Arthur Arnold Санкт-Петербург Moscow Virtuosi Театральный музей Mikhailovsky theatre Театральный Петербург Афиша СПб театр спектакли Daniil Trifonov Nikolay Khozyainov Russia 🇷🇺 Russia Beyond Céleste Pagniello 🇺🇦🇬🇪⚪️🔴⚪️ Happy Birthday to Tchaikovsky /
С Днем Рождения Чайковского!
youtu.be/N6D4gE3gdLs?fe… #Tchaikovsky

Icons of Europe Council of Europe Council of Europe office in Brussels Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Chopin Institute Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 H. Mościcka-Dendys Marta Cienkowska Embassy of Poland BE Re Europe Day today: We believe that #CulturalDiplomacy in its many forms supports the core values of the Council of Europe. For ex, the annual festival “Chopin and His Europe” reaches a wide audience with emotions, insight and inspiration: youtu.be/-Fb0Ujx7upg?si… #Chopin
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We share COE’s values at an NGO level. Icons of Europe’s inauguration in 2002 was celebrated with a piano recital “Under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr Walter Schwimmer”.
This event stimulated our priority to #CHOPIN . iconsofeurope.com/event.020921.h…

Fryderyk Chopin Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Chopin Institute Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 Poland in the EU Embassy of Poland BE Ambasada Szwecji Kulturdepartementet The Swedish Nightingale H. Mościcka-Dendys Earlier, we celebrated the EU enlargement signed at Copenhagen in 2002 with a chamber music concert in Brussels with high-level patronage. On the program: Bartók Chopin Dvořák Holmboe Kodály Martinů Paderewski iconsofeurope.com/kammermusik.en…

Re “PL 20 years in the EU”:
We celebrated Poland’s entry by performing in 2004 our musical drama «Chopin and The Nightingale» at the Swedish embassy in Warsaw under the patronage of the PL Ministry of Culture and the Chopin Institute. The VIP audience included seven ambassadors:…

Fryderyk Chopin Chopin Institute Leeds International Piano Competition Wieniawski Society 🎻🇵🇱 The Cliburn The Beethoven Vienna Grieg Piano Comp Operalia Competition CMIM Concours de Genève Ministry of Culture and Information Policy Tkachenko Oleksandr Віталій Кличко MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 United Nations Geneva Int'l Music Council medici.tv Amadeus Tv Tribune de Genève Ukraine's Mission to UNOG UKR Mission to the EU UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Mariya Gabriel Ville de Genève てんこちょ浜松（浜松市） PM's Office of Japan MOFA of Japan Spokesperson发言人办公室 Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Victoria Shanghai Academy Stella Chen The Juilliard School The May 2024 newsletter of the World Federation of International Music Competitions: mailchi.mp/753ba6b858b4/w… #WFIMC #FMCIM

Does Kosova now wish to build a similar cooperation strategy with other countries in support of its economic potential and political aims?
#culturaldiplomacy #nationalidentity

Observation from Brussels:
Kosova and Poland will no doubt find important fields of cooperation through their educational institutions - from Chopin and Copernicus to Diplomacy and Artificial Intelligence. - Video of “Chopin Piano Fest Prishtina”: youtu.be/egEgRCqcm0k?fe… #Chopin …

Correct! - As you have pointed out, #Shakespeare was most likely the son of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots and her lover, the Italian courtier David Rizzio. Thus, William was a half-brother of James VI/I, his patron.
P.S. Happy Birthday! iconsofeurope.com/shakespeare.htm #Shakespeare Sunday

Concert pianist / #CulturalDiplomacy :
From classical music to a think tank, EU enlargement and Western Balkans politics … and temporarily back on 27 May to the 14th Chopin Piano Fest 2024 in Prishtina. Organised by the Kosovo Chopin Association since 2010:…

Kosova in Poland Fryderyk Chopin Drilon S. Gashi MFA Kosova 🇽🇰 If “the majority” of Kosovars prefer Kosova, not Kosovo, could the government not make it a formal decision (also re Pristina/Prishtina)? NATIONAL IDENTITY is crucial for Kosova.
Today, Kosovar institutions use both _va and _vo, while many foreign ones use _vo (UN, COE etc).

Best wishes for the 14th “Chopin Piano Fest Prishtina”, 9 May - 9 June 2024. Important for international relations and for Kosovo’s national identity. Albin Kurti Drilon S. Gashi #Kosovo #Kosova UN Kosovo Team #Prishtina #Chopin #CulturalDiplomacy

Honored to be awarded the European Prize by the Coudenhove-Kalergi society.

This recognition reflects not just my efforts but 🇽🇰s enduring commitment to 🇪🇺 values.

As the second 🇽🇰 President to accept this award, after President Rugova, this prize holds a special significance.