Tonight, Joyce DiDonato will be joined onstage at the Philharmonie de Luxembourg by a multi-cultural children’s choir brought by El Sistema Luxembourg in collaboration with EME Foundation, Finkapé and the International School of Luxembourg. The distinctively diverse choir includes children from the many origins and backgrounds that make up Luxembourgish society today, including refugees, local luxembourgers, afro-descendents and members of the international community. Joyce DiDonato is currently on tour with Il pomo d'oro orchestra led by Maxim Emelyanychev.
Next to making music together, this highly symbolic group is also participating in a series of workshops around our local environmental issues, based on the curriculum plan brought forth by The International Teaching Artist Collaborative, the main partner in EDEN educational project. The goal is for students to become climate-recovery advocates and nature enthusiasts, with a strong sense of their personal relevance through artistic creation and care for nature
Joyce DiDonato’s groundbreaking project EDEN directs urgent attention to the greatest issue of our day: the human connection and responsibility to Nature. Spanning 45 cities across five continents between 2022-24, EDEN seeks to burst out of the concert hall and invite the audience to experience a deep connection to the natural world through evocative music across four centuries, including a world premiere, "The First Morning of the World," by Academy Award winning composer, Rachel Portman. The heart and soul of EDEN is a game-changing educational commitment to accompany the international concert tour, eventually building a digital curriculum for implementation across the globe.
Watch Joyce explain more about the EDEN project on this video: