ROma, May 5th. (askanews) – Amnesty International Italy celebrates its 50 years of work in 2025 in the defense of human rights And he does it with a great classical music concert scheduled for May 25 (at 6 pm) at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan. The master Luigi Piovano (who is also the first solo cello of the Santa Cecilia Academy) He will direct the Italian Switzerland Orchestra (Osi) in the execution of Beethoven’s heroic symphony: a special event, in which music becomes a symbol of freedom and justice.
The heroic dedicated to Napoleon
“The heroic was the symphony that Beethoven wanted to dedicate to the person who was the hero for him, he was Napoleon,” he explained Maestro Luigi rain. «The heroic name for me is a symbol of heroines and heroes who are part of Amnesty InternationalHe added. «The Italian Switzerland orchestra, one of the best European orchestras. For me it is a great honor to bring this orchestra to Milan-he remembered, then launching the invitation-I wait for you at the concert, 25-05-2025 cannot be made mistakes ».
Amnesty International turns 50
Amnesty International, in Italy since 1975, over the course of these 50 years, has played a crucial role in many battles for justice and fundamental rights. «As far as I am concerned, I am 45 out of 50, I have seen almost everything, I saw a constant, that is, that the change is obtained when people mobilize and when art puts themselves in the service of this change. On May 25 the sense of this concert by Maestro Piovano is precisely this: in the moment of need art must be on the side of human rights “explained Riccardo Noury, spokesman for Amnesty International Italy.
The abolition of the death penalty
Among the most famous battles of Amnesty, The definitive abolition of the death penalty (canceled by the military code in 1994)the contribution for the law, at the time among the most advanced in the world, on the trade of weapons; And, together with other NGOs, the participation in the works that led to the establishment of the International Criminal Court, thanks to the adoption of the Rome Statute of Rome in 1998.
“(Battles) All difficult, but if I have to choose one I think of the almost 30 years that we used to convince the Italian Parliament to have a law that punished the crime of torture. We started this campaign in 1989 and we got the result in 2017,” Noury stressed.
Who are the heroines and heroes of today?
“It is the people who resist the repression of governments, those who in Bangladesh despite a thousand deaths in the square in 2024 have managed to change a government; they are the ones who in Georgia and Serbia in recent months fight to affirm fundamental human rights and they will be young people who in Italy despite a decree Liberticida law will continue to do what it is right to do, that is, protest peacefully because it is a fundamental human right”, the spokesman for Amnesty International Italy.
Tickets for the concert are available online on Ticketone.
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