Take a look at some of the concerts that have been dedicated, to the fight against child labour:
Students of the Provincial Music Conservatory of the province of Tucumán played to raise awareness against child labour
12 June 2017 at Salón Blanco de la Casa de Gobierno de la Provincia de Tucumán, Argentina.
"Music is a factor of change, progress and social development". Tucumán is the province with the most orchestras and choirs, so we want to continue to integrate all citizens and educate society through this project for children and young people in a situation of exclusion and vulnerability.
“Today Project” roundtable and concert on Universal Children’s Day
20 November 2016 at Cappella di Santa Maria, Ghemme, Italy
The roundtable will bring together representatives from government, workers’ and employers’ organisations, and major Piedmont-based companies as well as local foundations, artists and schools. The objective is to present the “Today Project”, through which many music, art and educational events have been organised in Italy to raise awareness about child labour, reaching out to new partners and audiences.
The project is named after the song by Maria Olivero “TODAY Say No to Child Labour” and a new initiative which will allow artists worldwide to add their voices to the chorus of the song using specially designed software will be presented. The roundtable will be followed by a concert combining classical and pop music, including the “TODAY” song, with readings.
The event is organised by the Ghemme-based Italian association Carnevalspettacolo, with the support of local foundations. Carnevalspettacolo is a long-term supporter of the campaign against child labour having organised many events centred on the Pinocchio canvas created by high school students from Bergamo and Romagnano Sesia.
Artists and stakeholders join the World Day Against Child Labour 2016
2016 in Myanmar
This year, the country celebrated the World Day Against Child Labour for the 3rd time. Events were organized in different part of the country with the support of the ILO and in partnership with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Confederation of Trade Unions in Myanmar, Ratana Metta Organization, Sympathy Hands and Jeepyah Civil Society Development Organization.
Musicians in tune for the 2016 World Day Against Child Labour
May and June 2016 in France
To mark the 2016 World Day Against Child Labour, a series of concerts have been planned around France as part of the ILO’s Music Against Child Labour Initiative (MACLI) . The upcoming concerts taking place on 20 May in Marvejols and 12 June in Marseille are dedicated to the struggle against child labour and will be performed by a mix of children’s choirs and professional musicians.
The students of CAIS will be playing a special concert dedicated to children's rights
14 June 2016 at Changchun American International School in Changchun, China
Children worldwide take different rights and responsibilities and face a variety of challenges, risks and opportunities, the PYP3 students in CAIS decided to organise a concert, dedicated to children’s rights and particularly against child labour. The concert will mark the World Day Against Child Labour 12th June.
During the concert there will be performances of songs dedicated to this cause and instrumental performances with solo and ensemble settings, presented by these talented students along with the music teachers in CAIS. The students are in a process of composing a song that will be performed for the first time at this concert. The aim of the concert is to raise awareness amongst the CAIS community and support the big initiative Music Against Child Labour launched by ILO.
Artists rock against child labour to mark Philippines Independence Day
12 June 2015 at the Rizal Park Open Auditorium in Manila, Phillipines
Artists and rock bands in the Philippines will stage a free concert against child labour to mark the 117th Philippine Independence Day and the World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June.
The concert, featuring The Dawn, Noel Cabangon, Ebe Dancel, Dicta License, Brass Pas Pas Pas, Kai Honasan, Maya’s Anklet and Reklamo, will call for freedom from child labour.
“Child labour is wrong. It doesn't give children the opportunity to enjoy their childhood. It's also one of the reasons why they don't finish their education. It's really an alarming thing to just be complacent about,” said Francis de Veyra, musical director and bassist for Radioactive Sago Project, Brass Pas Pas Pas and Bignay Sound System.
In the Philippines, there are 2.1 million child labourers aged 5-17 years old, mostly in hazardous work (95 per cent) according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. Children work on farms and plantations, in dangerous mines, in streets, in factories, and in private homes as child domestic workers. Agriculture remains to be the sector where most child labourers can be found at 58 per cent.
Pilar Jurado dedicates her concert at the LaborArte 2015 festival a to the "Music against Child Labour" initiative
11 May 2015 at the Conde Duque Centro Cultural, Madrid, Spain
The Festival LaborArte 2015 is an initiative of the International Labor Organization (ILO), through its Office in Madrid, and aims to organize a program of cultural activities that explores the relationship between the two core fields of human activity: work and culture. The Festival is organised as a preamble to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the ILO, which will be held in 2019.
The Conde Duque Cultural Centre will be the headquarters for this first edition and the pioneering program will include film screenings, discussions, literature, lectures and musical performances, among them the concert of soprano and songwriter Pilar Jurado, special contributor of the initiative "music against child labor" of the International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC).
Pilar Jurado will perform the anthem "Nana para dormir a un niño que no descansa"
20 February 2015 at Auditorio Municipal Maestro Padilla, Almería, Spain
Pilar Jurado, a special contributor of the International Labour Organization, will perform the anthem for the eradication of child labor on Friday, February 20 - the World Day for social justice - in the Maestro Padilla Municipal Auditorium in Almería.
She will also perform her latest work "El diablo en el poder" that includes a historical tour of the Spanish poetry, with the Almeria City Orchestra, conducted by Michael Thomas, and present "Nana para dormir al niño que no descansa" accompanied by the Almeria City Orchestra Choir and the Pedro Mena Children's Choir (Adra).
"Today Festival - Say NO to Child Labour" concert
20 February 2015 at Conservatorio di Musica “L. Canepa”, Sassari, Italy
The “Today Festival” brings together musicians and musicians’ organizations with schools, municipalities and local cultural associations in a series of music, art and educational events to raise awareness about child labour.
On the evening of 20 February, students from music conservatories and high schools in Sassari will express their support for the Music Against Child Labour Initiative. The programme will include performances by students of the music conservatories “L. Canepa”, “D. A. Azuni” and "G. Marconi", special performances by soloists, pop groups, a jazz ensemble, as well as poetry recitals. The winning videos of the Ministry of Education’s 2014 “Music Against Child Labour” competition will be presented. A large canvas (7,8m x 3,5m) “Monopoly: This is not a game” created by the students to raise awareness about child labour will be displayed and presented to the audience. Director Antonio Ligios of the prestigious Conservatory of Music "Luigi Canepa" will officially adhere to the Initiative and present his statement of support.
Pilar Jurado in concert presenting her "Lullaby to sing to sleep a child who never rests"
Wednesday 17 December 2014 at Theatre la Zarzuela, Madrid
At Madrid’s la Zarzuela Theatre, Pilar Jurado, ILO Special Contributor, will perform her new song for the eradication of child labour 'Lullaby to sing to sleep a child who never rests'
Spanish soprano and ILO Special Contributor Pilar Jurado will perform her new anthem for the eradication of child labour on Wednesday 17 December at the Theatre la Zarzuela in Madrid, where she will present her latest work 'The devil in power', which includes a historical tour of Spanish Bel Canto.
The song will be performed at the end of the concert, accompanied by the Granada City Orchestra and the Schola Pueri Cantori of Granada Cathedral, with whom Pilar Jurado premiered her song in June on World Day Against Child Labour.
With this initiative, Pilar is launching her anthem against child labour “Lullaby to sing to sleep a child who never rests” on iTunes and other music platforms. The profits will go entirely to support projects on child labour eradication that the International Labour Organization is promoting around the world. So every person who downloads the song will become a contributor to the ILO’s work to end child labour. Director of the ILO Office for Spain, Joaquin Nieto, and Simon Steyne of the ILO International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour and coordinator of the global of the Music Against Child Labour Initiative will attend the concert.
Pilar Jurado is a co-founder of the Initiative together with other major figures in the world of music including the conductors Daniel Barenboim, José-Antonio Abreu and especially, the late Claudio Abbado, who died in January 2014.
Christmas concert by the Fanny Hensel Music School, Berlin
14 december 2014, Lutheran Church in Berlin’s Humboldthain district, Germany
In Berlin, the Fanny Hensel Music School (named after the composer Fanny Hensel née Mendelssohn, sister of Felix, and part of Berlin Mitte’s public provision for lifelong learning and culture) will dedicate its traditional Christmas concert to the Initiative and the wider struggle against child labour.
The concert, to be held on 14 December, the third Sunday of Advent, in the Lutheran Church in Berlin’s Humboldthain district, will combine the four disciplines the school offers its pupils: chamber and orchestral music, choral singing and dance.
Jose Pons
Auditorio del CCCB, Centro de Cultura Contemporánea, Barcelona, España, 27 November 2014
On 27 November in Barcelona, Maestro Pons conducted the Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatro de Liceo in a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at a concert dedicated to the struggle against child labour.
TV3, the most watched Catalan television channel, broadcast a news item and a video clip from the concert.
"Today Festival” Milano Classica Orchestra and the Municipality of Milan
Opening on 20 November 2014, Festival goes on till 20 February 2015
The “Today Festival” will run from 20 November 2014 to 20 February 2015 - from the 25th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (20 November), through Human Rights Day (10 December) until the International Day for Social Justice (20 February). The Festival brings together musicians and musicians’ organizations with schools, municipalities, local bodies and cultural associations in a series of music, art and educational events to raise awareness about child labour. Activities will range from concerts, shows and exhibitions to workshops and academic debates spanning across Piemonte, Lombardia, Emilia Romagna and Sardegna and inspired by IPEC’s SCREAM (Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts and the Media) programme.
WERE
10/07/2014
JMI Annual General Assembly in Groznjan, Croatia
WERE, pronounced ‘weh-reh’ in Shona, comes from the word ‘mawere’, meaning ascending – a mountain or in life. This is an explosive 5-piece Zimbabwean band from Harare who, after being crowned the international Imagine winners in 2013, are now set to reach the top!
Imola Summer Piano Academy & Festival - "Brilliant Talent" Concert
25/07/2014
Palazzo Monsignani, Imola - Italy
The International Piano Academy of Imola, one of the most awarded piano school in the world, dedicates its "Brilliant Talent" concert, where the youngest best pianists from all over the world will play, to Music Against Child Labour.
Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra
15/05/2014, Durban City Hall, 7:30
The KzN Philharmonic Orchestra supported MACL because education through entertainment is another avenue for engendering love for music in the youth and the KzN Philharmonic has earned an excellent reputation in this field. Children have the right to enjoy their youth and not be exploited through child labour and the orchestra liked to use this concert to convey this message.
The School of Music of Gardanne dedicates the concert of the professors to the fight against child labour
15/04/2014, School of Music of Gardanne, 13120 Gardanne
Opening the professors’ concert of the School of Music of Gardanne, the 15 of April, the orchestra and the choir of the G. Peri school played and sang "Free the Children" and "The Music" within the framework of the initiative "Music against child labour”. "Free the Children" was composed by Daniel Beaume, a longtime partner of ILO/IPEC, for the global campaign against child labour, and was broadcast in several countries in collaboration with IPEC. "Music" the latest song by Daniel Baume, was dedicated to the Initiative "Music against Child Labour."
This concert is in conjunction with the project of the School Gabriel Peri of Gardanne, in partnership with the Association Earth Songs (Terre de Chansons). The class orchestra and choir of the school have been invited by IPEC to play and sing “The Music” at the opening of the meeting of the International Steering Committee of IPEC, which will take place June 10, 2014 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Acto-Concierto por la Erradicación del Trabajo Infantil
29/03/2014, Auditorio del CCCB, Barcelona
El sábado 29 de marzo a las 19:30 h. se celebrará en el Auditorio del CCCB un acto sobre la erradicación del trabajo infantil, con la participación de:
• Joaquín Nieto, Director de la Oficina de la OIT para España
• Juan Carlos Gallego, Secretario General de CCOO de Catalunya
• José María Álvarez Suárez, Secretario General de UGT de Catalunya
• Joaquim Gay de Montellà, Presidente de Foment del Treball Nacional
• Anna Folch Filella, Presidenta de UNICEF Catalunya
Se presentará el video "El trabajo infantil no es un juego de niños" y contaremos con una proyección de fotografías sobre trabajo infantil del fotógrafo Fernando Moleres.
La jornada culminará con el concierto de la soprano y compositora Pilar Jurado, colaboradora especial de la OIT para el Programa Internacional para la Erradicación del Trabajo Infantil.