Concert of Love for the children of “Merimna”
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
9 October 2021
On the occasion of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, on Saturday, October 9, Merimna invites you to a unique online, on demand Concert of Love.
We kindly ask you to support the Love Concert, by attending, sharing the information about it and inviting others, your followers, friends, associates and families, in order to help the children in need of Palliative Care!
The aim of the concert is to raise awareness of the need for Palliative Care and to support the only Pediatric Palliative Care service in Greece that Merimna has been operating since 2010. Pediatric Palliative Care is the holistic care provided by a multidisciplinary team of health professionals and aims to help children suffering from a life-threatening illness to live, with Dignity and Quality, a life that takes on special meaning for them and their loved ones in the face of the possibility or certainty of death.
Merimna, the Friends of Merimna and the Greek Society for Pediatric Palliative Care, with the hospitality of Thessaloniki Concert Hall and the artists who participate pro bono, soprano Marina Voulogianni, pianist Nikos Zafranas, the Choir of St. Kirillos & Methodius and the choir director Maria Meligopoulou, compose a unique artistic puzzle, exclusively in support of the work of Merimna.
The voices and the symphonic melodies invite everyone in Greece and abroad to attend the online concert for a good cause.
The concert has been filmed in the foyer of the sophisticated aesthetics of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, overlooking Thermaikos and includes favourite songs of the Greek composers Mikis Theodorakis and Manos Hadjidakis, as well as selected excerpts of the works of Gabriel Fauré, Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky, Vincenzo Bellini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti, Francis Poulenc, Kurt Weill and Theodoros Spathis.
Attend Merimna’s online Love Concert, tell your friends and colleagues to do the same and support children in need of Palliative Care!
The Concert will be available online from 9.10.21 – 8.11.21, on the viva.gr platform. The cost of each ticket is 10 euros.
You can buy your tickets here
Information
Irene Gkioulakou – Fundraising Manager
fundraising@merimna.org.gr
Tel. Contact: +306936704226
Sincere Thanks to:
We would like to thank the contributors of the concert for their generous and gratuitous support of the work of Merimna, the only Pediatric Palliative Care organization in Greece.
Mr. Νikos Ζafranas, pianist,
Mrs. Μarina Voulogianni, soprano,
Mrs. Μaria Μeligopoulou, founder– choir director,
The members of the Choir St. Kirillos & Methodius Church,
Mr. Theofilo Dadi, director and photographer,
Mr. Christo Galilea, Director of the Concert Hall of Thessaloniki,
Mr. Panagioti Kountouri, Planning & Design Office of the Artistic Program of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall,
Mr. Christo Tsikanteri, piano tuner,
Mrs. Anna Stampolidou make-up artist,
Mrs. Afroditi Stagkou hair stylist.
For the translations of the texts and the editing Mrs. Marina Voulogianni.
We thank you all for supporting the work of Merimna and Pediatric Palliative Care in Greece. Your love made this concert a reality.
Brief CVs of the artists can be found here
A few words about Merimna
Merimna is the only organization in Greece specializing in Pediatric Palliative Care and Grief Counseling for children and adolescents.
More information: www.merimna.org.gr
A few words about the Friends of Merimna
Friends of Merimna is a non-profit association, founded to support Merimna. It is a large group of volunteers with a common purpose: to provide Merimna with the means and financial support to carry out its work.
More information: www.friendsofmerimna.gr
A few words about the Greek Society for Pediatric Palliative Care
The Greek Society for Pediatric Palliative Care is a scientific association, founded in 2009, with the main purpose of promoting Pediatric Palliative Care in our country.
More information: www.ppc.org.gr
A few words about World Palliative Care Day
World Palliative Care Day is a day of action to celebrate and highlight the importance of palliative care around the world. On this day, we join with all those who need palliative care and promote the necessity to integrate palliative care into national health strategies and budgets so that governments can ensure that they provide the resources needed for equitable access to these services. The World Palliative Care Day is organized by the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance.
More information: https://thewhpca.org/world-hospice-and-palliative-care-day
