05/02/2015 8pm-9:30pm
The New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th St, NYC

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the United Nations will have conferences that discuss revising the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. On this occasion a live concert WITH LOVE to Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Concert for Disarmament will be held. The performers and guests include the Choir for Hibakusha (victims of atomic bombs) “Sunflower”, the choir team of Fiorello H. La Guardia High School, DJ Spooky and Sam Sadigursky with hibakusha Setsuko Thurlow, Keiko Sasamori and Yasuaki Yamashita. Also, Masaaki Tanokura, Concertmaster of Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, will play “Hibaku Violin” that survivied the A-bomb in Hiroshima. Produced by Youth Arts New York’s Hibakusha Stories Initiative and the New York Society for Ethical Culture in collaboration with Peace Boat US, the concert celebrates the activities of atomic bomb victims for world peace and aims to promote disarmament and non proliferation of nuclear weapons.
An evening of music and spoken word hosted by Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of US President Harry S Truman, and featuring:

The Hibakusha Choir, Himawari with Fiorello LaGuardia High School for Music and Art & the Performing Arts Music Theory Choir
Eco philosopher and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy
Brooklyn-based composer and musician Jean Rohe
Multi-reedist and composer Sam Sadigursky
DJ Spooky with a sneak preview of Peace Symphony: 8 Stories
Disarmament Educator Kathleen Sullivan
Masaaki Tanokura, concertmaster of the Osaka Symphony, playing the Hiroshima Jogakuin hibaku (atomic bomb survived) violin
Poet Anne Waldman with Fast Speaking Music
Atomic bomb survivors Setsuko Thurlow, Shigeko Sasamori and Yasuaki Yamashita
directed by: Linda S. Chapman
projections by: Pikadon Project and Amber Cooper Davies

Produced by Youth Arts New York’s Hibakusha Stories initiative & the New York Society for Ethical Culture in collaboration with Peace Boat US

For more information, please visit
http://www.hibakushastories.org