BKB Charity | Berlin, July 3rd, 2015: With their first public concert, the newly formed ‘Junge Kammerphilharmonie Berlin’ supports the humanitarian campaign ‘BKB Charity’. Themed ‚Our hospital helps Nepal’s children’, the BKB charity campaign aims to help the Nepalese children who were hit by a series of major earthquakes. We give material assistance and offer medical care as well as curative treatment in the BKB children’s hospital in Gelsenkirchen.

The audience in the Berlin chamber music hall experiences a fantastic first performance of the young and dedicated orchestra, which played at the highest musical level conducted by Aurélien Bello. The program includes Sergei Prokofjev, Symphony Nr. 1 D-Dur op. 25 ‚Symphonie classique“, Richard Strauss, concerto for oboe and small orchestra D-Dur as well as Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony Nr. 7 D-Dur op. 92.

BKB Charity | Berlin, July 3rd, 2015: During the After Show Party immediately after the first public concert of the newly formed ‘Junge Kammerphilharmonie Berlin’, conductor Aurélien Bello and Dr. med. Gerrit Lautner of Bergmannsheil und Kinderklinik Buer (BKB) find the time for a first recap.

Dr. Lautner congratulates Mr. Bello on the brilliant opening concert in the chamber music hall of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and on the successful charity event in favor of the aid project ‘Our hospital helps Nepal’s children’. Mr. Bello, proud of the fantastic performance of the young orchestra, looks forward to many other joint activities together with the humanitarian initiative BKB Charity.

BKB Charity | Berlin, July 3rd, 2015: At the 100 m high panoramic point, with a breathtaking view on Berlin, the orchestra of the newly formed ‘Junge Kammerphilharmonie Berlin’ celebrates the success of their first concert which was enthusiastically received by the audience.

Among the many guests Dr. med. Gerrit Lautner and Dr. med. Christian Afflerbach of the Bergmannsheil und Kinderklinik Buer (BKB) use this opportunity to draw attention to the cooperation of the ‘Junge Kammerphilharmonie Berlin’ with the humanitarian initiative ‘BKB Charity’. Combined with an appeal for continued support and joint actions, Dr. Afflerbach gives an account of the current BKB aid project ‘Our hospital helps Nepal’s children’ and of his personal experiences in Nepal.

Themed ‘Together for Nepal’s Children’, BKB Charity was able to win the International Association ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e.V. as partner for the event ‘International 24Hz Festival for Urban Media Art’. Between August 25th and 29th, 2015 the public interested in art experiences at various locations in the Southern district of Cologne the clash of media art and urban culture in the form of creative workshops, films, performances and installations of young artists beyond the boundaries of countries and art forms. The video presents the 24Hz Festival and the people behind it.

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