In a first for the European Commission, a concert of classical music was performed Tuesday evening in the min hall of the famous Berlaymont building in the heart of Brussels. On the eve of a meeting of the European Council where EU heads of state will discuss growing instability and security challenges in the world, the honorary president of Dialogue & Democracy Omar Harfouch premiered an item he had composed specially for the occasion.
The two-movement piece is entitled "Sauvez une vie, vous sauvez l'humanité", or "If you save a life, you save humanity" and is an appeal for global peace. The phrase itself is found in the Talmud and the Qur'an, from which Harfouch read to the audience, itself probably another first.
