The meeting entitled "Winds of Peace: Two Peoples in Two States" took place in the Palestine Room of the United States of the World. In his address, Secretary General Michele Capasso summarised the Foundation's commitment since 1987 and the historic visits of Rabin, Arafat, Abu Mazen, Shimon Peres and other protagonists of the Middle East scene. On this occasion, a donation was made for immediate aid to Palestinian families.
The United States of the World met in Sydney with delegates from the participating Oceania countries to illustrate the "Land and Peace" programme. On this occasion it was agreed to hold a presentation of the Constitution of the United States of the World at the next meeting of the countries of the continent scheduled for March 2024.
The discovery of the entire manuscript musical corpus of Adelmo Bartolucci (Pergola 1852- Pergola 1938) was the result of four years of research and now, thanks to the exquisite and sensitive generosity of the Amirante family, descendants and heirs of the musician, the maestro's entire oeuvre is present in the Museo della Pace: his five works Zingara di Granata, Giordano Bruno, Lyna, Deidda and Faublas are finally available for a proper historical-critical reading and, hopefully, forthcoming transcription. Prof. Andrea Zepponi, director of the Museum's music archive, inaugurated the happy acquisition of the music collection accompanied by the generous donation by the Amirante family (first and foremost Mrs. Maria Luisa Bartolucci, a descendant and direct niece of Adelelmo) of the excellently constructed Playel piano given to Bartolucci by the great Pietro Mascagni, then director of the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, complete with an original commemorative plaque, and various other objects that contextualise the historical piece in a recreated 19th-century corner of the Museum. But there is more: Among these objects are heirlooms of absolute curiosity that belonged to another great name from Pergola (PU), that of the opera singer Virginia Colombati (1863-1956), whose father, Giulio Pompeo Colombati (1836-1916), a composer and singer himself, was Adelmo Bartolucci's first teacher and composed a collection of chamber music arias with piano accompaniment; his daughter Virginia's Neapolitan-made mandolin, her black glass beaded shawl and similar handbag restored together with various household goods of the period. This museum corner on the ground floor of the museum (which consists of five full of priceless riches and documents) could not be more interesting. All must be visited. The library part of the archive includes music editions, monographs and encyclopaedias on musical subjects, and an endless record collection.
At 6 p.m., there was the presentation of the book by the author, Andrea Zepponi, Don Chisciotte a Montepulciano and the Birth of the Yard (My Monkey, Bologna 2023) followed by a concert dedicated to Maria Luisa Bartolucci, great-granddaughter of the maestro, at the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD and MUSEUM OF PEACE where the manuscripts of the rediscovered music and other precious relics are now kept. The concert, dedicated to the Bartolucci family and attended by Simonetta and Federico Amirante, the children of Ms. The concert, dedicated to the Bartolucci family and attended by Simonetta and Federico Amirante, the children of Mrs. Maria Luisa, was performed by the operatic voices of soprano Anna Corvino and baritone Felice Tenneriello, joined by pianist Francesco Pareti, with a selection of six chamber music pieces by musician Giulio Pompeo Colombati (1836-1916) and two pieces, one vocal and one piano, by Adelmo Bartolucci (1852-1938), both musician-composers from Pergola (PU). Zepponi, who performed a nocturne by Bartolucci for piano at the end of the evening.
The United States of the World held an event with the participation of the main environmental associations of Latin America. On this occasion, an Appeal for the Safeguarding of Creation and the Protection of Biodiversity was launched. Particular attention was paid to deforestation in the Amazon.