THE WORLD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
(WPO), IS A UNIQUE CONCEPT FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF USING MUSIC AS THE
HIGHEST FORM OF UNIVERSAL COMMUNICATION. AS SUCH, SERIES OF INTERCONTINENTAL
CONCERTS SERVE AS INSTRUMENTS OF UNITY, PEACE, AND FRATERNITY TO THE
NATIONS OF THE WORLD.
LEADERS FROM THE MAJOR NATIONAL ORCHESTRAS OF
ALL CONTINENTS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER, CREATING AN UNPRECEDENTED
UNITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL NATIONALITIES AND
ALL CULTURES, FOUNDED ON THEIR MUTUAL LOVE OF MUSIC.
MEMBERS OF THE WPO ARE NAMED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE ORCHESTRAS
AS DELEGATES TO REPRESENT THEIR COUNTRIES AS MUSICAL AMBASSADORS.
THEIR PERFORMANCE IS VOLUNTARY, A GIFT TO BENEFIT THE LEAST FAVOURED
CHILDREN.
ALL COUNTRIES ARE INVITED
TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT. IF A COUNTRY DOES NOT
HAVE ITS OWN SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA, IT MAY BE REPRESENTED BY A
MUSICIAN NATIVE TO THAT COUNTRY, EVEN IF HE IS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER
COUNTRY'S ORCHESTRA.
THE HUMANITARIAN OBJECTIVE OF THE
WPO CONCERTS IS TO BENEFIT MUSICALLY GIFTED CHILDREN
BY PROVIDING THEM MUSIC STUDY SCHOLARSHIPS. THIS SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE
ALLOW TALENTED YOUNG MUSIC STUDENTS TO BEGIN OR CONTINUE WITH
MUSICAL STUDIES THAT THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE UNDERTAKE.
THE WORLD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA'S
ESSENTIEL VOCATION IS TO MULTIPLY THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN COUNTRIES. IT MAY NEVER BE USED FOR PURPOSES OTHER
THAN THOSE DEFINED IN THE PRESENT CHARTER.
THE MOST DISTINGUISHED AND
APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES AT THE HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL
LEVELS LEND VALIDITY TO AND SUPPORT THE INTEGRITY OF THIS
WORLD-WIDE ENDEAVOR.
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Founders
Marc VERRIERE & Françoise
LEGRAND
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