May 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 – Musica Feuropa Choral Festival, 8-9:30 p.m.
- EU Whiz Competition
May  5 – June 5   –  EU Film Festival and Euro Pelikula (anytime)
May 7 – Dante in the Philippines (webinar), 2:00 p.m.
May 16 – Lakbayin Nating ang EU, 10:00 a.m.
May 21 – Bicycle Tourism, Road Safety or Etiquette, Bike-Friendliness and People-Centered Architecture, 9:30 a.m.
May 21 – Webinar on “Starter Sessions: Your Guide to be a Bike-Friendly Business, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
May 21 & 28 – Bersong Euro-Pinoy, 6:00 p.m.
June 4 – Euro-Pinoy Concert, 6:00 p.m.
June 25Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â –Â Â Copernicus and Galileo Space Programmes, 3:00Â – 5:00 p.m.
DETAILS OF VIVA EUROPA 2021 ACTIVITIES
Musica FEUropa Choral Festival
This traditional choral festival of the EU Delegation to the Philippines and Far Eastern University will be held in the afternoons of all Saturdays of May 2021 from 8:00 to 9:30pm.
They will perform famous music from folk, to classical, from both the EU and the Philippines, during the month-long choral concerts.
Whiz Competition will be held.
Since 2006, the EU Whiz has been a fun and exciting way for Filipino students to showcase their knowledge and understanding of the EU and EU-Philippine relations.
EU Whiz is an inter-collegiate competition spearheaded by the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines, and is endorsed by the Commission on Higher Education. Applications were still being accepted until 1 May 2021.
Filipino Youth of the FEUture has been expanded to include two more events—the “My Space, My Rights” video competition, and the “Green ECO I See” digital art competition. This year also marks the first time that all events will be held online as a result of the pandemic.
The EU Whiz thanks the Embassy of Czech Republic for its support.
EU Film Festival and EuroPelikula:
Films are always an important signature component of the Viva Europa festival and this year is no different, as carefully-selected films will be accessible from May 5 to June 5, 2021.
The films up for screening include the following:
- ACASA MY HOME Rradu
- (Shi-yor-ni-shiyuk) of Romania, Finland, Germany
- AURORA by Miia Tervo of Finland
- FIRE WILL COME by Oliver Laxe of Spain, France, Luxembourg
- HER JOB by Nikos LabĂ´wt (2018) of Greece, France, Serbia
- OUR STRUGGLES by giyom seney Guillaume Senez (2018) , of Belgium, France
- PERFUMES (le parfamLES PARFUMS) by Gregory manyueh Magne (2019) of france
- And THE AUDITION by Ina vayseh Weisse of
Germany, France
Dante in the Philippines: Teaching and Translating Dante Today, is slated on May 7 at 2pm, a free webinar from the Philippine-Italian Association,
The 700th death anniversary of Dante Alighieri offers the opportunity to talk about the relevance of Dante Alighieri’s major work, the Divine Comedy, to contemporary Filipinos and investigate two important aspects of cultural transmission: teaching and translating.
Professor Paul Dumol (University of Asia and Pacific) and Professors Michael Coroza and Jonathan Chua (Ateneo de Manila University) are resource persons.
Lakbayin Natin ang EU
On May 16, 2021 at 10 o’clock in the morning, children will once again be in the spotlight of this year’s cultural programme for children and their families.
Dubbed “Lakbayin Natin ang EU” or Journey to the EU festival, the EU Delegation, together with the Embassies of the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Italy through the Philippine-Italian Association, Austria and Poland,
the best of European stories and tales, games, languages, film, music, arts and crafts for Filipino children.
Among the first activities being highlighted is a cultural program for kids.
This includes the art of creating friendship bracelets, in line with the theme “Friendship and Partnership” which will be taught to kids during the festival.
Webinars on Bicycle Tourism, Road Safety or Etiquette, Bike-Friendliness and People-Centred Architecture, will also be featured at the Festival.
On May 21, 2021 at 9:30 a.m., the Danish Embassy and the Intramuros Administration will present these free webinars.
“Starter Sessions: Your Guide To Be A Bike Friendly Business” will be held on May 21 at 3:00 to 4:30. The Royal Netherlands Embassy and Makati Business Club will conduct this webinar, with Mr. Chris Bruntlett, Marketing & Communications Manager of the Dutch Cycling Embassy as speaker.
This webinar aims to help Philippine businesses learn from Dutch best practices on biking, so they can translate it to the Philippine setting.
Topics include the business benefits of biking, examples of bike-friendly services and facilities provided by businesses in the Netherlands and tips, advice, and best practices.
Bersong Euro-Pinoy, to be held on May 21 & 28 at 6:00 p.m.
The passion, the romance and fire of European and Filipino poetry will continue during this Viva Europa cultural summer. This year’s recital will have the participation of Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Austria and Poland.
Carl Norac is Belgium’s fourth National Poet, and a prize-winning poet and author of many widely acclaimed and best-selling children’s books.
His work has been translated into 47 languages.
His bilingual children’s book “My Daddy is a Giant,”
appeared in Tagalog-English in 2005. In 2009,
Norac received the Grand Prix de la Société des Gens De Lettres.
He will recite his original works: “Pour Marcel Moreau” or For Marcel Moreau, which is about his friend, who is a Belgian writer, and who has unfortunately recently passed away.
He will also recite “Pour Mustafa, pour Mustafa Kör” (For Mustafa, for Mustafa Kör), a poem dedicated to Mustafa Kör who will in fact succeed him in January 2022 as a National Poet.
In the same activity, Famous poet and director of Instituto Cervantes in Madrid, Mr Luis Garcia Montero, will recite his original work for Bersong Euro-Pinoy.
For the first time, German artist/actress Luisa Katharina Davids will recite the German translation of Mi Ultimo Adios“ as 2021 is the year when the German Embassy also unveils José Rizal’s former furniture from Heidelberg, Germany, and an official marker with the German translation of “Mi Ultimo Adios“ at the Museo ni José Rizal in Intramuros.
(Please see more information about the artist www.luisakatharinadavids.de(link is external)
La Punta della Lingua poetry festival from Italy will once again join the Bersong Euro-Pinoy poetry recital. Poems to be rendered adhere to the theme of “Friendship/Partnership”.
Filipino poets from schools across the country will also join the activity.
Euro-Pinoy Concert will be held on June 4, 2021 at 6 o’clock in the evening.
Spectacular performances await Filipinos this year as the EU readies a package of performances from the Embassies of the Czech Republic, Germany Spain, France, Italy, Austria and Poland.
- A highly acclaimed contemporary dance entitled “GUIDE” will be performed by Viera Ondra-SHEE-ková and Co. from the Czech Republic.
- The performance was selected for Aerowaves Twenty 17, presented at Spring Forward Festival in Aarhus, One Dance Week festival in Plovdiv, SIDance Festival in Soul, V4 Dance Festival in New York and New Orleans, Israel Festival in Jerusalem, Birmingham International Dance Festival, UNIDRAM Festival in Potsdam, Open the doors festival in Kato-VITZ-e, DemOLudih in ol-shteen, Tanets Praha in Prague and Light Night Leeds.
- (Please see trailer:Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG8ihIatJRw(link is external))
- German visual artist Lisa Kossen will bring to life a musical number through her visual art. Be ready for a surprise fun night as she instantly interprets music via her powerful brush strokes.
Likewise, do get ready for:
- Jazz artist Eric Soulard from France
- Violinist Tullio Vidmar from Italy
- “Trio Artio” from Austria
- Jazz artist Artur Dutkiewicz from Poland
In the spirit of friendship, collaborative performances will be held by some Euro-Pinoy artists with local talents.
“Beyond the Stars, Reach out to the Skies” Webinar on Copernicus and Galileo.
This webinar will be held on June 25, 2021 from 3pm to 5pm. This event features Copernicus and Galileo space programmes and how these technologies are used during the pandemic and in disaster preparedness.
It will be held in conjunction with the launch of the EU-Philippines Copernicus Cooperation National Programme.
Space scientists from the European Commission and Hungary will join a roster of local speakers and participants from the Philippines.
