On Monday, May 30, 2022, the Pan-European Concert for Life on our Planet “ALPHA MISSION - ΔELOS & The [uncertain] Four Seasons” will take place on the island of Delos, with the participation of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO), together with Ukrainian & Russian musicians, and soloists, the Ukrainian born rising star Diana Tishchenko (violin) and Greek virtuoso Sokratis Sinopoulos (lyra).

The concert, which is held in the emblematic Greek island of Delos only days before World Environment Day (June 5), was created especially to underscore the uncertainty about the future of our planet if we do not act urgently.

In his capacity as Professor of Natural Hazards, Athens College President Costas Synolakis ’75 recently characterized Delos as the ground zero for climate change, as part of the island is already under water.

This concert is organized by the World Human Forum & ARTE in partnership with Europa Nostra, the Hellenic Space Center, the National Research Center for Natural Sciences “Demokritos", the Hellenic Foundation for Culture, Megaron the Athens Concert Hall - and in collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades. It is dedicated to the memory of Vangelis Papathanasiou, who supported the World Human Forum from its inception.

The concert will be live-streamed (19:30 CET) on ARTE, on the social-media platforms of Cultural and Technological institutions, and projected live onto big screens in Megaron the Athens Concert Hall and various European cities. It will additionally be broadcast on ARTE’s Sunday TV concert on 5 June -17.25 (CET) in Germany and 18.25 (CET) in France. The concert will be available on arte.tv from May 30 until end of August and will then travel around the world.

ALPHA MISSION - ΔELOS in a nutshell: NASA’s Artemis Mission will take the first woman to the Moon by 2025, following the Apollo Mission which took the first man to the moon in 1969.

Delos is the island where, according to the myth, the twin gods Apollo and Artemis were born, and where light was born. For many centuries in antiquity, Delos was the cosmopolitan center of the Mediterranean. Today, the whole island is an open museum and the ancient ruins on it are already affected by the climate crisis and rising sea level.

Parallel to our quest to explore space, Delos -and the events connected to it- will be emblematic reminders that wings also need roots and that the healing of our planet should be a priority. NASA’s Artemis Mission, following the Apollo Mission, gives us the unique opportunity to understand that Humanity will not succeed in addressing the challenges we face unless we combine the wisdom of the past with the knowledge and possibilities of today, humanities with science, mythology, art and spirituality with space and technology.