Rock with purpose: to rock and be generous

“It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good and nothing is going to stop me now.” 
Freddie Mercury

• The 1+1 Foundation and the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra join forces to perform the virtual concert “Rock with purpose”, a tribute to immortal rock bands and works.
• It will be free, broadcast through social networks for all lovers of the genre. The audience will be able to make their donations live for the training and social programs of both entities. 

Saturday April 10 7:00 p.m. Yo Channels: Facebook and Youtube Live I Filarmed and 1+1 Foundation 

Music and solidarity, two elements that have united Fundación 1+1 and Filarmed since 2014, They return this year with a virtual version of these tributes, selecting some of the most important songs of these years. 

Tribute to great rock bands 

Rock has always invited us to question ourselves as a society and the process we do with the tribute is to return a memory of emotional and wonderful sensations to all its followers, enriching these pieces with arrangements for symphonic format. Music, and in particular this genre, has accompanied those who shake their heads with songs like Another brick on the Wall (Pink Floyd) or Sweet child O'mine (Guns N' Roses) and those who feel an emotional release when listening Love Of My Life (What in) or Imagine (John Lennon).

In short, societies cannot be built without art and rock has always been there.

We will enjoy works by Queen with Bohemian Rhapsody, Don't stop me now and We are the champions; of The Beatles with Hey Jude, Let it be and Love of my life and by Jhon Lennon with the iconic soft rock ballad Imagine. We will also listen to Metallica with The unforgiven, to Pink Floyd with Another brick on the Wall and Guns N' Roses with Sweet child O'mine.

The Orchestra will be accompanied by Julio César Sierra on the piano and the guitarists Pedro Mejía and Fernando “Toby” Tobón, producer and composer who was part of Ekhymosis and who has worked alongside Juanes and Sebastián Yatra.

A very rocking driver

The announcer, DJ and director of Radioacktiva Juan Kiss, will be the one who takes us on this journey through the stories and emotions produced by these iconic bands that transformed culture and society. 

“It can be said that Medellín was once called the capital of metal and rock and roll. My passion for this genre and radio began in the mid-seventies, when I saw a t-shirt with the cover of ‘Love Gun‘ from Kiss, that was love at first sight, and when I first heard ‘Kiss Alive!‘"It was love at first hearing."

A concert with purpose

The 1 +1 Foundation and Filarmed are non-profit entities that share the love of music and the desire to create opportunities for more people. The invitation to those who connect and to the general public is to support the work they do.

• With your support the 1+1 Foundation will strengthen the training process of 450 people with visual disabilities in our country, which are carried out through programs such as:  music to see, which aims to learn music from initiation to professionalization; From the Garden of Possibles, digital literacy and development of soft skills for the 21st century and English to fly, for learning the English language in this specific population. 
• Filarmed  advances social programs for vulnerable populations such as Reconciliation Choir that brings together the voices of victims and ex-combatants of the armed conflict in Colombia and I'm a musician,  space for artistic achievement for the neurodiverse population from musical work, which promotes inclusion. It also develops musical training, initiation and orchestral practice programs in seven municipalities of Antioquia, and nearly 200 activities open to the public each year. 

The resources received will allow both institutions to explore new paths that enrich the soul and emotions of human beings, and continue their work during these times when solidarity is most necessary.