![]() UN Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation CouncilĮVAN FEIN (1984 - ) Archimedes's Dreams, Op. Founded in 2016, the UN Chamber Music Society carries out the United Nations' mission of peace, understanding and cooperation, through the universal language of music. He was named winner of the American Prize for Composition in 2022, was awarded the 2014 Palmer Dixon Prize for Outstanding Composition, and is the recipient of honors from the ASCAP Foundation, Boston Metro Opera, and the American Scandinavian Society. Professor Fein resides in New York City, where he serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School. The work's title is an ode to the great ancient scientist, whose inventions continue to shape our relationship with water and remind us to approach this resource with wonder and humility. They are reminders of a time when oceans were not barriers, but rather the highways connecting the world's peoples to one another. ![]() The horizons of today's seas are the same ones Leif Erikson and Magellan sought to peer beyond. There has been a lot of confusion between virtual worlds and virtual reality. Individuals can hang out, play games, or engage in several experiences in a virtual setting. In most cases, users create an avatar that moves around the world as it is explored. It is engaged in an eternal cycle the water we drink today may once have nourished the fields of Mesopotamia, or have been the vapor in a cloud painted by Monet. A virtual world is a digital environment that can be accessed from an electronic device. ![]() Water is essential to life its creative forces have shaped our cities, sculpted our landscapes, and washed away disease. On this occasion, the UN Chamber Music Society will premiere Archimedes's Dreams, composed by American composer Evan Fein. The issues of the eradication of poverty and hunger, the lack of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, drought and climate change – are all related to water. Water is critical for sustainable development. Recognizing the growing challenge, the UN General Assembly launched the Water Action Decade on 22 March 2018, to mobilize action that will help transform how we manage water. ![]() 40 per cent shortfall in freshwater resources by 2030 coupled with a burgeoning world population-according to current estimates-has the world careening towards a global water crisis. ![]()
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