Bi-Communal Choir for Peace in Cyprus

Bi-Communal Choir for Peace in Cyprus The Bi-communal Choir for Peace in Cyprus was established in May 1997 and Its members are citizens

The 2025 Peace Award ceremony took place on Monday, 16 February 2026, at the Pallas Theatre in Nicosia, in a packed hall...
23/02/2026

The 2025 Peace Award ceremony took place on Monday, 16 February 2026, at the Pallas Theatre in Nicosia, in a packed hall filled with excitement and hope. The ceremony was organised by Cyprus Peace Council and took place in the presence of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Kassim Diagne, ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps, the General Secretary of AKEL, Stefanos Stefanou, as well as representatives of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties, organizations, and social movements.
The honorees for 2025 were the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) and the Bi-communal Choir for Peace “Lena Melanidou”.

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12/08/2025

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At the closing ceremony of the 14th World Peace Choral Festival, held at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, all participating choirs came together...

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12/08/2025

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"Hiroshima, I am sorry" – "My homeland, I am sorry." Performed on July 20th by the Bicommunal Choir for Peace – Lena Melanidou, during the 14th Worth Peace C...

Today marks 80 years since humanity committed one of the greatest crimes against itself.On this day, August 6th, 1945, H...
06/08/2025

Today marks 80 years since humanity committed one of the greatest crimes against itself.
On this day, August 6th, 1945, Hiroshima was struck by the horror of the atomic bomb; just days later, Nagasaki followed.
In somber remembrance of this dark day — and of all wars — I share the song “Hiroshima”, originally written by Dave Morgan and released in 1971 by the British band Wishful Thinking. An anti-war anthem that speaks of the tragedy of Hiroshima, yet its message transcends borders and time.
The song was later adapted by the late choir conductor Lena Melanidou, to reflect the Cypriot tragedy. In this moving rendition, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots symbolically ask forgiveness — from each other, and from their homeland — for the pain and suffering caused by war.
Never again.
Σήμερα συμπληρώνονται 80 χρόνια από τη μέρα που ο άνθρωπος διέπραξε ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα εγκλήματα κατά της ανθρωπότητας.
Σαν σήμερα, στις 6 Αυγούστου 1945, η Χιροσίμα δέχθηκε τη φρίκη της ατομικής βόμβας· λίγες μέρες αργότερα, ακολούθησε το Ναγκασάκι.
Στη θλιβερή ανάμνηση αυτής της αποφράδας ημέρας —και όλων των πολέμων— αναρτώ το τραγούδι «Χιροσίμα», που γράφτηκε από τον Dave Morgan και κυκλοφόρησε το 1971 από το βρετανικό συγκρότημα Wishful Thinking. Ένας αντιπολεμικός ύμνος που αναφέρεται στην τραγωδία της Χιροσίμα, αλλά ξεπερνά τα σύνορα και τις εποχές.
Το τραγούδι διασκευάστηκε αργότερα από την αείμνηστη μαέστρο της χορωδίας, Λένα Μελανίδου, για να αποτυπώσει την κυπριακή τραγωδία. Στη συγκινητική αυτή διασκευή, Ελληνοκύπριοι και Τουρκοκύπριοι ζητούν συμβολικά συγγνώμη ο ένας από τον άλλον —και από την ίδια τους την πατρίδα— για τον πόνο και τα βάσανα που προκάλεσε ο πόλεμος.
Ποτέ ξανά.

Adapted at Cypriot tragedy by Lena Melanidou.Sing by Bi-communal Choir for Peace - Lena Melanidou at the "Cyprus Day" event, in 2nd April 2022, invited by th...

14th international choral festival in  Vienna 20th of july 202519:30- 21:30 at the Golden Hall of MuslkvereinOn this day...
20/07/2025

14th international choral festival in Vienna
20th of july 2025
19:30- 21:30 at the Golden Hall of Muslkverein

On this day, marking the tragic anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the choir chose to sing the song “Hiroshima,” originally written by Dave Morgan and first released in 1971 by the British band Wishful Thinking. A haunting anti-war anthem reflecting on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the song was later adapted by the choir’s late conductor, Lena Melanidou, to reflect the Cypriot tragedy. In this moving arrangement, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots symbolically apologized to each other and to their homeland for the pain and suffering caused by the war.

The choir will conclude with the song “Yurdunu Sevmeliymiş İnsan – Η Δική Μου η Πατρίδα,” a piece that reflects its identity and spirit. This song has become a tradition, always used to close the choir’s concerts with a message of unity and love for one’s homeland.

Adapted at Cypriot tragedy by Lena Melanidou.Sing by Bi-communal Choir for Peace - Lena Melanidou at the "Cyprus Day" event, in 2nd April 2022, invited by th...

15/07/2025
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23/10/2022

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​Turkish and Greek Cypriot workers continue the struggle for better working and social conditions and raise their voices for a common united and peaceful homeland.

Film about choir's history that has been presented the 22nd of June  at the event organized by OPEK – Association for So...
23/06/2022

Film about choir's history that has been presented the 22nd of June at the event organized by OPEK – Association for Social Reform, to award the Bicommunal Choir for Peace - Lena Melanidou with "Yiannos Kranidiotis" Pioneering Creation Annual Award.

Film about choir's history that has been presented the 22nd of June at the event organized by OPEK – Association for Social Reform, to award the Bicommunal...

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