An ethnic dance company form Greece, a pianist from Turkey, and a chorus of black singers from the United States performed at the concert to mark Human Rights Day 1975, held in the General Assembly Hall today. The President of the General Assembly, Gaston Thorn (Luxembourg), made an address. The Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was spoken by Dorothy Maynor, a black soprano who is now director of the Harlem School of the Arts Heritage Society. The occasion marks the 27th anniversary of the adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the General Assembly on 10 December 1948 in Paris.
Idil Biret, Turkey's foremost concert artist, is seen performing. Miss Biret's gift for music was first noted when she was two-and-a-half years old. A few years later, the Turkish National Assembly passed a special law to enable her to study in Paris. She studied piano there with Alfred Cortot and Wilheim Kempff, and composition with Nadia Boulanger. At the age of 11, she played the Mozart Double Piano Concerto with Kempff as her partner. Miss Biret has toured widely in Asia, Africa and Europe and has given more than 60 concerts in the Soviet Union. Her records include performance of avant-garde music (includes Boulez and Webern) but for her United Nations appearance she has chosen Liszt and Schubert.
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- Narrower terms: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS RIGHT OF ASYLUM RIGHT TO PEACE WOMEN'S RIGHTS WORKERS' RIGHTS Related terms: ANIMAL RIGHTS ARBITRARY DETENTION HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT HUMAN RIGHTS INDICATORS HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HUMAN SECURITY HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION HUMANITARIAN STANDARDS MANKIND SOLIDARITY