the European Union Youth Orchestra
欧盟青年交响乐团演出
　　
Inma Shara, the new generation of Spanish conductor
西班牙新生代指挥家的英玛•莎拉

　　The European Union shares a pavilion with Belgium, which will hold the rotating presidency of the EU in the second half of 2010. The pavilion is in Zone C, near Spain, Poland and Monaco.
　　The design of a brain cell matches its theme -- "Intelligent Europe."
　　Today is Europe Day, as it was on May 9 in 1950 when French Foreign Affairs Minister Robert Schuman called for a united Europe, a first step in the establishment of the organization.
　　The day will be celebrated with a multicultural parade, consisting of 23 artistic troupes and marching bands of around 500 performers from various EU member countries. The parade will launch at 2:30pm and pass by the EU-Belgium Pavilion at 3pm.
　　An official launch of Europe Day will be held at Europe Square. Two concerts will follow -- pop music at Europe Square and classical music in the Expo Center Red Hall. Tickets to the concerts will be distributed on Europe Square to those who request them. Some of the European groups in the parade will return to perform in their own national pavilions afterward.
　　Hungary will join the parade with the Mecsek Folk Dance Ensemble, a troupe founded in 1955. They will perform folk dances and enact an age-old tradition of south Hungary in original costume -- the procession of the bushos -- where people with horned masks chase away winter and welcome spring.
　　Musicians and dancers from Greece will also mark the coming of spring with a traditional celebration signifying the fertility of the land.
　　【相关中文报道】
　　今天，欧盟在上海世博园上演首个欧洲大陆之外的“欧洲日”庆祝活动。根据《欧盟宪法》，每年5月9日是“欧洲日”，欧洲各地将举行盛大的庆祝活动。
　　欧盟副主席维维亚娜·雷丁昨日召开新闻发布会公布了详细的庆祝计划。维维亚娜·雷丁表示，这次在上海世博会的“欧洲日”意义非凡，它是首个在欧洲大陆之外举行的庆祝活动，同时也是庆祝欧盟成立的基础――舒曼宣言诞生六十周年，更重要的是庆祝欧盟与中国建交35周年。
　　音乐巡游精彩不断
　　23个来自欧盟各成员国的传统艺术团会在今日下午2时半开始“多元文化盛装巡游”，从而拉开世博园区“欧洲日”庆典的帷幕；下午4时25分，欧盟高级官员及艺术家将在世博园区欧洲广场正式启动“欧洲日”庆典；下午5时15分，世博中心东广场将举行升旗仪式；下午6时，由欧洲知名音乐人领衔的流行音乐会将在欧洲广场正式开始。
　　作为欧盟馆“欧洲日”庆典活动的重头戏，由西班牙著名的青年女指挥家因马·沙雷执棒的欧盟青年交响乐团音乐会，将于今晚8时在世博中心（红厅）上演。这个交响乐团由来自欧盟27个成员国的青年音乐家组成，9日将演奏肖邦、罗西尼、贝多芬、柏辽兹、老约翰·施特劳斯等多个欧洲作曲家的经典名曲。
　　维维亚娜·雷丁称，这些庆祝活动并不只是和世博会游客一起庆祝，还是和所有的欧洲人民共同庆贺。通过这一系列的活动，欧盟希望向中国人民展示欧盟的多元文化以及活力。
　　欧洲球星将助阵世博
　　据悉，在为期六个月的上海世博会会期中，欧盟安排了精彩的电影展示，外交、贸易、未来数字等各种话题的讨论，以及与中国共同探讨低碳节能等活动。
　　维维亚娜·雷丁相信，除了政治与经济的交流之外，年轻人之间的交流具有不可忽视的作用。她透露，9月16日将会有一批欧洲著名球星前来世博会，届时将与中国球星一起踢球、交流。