São Paulo – Brazil’s TV Cultura will air next Sunday (27) at 5 pm the concert Um Abraço em Beirute (Embracing Beirut), featuring Brazilian and Lebanese artists. The show first aired on September 20 kicking off a fundraising campaign for Lebanon, whose capital was struck by a major blast.
The program featured top-tier Brazilian musicians, some accompanied by the Beirut Symphonic Orchestra. It included Vanderléa, Fagner, Cláudia Leitte (pictured above), Lenine, Zeca Baleiro, Jorge Vercillo, Frejat, Daniel, Sorriso Maroto, Badi Assad, Gilberto Gil, Pretinho da Serrinha, and others. Actors declaimed verses by Lebanese poet Gibran Khalil Gibran. It also featured several testimonies.
Donations are still being accepted on Sunday. A QR Code is made available on the screen for donations during the TV show, which is supported by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. The program was created by the Consulate General of Lebanon in Rio de Janeiro, in partnership with TV Cultura. The funds will go to Lebanese Red Cross.
Donations
Santander (Bank Code 033)
Branch: 3681
Current Account: 13003341-5
Corporate Taxpayer Number (CNPJ): 62.659.784/0001-11
Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
