SEA-EU Concert – 2nd Edition: Bridging the Bay
On 27 November 2025, the SEA-EU Concert – 2nd Edition: Bridging the Bay took place at Villa Doria d’Angri in Naples, coordinaed by Parthenope University within the broader framework of the SEA-EU Governing Week programme.
Building on the success of last year’s inaugural edition, this second Concert continues the tradition of bringing together musicians from across the Alliance.
The event featured performances by artists from SEA-EU partner universities, selected through a dedicated music contest. One artist or group per institution has been chosen as the winner of the local round and performed then live on stage of the SEA-EU Concert.
The performers selected to honour the universal language of music on this year’s stage are:
1. Parthenope University Orchestra
Conductor: Keith Goodman
Waltz n. 2 (Shostakovich)
Carmen Suite (Bizet)
O sole mio (Di Capua)
2. Cledia Micallef, Teona Debono
University of Malta
Four Songs for Voice and Violin, op. 35 (Gustav Holst)
3. Tommi Friari
University of Algarve
Mystery of Love (Stevens)
Visions of Gideon (Stevens)
4. Tanja Puharić & Ana Mlačić
University of Split
Jubileum Suite (Kioulaphides)
5. Thomas Peiser, Raphaël Coupelela
University of Brest
18 ans (Peiser)
Deux points bleus (Peiser)
6. UGroove
(Pola Czarnuch, Julia Palikowska, Roland Schlamberger, Zosia Sławińska, Amelia Walczak, Mateusz Wiśniewski)
University of Gdansk
Deszcz w Cisnej – Rain in Cisna (Prońko)
Untitled (How Does It Feel) (D’Angelo)
No One’s Watching Me (Ezra Collective & Olivia Dean)
7. Paki & the Gents
(Massimiliano Cerciello, Roberto Candela, Gianluca Selis, Roberto Zincone, Pasquale Gaglione)
Parthenope University of Naples
People are Strange (The Doors)
Psycho Killer (Talking Heads)
Lonely Boy (Black Keys)
8. Jédula Sound Machine
(Francisco Navas Calderon, Diego Alfaro Falcon, Joaquin Ruiz Abeledo, Francisco Zayas Martinez, Carlos Caburrassi Bustamante, Jane
Keith, Jose Maria Martinez Gutierrez, David Jimenez Cervera, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Gomez, Javier Bermudez Hernanz, Jose Carlos Martin Perez, Juan Manuel Muñoz Tello, Olga Martin Rodriguez)
University of Cadiz
I Got You Babe (E. James)
Land of 1000 Dances (Pickett)
Don’t go breaking my heart (E. John & Kiki Dee)
SEA-EU Concert 2024
On September 26, 2024 the SEA-EU Concert took place at Villa Doria d’Angri in Naples. Coordinated by Parthenope University, the Concert brought together performances by artists representing the partner universities of Gdansk (Poland), Kiel (Germany), Malta, Split (Croatia) and Naples (Italy).
These performances were selected according to a music competition held at each university in which the student community and staff of each institution were invited to participate. The local selection of a winning performance for each university was carried out by a SEA-EU jury taking into account musical ability, stage presence and the overall presentation of the performance. The result was the SEA-EU Concert and its component performances: a brust of diverse multicultural artistic expressions united by the universal language of music.
The best performers invited to play at the concert were:
- Clara Galea – University of Malta
- Triole (Mia Gazdović, Rahela Ujević and Dora Jana Klarić) – University of Split
- Justyna Zanko, Julia Miller – University of Malta
- Saptarko Biswas – University of Kiel
- UG Vocal Studio (Zofia Bełdzińska, Marta Bielawska, Anastazja Klimiuk, Karolina Kluczkowska, Joanna Kovaćs, Michalina Pankiewicz, Amelia Ponikowska, Paulina Zaborniak) – University of Gdansk
- Uncle G (Gianluigi Esposito, Giovanni Vescuso, Gabriele Tammaro, Giovanni Stellato) – Parthenope University of Naples
- Natalia Palomo, Pablo Dominguez, Miriam Pérez, David de Jerez, Roberto Mateos – University of Cádiz
ACTIVITY PLANNING AND DEADLINES
of the music contest
Publication of the call for entries (March 25). The call was open from that day until May 15.
Composition of a jury for each university – deadline May 1.
Selection of the winning artist for each university – May 31: deadline to announce the 9 winners – selection at the local level.
Announcement of winning artists at international SEA-EU level – by June 5.
Confirmation of artists’ attendance at the concert to be held in Naples – deadline June 30.
