Bessa Simons said the concert is to appreciate Mr Rawlings for his contribution to the music and creative arts industry.

“You know because of the pandemic, we couldn’t do what we wanted to do for Mr Rawlings. He has done so much for the creative arts industry that we want to let the world know what he has done so that other people can emulate.

“The musicians show people what we have, even people come to this country, they want to know our culture, our music, our food and everything, he was a president who was always pushing for that,” he told JoyNews’ Doreen Avio.

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According to Mr Simons, the former President supported the creative arts industry and even provided the current office for MUSIGA .

“Our office that we are using now was given to us by President Rawlings, so we want to show appreciation. This concert is going to be a virtual one depending on how the pandemic is going,” he said.

Mr Rawlings died on November 12, 2020, aged 73 after a short illness.

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This is a special concert dedicated to the people of Ghana dubbed, ‘From Israel to Ghana with Love.’

The virtual music concert is part of activities to mark the 72nd National Day of the State of Israel in Ghana. 

It will come off at 7:00 pm on Saturday, April 25, 2020 on the Embassy’s Facebook page: @Israelinghana

Headlining the virtual concert is Maestro Nir Brand, an Israeli international classical music conductor and composer.

Maestro Brand will perform to audience on Facebook all the way from Israel. He will perform a mix of Israeli, Ghanaian, classical and world music.

Last year, he led the Ghana Symphony Orchestra and the Pan-African Youth Orchestra to perform at the National Theatre on the 71st National Day of the State of Israel.

“As an Embassy, we believe social distancing is not a barrier to sharing our cultures, treating ourselves to some inspiring tunes and also standing with the people of Ghana as they fight against Covid-19,” said Ambassdor Shani Cooper-Zubida, Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

On April 8, 2020, the Embassy also donated a set of personal protective equipment worth GHC 10, 000.00 to support the Ministry of Health’s efforts in fighting Covid-19.

This donation was facilitated by MASHAV, Israel’s Agency for International Development.

Israel and Ghana have had a long-standing relationship, which dates back to the 1960s focusing on building strong ties in the areas of government-to-government, business-to-business and people to people relations.   

The Easter Monday concert to take place at 4:pm is under the auspices of the Ministry of Communication.

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The virtual concert is said to be the launch of a covid-19 app named the GH COVID-19 tracker during which the duo will entertain the audience.

The event will be telecasted live on Joy News, GTV, Joy Prime, UTV, GHone and the ministry’s Facebook and Youtube channels.

This comes after Shatta Wale held his online Faith Concert which was appreciated by many.