The Patriarch Elijah-Prof.GiuseppeSavazzi was selected for the convention in Bangkok with the best alumni in the world of the Rotary International Foundation

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2012 Rotary World Peace Symposium and Rotary Alumni Celebration

At the 2012 RI Convention in Bangkok, Thailand a combined Rotary World Peace Symposium and Rotary Alumni Celebration will be held 3-5 May 2012. Registration is now available at http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/Events/Convention/Pages/ridefault.aspx and more information will follow.

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Giuseppe Savazzi, 1987-88 Ambassadorial Scholar sponsored by the Rotary Club of Torino-Nord, Italy (District 2030) to attend Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA

Professor Savazzi (Patriarch Elijah)was the first Italian scholar to be awarded a Rotary scholarship to study music. While he was at the Northwestern University, he thought of organizing a Rotary Youth Orchestra to foster friendship among young musicians around the world. As a conductor, he led the 90-member group from 15 countries to perform fundraising tours in Europe in the 90s. In the recent years, the group was renamed Jesus Christ Symphony Orchestra and involves musicians from 142 different countries. He is also a priest, and he is known as Patriarch Prophet Elijah for this role. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Torino Collina, Italy, and continues to reach out to youth including Rotaract club members through music.