Dominican career diplomat and professional violinist Dr. Eugenio Matos G., former Minister and Chargé d´affaires a.i. for the Dominican Embassy in The Hague, currently Minister Counselor in Buenos Aires, Argentina, paid a courtesy visit in Parliament to Honorable Ankie Broekers-Knol, President of the Senate of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Mr. Matos played for her part of the violin repertoire that he would performed that evening at the residence of H.E. Mir-Hamza Efendiyev, Ambassador of Azerbaijan in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Ambassador Efendeyev invited the Dominican diplomat to play a violin concert accompanied by renowned Belgian pianist Nezrin Efendiyeva. The concert was very well attended by government authorities, international organizations, diplomats and the local press. It was inserted as part of Diplomat Magazine´s regular Diplomats Meet & Greet programme.
Open link of the violin and piano evening concert at the Embassy of Azerbaijan:
https://diplomatmagazine.eu/2016/12/06/embassy-of-azerbaijan-meet-greet-music/
¨I am honored to receive this invitation and specially play for Mrs. Broekers-Knol at her bureau in Parliament. Ankie is a longstanding friend that I deeply admire for her love for classical music, for her inputs on Parliamentary diplomacy and knowledge on public affairs¨, said Dr. Matos after leaving the Dutch Parliament.
Minister Matos is co-founder of the very first diplomatic magazine in the Netherlands´ history, Diplomat Magazine. Additional information with images and videos about the concert organized by the Embassy of Azerbaijan will be published soon.
