On the 4th of March, 2010, the Tolerance Center of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum had hosted the concert „Hatikva“, presented by the „Shalom“ association from Italy. The program of the concert was prepared by the association „Shalom‘‘ presenting the projects of the Jewish culture and working on the dialogues between cultures. Organizators of the event – Instituto Italiano di Cultura in Vilnius.

The concert took it‘s name from Amit Arieli‘s new CD project dedicated to the Jewish music from the Italian Diaspora. Traditional Jewish tunes alternate with original compositions inspired by the Yiddish world and klezmer, leading the audience through the magic atmosphere of a lost world.

Three musicians participated in this concert: Amit Arieli (clarinet), Braulio Vidile (accordion) and Dayana Gnarra (voice and darbouka).

 Concert „Hatikva“ was presented to the audience by the Director of the Italian Cultural Center Dr. Stefania Del Bravo. The new project, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Tolerance Centre – the series of the cultural events - „Tolerance–2010“ was also presented. The opening of the project will take place in the Tolerance Centre of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum on the 28th of April, 2010. The cultural centers of the European and American countries and the Embassys of several foreign countries are also participating in this project.

 Italian Ambassado Mr. Renato Maria Ricci, French Ambassador Mr. Francois Laumonier, Bulgarian Ambassador Mr. Ivan Dantchev, Spanish Ambassador Mr. Jose Luis Solano Gadea, Cultural Assistant at the US Embassy Ms. Jūratė Butkutė, Deputy Head of Mission of the Czech Embassy Ms. Martina Heranova, Atache for Education and Linguistics of the French Embassy Ms. Laurent Guidon, Project coordinator of the Polish Cultural Institute Ms.Barbara Orszewska were also participating in the event.