INTRODUCTION ADDRESS BY HANNAH VAN DEN BRUL

"I’m Hannah van den Brul, a postgraduate Music In Development student at SOAS, specialising in music and climate change. Tonight we are here to celebrate the launch of ClimateKeys: ‘keyboard conversations across the world’. ClimateKeys was founded by composer-pianist Lola Perrin. I am here to welcome you on Lola’s behalf and to give an introduction to the ideas behind the concert series. So welcome! To you who are here in London with us tonight, and also to the many who are watching from further afield. Some sections of tonight’s event are being live-streamed and a filmed version of the entire gala will be available in a few days time at climatekeys.com. We are honoured to have with us guest speaker Sir Jonathan Porrit. We also warmly welcome our special guest Nicole Lawler who will tell us about what happened to her family, and the truth about her son, Zane.