Iliriana Gjoni
ilirianagjoni.bsky.social
Iliriana Gjoni
@ilirianagjoni.bsky.social
Analyst @ Carnegie Europe | EU enlargement and Western Balkans | Concert Pianist @ world
🔹 Spoke at #CarnegieEurope with Director General @GertJanEU, Rosa Balfour & Stefan Lehne on #EUEnlargement.
📘 2025 package shows real political will.
⚠️ Serbia’s backsliding finally named; Kosovo’s efforts underrated.
🌍 By 2030, MNE, AL, MD & IS could join. Link below.
🔗 youtu.be/2gKR8jdZ9Qg?...
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🌿 Honoured to receive a #VibekeSørensenGrant from the #EuropeanUniversityInstitute for a month-long research stay at the #HistoricalArchives of the #EU in Florence 🇮🇹 this autumn.
A prestigious award supporting archival work on European integration. More soon! ✨
#EUI #EUarchives #Florence
June 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🎻 The day after Tuz, we played in #Ulqin/#Ulcinj — my hometown — where music met memory.
Among familiar faces, with #BledarZajmi & #SenadGačević beside me,
we shared a night of cello, piano, and soul.
A tradition continued, a spirit revived.
📸: Allmir Suka
June 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🎶 On May 28 in Tuz 🇲🇪, I performed in concert with #BledarZajmi, solo cellist of #PragueOpera.
By the River Cem, we played world, #Albanian & #Montenegrin works — including by #Gačević, who was with us in the audience.
A night of beauty, belonging & #CulturalDiplomacy.
#WesternBalkans #ClassicalMusic
May 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎶 Honoured to open the #Carnegie Board meeting in Brussels with Debussy’s Clair de Lune—a quiet call for peace through nuance, not force.🌙
💬 Estonia’s FM @Tsahkna : To end the war, #Russia must face consistent pressure.
🌍 #CarnegieEndow - a global force for rules-based order.
May 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
On Apr 8 I spoke at the #FEPS conference on #EUenlargement, in the session “Progressive Enlargement Under Pressure.”
We looked at how #nationalism, #far-right movements & #external actors are reshaping the future of EU enlargement.
Here are my 3 key points 🧵:
April 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Më ndiqni në #EuronewsAlbania për analizën mbi rezultatet e zgjedhjeve në #Gjermani dhe ndikimin e tyre në #Europë dhe botë. Çfarë do të thotë kjo për të ardhmen e BE-së dhe ekuilibrat globalë?
Link: youtu.be/tUxCBAu-svM?...
February 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
On May 28, I’ll be in Tuz, #Montenegro, with the Prague Opera's solo-cellist, Bledar Zajmi! 🎶✨ Excited to perform for the first time in my mom's hometown, honoring my #Malësia roots. A program blending classical masterpieces with #Albanian & Montenegrin music. Can’t wait! 🇦🇱🇲🇪
February 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Some loves are forever. #myvalentine
February 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Very happy to be part of this impressive #panel at the #EUparliament next week!
Among #MEPs and #experts from the #EU institutions and #CivilSociety.
Let's go, #EUenlargement! 💪
January 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"From a 🇪🇺 perspective, #Montenegro, an EU candidate and democratic country – should resolve its challenges through regular #parliamentary procedures.
Political actors to avoid hateful rhetoric and focus on building political #consensus. Solutions: preliminary budget and involving impartial bodies."
January 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🎶✨ Brussels peeps, mark your calendars!

📅 Jan 19, 2025
🕔 5 PM
📍 Art Base (Rue des Sables 29, 1000 Brussels)

Join me & pianist Rea Veizi for an unforgettable evening of classical melodies! 🎼🎹

🎟️ Grab your tickets: send short email to info2@art-base.be

#BrusselsEvents
January 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My next concert is in #Brussels!
📅 19 January 2025, 17h00
📍 Art Base, Brussels
Excited to invite you to my next #concert with Paris-based pianist Rea Veizi and me! The one-hour concert will be followed by drinks and a chance to meet the artists.
🎟 Tickets: info2@art-base.be.
January 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Latest report on #Kosovo population's level of education records a deep transformation, including in terms of gender.
December 20, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Scoping trip to #TheHague with #Clingendael, #DGAP, #DelorsInstitute & #CarnegieEurope. Insights on Dutch view on #EUenlargement: parallels with #France on narrative & merit vs geopolitics, but unique with annual Parliament review of a gov letter on the topic. Thanks Clingendael!
December 16, 2024 at 1:07 PM
First #concert in #Paris! Honored to perform with Rea Veizi in a #piano 4-hand program featuring #Debussy, #Mozart, #Fauré, and #Brahms. The city was alive with the spirit of #NotreDame reopening—an unforgettable night. Grateful to all who joined! Next stop: #Brussels, Jan 19. 🎶✨ #ClassicalMusic
December 11, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Join us for a 4-hands #pianorecital in #Paris on #7December at 21h at Théâtre de l’Île Saint-Louis.🎶
With Paris-based #ReaVeizi & me—a #Brussels-based Albanian/Montenegrin/German pianist (yes, quite the combo!)-we bring you a program of #inspiration & #emotion. Don’t miss it!
November 19, 2024 at 4:21 PM