Save the Date! Webinar on Tuesday, 21 September 2021
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
MUSIC AS CATALYST FOR DIALOGUE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-ENHANCED BY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Date: Tuesday, 21 September 2021 9am (New York) – 3pm (Paris) – 9pm (Beijing)
Place: Online webinar
Virtual forum organized by the Association of Melody for Dialogue among Civilizations (Paris – New York) and Northeastern University’s Department of Music in the College of Arts, Media and Design (Boston, USA)
Hans d’Orville, Event Moderator, Former UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Strategic Planning; Georg Hajdu (Keynote) Director, Multimedia Composition, School for Music and Theater, Hamburg; Mehri Madarshahi (Keynote) President, Melody for Dialogue among Civilizations Associations (Paris, New York, Geneva); Rainer Kern (Keynote) Director, UNESCO City of Music Mannheim; Jorge Chaminé, Baritone + President, European Music Center; T. H. Culhane, Associate Professor and Director of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Patel College of Global Sustainability, University of South Florida, Tampa; Ruth Daniel, activist and CEO, In Place of War; Anthony Paul De Ritis, Composer, former Chair, and co-founder of the Music Technology program, Department of Music, Northeastern University; Tan Dun, composer and conductor (tbc); Daniel Strong Godfrey, Composer, Professor and Chair, Department of Music, Northeastern University; Tamara Kamińska, Co-Director, Music Export Poland Office, Warsaw, organizer of Katowice’s designation as UNESCO Creative City of Music, author of SDG implementation strategies for Polish creative cities; Laura Kaminsky, composer of “As One,” currently the most produced contemporary opera in the U.S.; Pierre Korzilius, Directeur du Pôle Art et Culture, Collège des Bernardins, Paris; Herman Makarenko, Conductor, National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine; Kim Noltemy, Ross Perot President & CEO, Dallas Symphony Association; Edna dos Santos-Duisenberg, International Policy Advisor, Creative Economy & Development; Shain Shapiro, Founder + CEO of Sound Diplomacy & Executive Director, Center for Music Ecosystems; Shen Wei, Founder and Artistic Director, Shen Wei Dance Arts NY+Paris; Kahchun Wong, Chief Conductor, Nuernberg Philharmonic Orchestra + Principal Guest Conductor, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
