Cultures in Harmony

CiH Founder William Harvey returned to his home in Mexico City earlier this month after a successful collaboration between Cultures in Harmony and the Melody Culture Foundation, founded and directed by Chinese-American Tina Tian. The Melody Culture Foundation designed and implemented the project and covered the airfare, accommodation, and artist expenses; Cultures in Harmony only […]

Congratulations to Ahmad Sarmast and Afghanistan National Institute of Music for winning the 2018 Polar Music Prize alongside the rock band Metallica. This award, presented by the King of Sweden and often nicknamed the “Nobel Prize for Music,” has previously gone to such recipients as Yo-Yo Ma, El Sistema, Renee Fleming, Led Zeppelin, B. B. […]

What is the impact of our project in Tunisia? Please watch the above video to find out, and then donate so we can keep making it happen!

Students in Tunisia making a “Hand of Friendship” at our 2008 workshops Young classical musicians growing up in Tunisia have few opportunities to perfect their craft. Nearly every year since our founding in 2005, Cultures in Harmony has sent highly qualified musicians to offer workshops, master classes, and one-on-one instruction, partnering in recent years with […]

Thanks to your support, Cultures in Harmony continues to promote cultural understanding through music at a time when fear-fueled nationalist movements make this message more challenging—and more necessary—to deliver. In recent news: We are pleased to welcome to our Board of Directors Dr. Benjamin Juarez Echenique. He is a renowned Mexican conductor and scholar who […]

What do musical Mexican youth hope and fear in the age of Trump? Please check out this video of our most recent collaboration with the Youth Orchestra Program of Mexico City to find out!

In English Considerando la renovada importancia de construir un sentido de comunidad entre las naciones de las Américas cuando una nueva administración presidencial entra en la oficina en los EEUU, Cultures in Harmony (CiH) está fortaleciendo sus relaciones en México y Belice con proyectos de exploración allí en enero y febrero de 2017. Fundada en […]

En Español In light of the renewed importance of building a sense of community among the nations of the Americas as a new presidential administration comes into office, Cultures in Harmony (CiH) is strengthening its relationships in Mexico and Belize with exploratory projects there in January and February 2017. Founded in 2005, the nonprofit CiH […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 19, 2016 Email Cultures in Harmony Yearlong Project asking “What is American Culture?” finishes Violinist spent one week in every state in 2016 INDIANAPOLIS—A project in which a concert violinist travels to each state for one week, asking the question “What is American culture?”, has concluded 50 weeks after it began on […]

Giving Tuesday is here.  The American culture project is almost over. I’m writing these words from Kansas, the 48th state in which I’ll spend one week, asking people, “What is American culture?”   Answers have been powerful. Last week, Oklahomans on social media contributed dozens of answers. I also performed at a shelter for the victims […]