Mexico City, November 12, 2024—In 2025, Cultures in Harmony will celebrate our 20th anniversary with projects bringing people together through music in 10 countries on 5 continents: Afghanistan, Belize, Congo, Ecuador, Mexico, the Netherlands, Philippines, Tunisia, USA, and Zimbabwe! In a time of increased global division, we promote unity, solidarity, and collaboration. More than ever, […]
This summer, Cultures in Harmony is undertaking two projects, spanning from where the notes of a violin echo off the mountains of northern Mexico…to the silence of the mountains of Kabul, Afghanistan, where the music sounds no more. One week from today, Cultures in Harmony will undertake its fifth visit to the Sierra Tarahumara mountains […]
In this blog post, CiH Founder William Harvey shares his experience lecturing about Africa at the German Parliament in Berlin last Friday, June 14, 2024.
While the world’s attention flits from one conflict zone to the next, the situation for Afghan musicians remains perilous since the return of the violently anti-music Taliban in August 2021. Once again, it is illegal in Afghanistan to play, study, or listen to music. Women cannot leave the homes or hold jobs. Girls cannot go […]
Cultures in Harmony underwrote the travel from the USA to Mexico of Sulustu Moses of the Spokane tribe. While in the state of Oaxaca, he sang “Chaconne on Ch’anwi,” a composition by CiH Founder William Harvey based on a traditional hymn of the Spokane, with the Symphony Orchestra of Oaxaca in the Teatro Macedonio Alcalá […]
Mexico City, October 28, 2023: We are active from A to Z, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe! Yesterday, our music festival (co-presented with Revival Arts Trust Zimbabwe) in Zimbabwe was a big success. And from Afghanistan to Germany, we are delighted to share the following news: The German violinist and supporter of Cultures in Harmony Ulla […]
Cultures in Harmony is announcing three exciting projects for fall 2023! In October, we will help the Revival Arts Trust Zimbabwe present another edition of the Pfumvudza Community Arts Festival in Marondera, Zimbabwe. We helped launch this festival in 2015. As part of our participation, the American cellist Amy Macy will perform with Zimbabwean musicians. […]
You can now see pictures from this year’s Tunisia project in two places: our Flickr account and our brand-new Cultures in Harmony Instagram account! Don’t forget to donate to ensure these beautiful connections continue.
We are pleased to share these videos from the final concert of the 2023 edition of our collaboration with Atlas Music Academy in Tunisia! Check them out, then donate to keep connecting across cultural barriers through music.
Thank you, my dear donors and friends, for helping us help young Tunisian musicians realize their dreams! I spoke with Jeanel LeBlanc, music producer and vocalist. You can also check out interviews with some of the other teachers: John Willis and Hanan Aseelah Davis. They are teaching in Beni M’tir right now. Please donate to […]
