alba KULTUR - International Office for Global Music

For almost 30 years alba KULTUR has been working as an independent office, specialized in global music cultures ranging from classical non-Western music and orally transmitted traditional music and folk to contemporary hybrid and creolised fusion and crossover projects, that all express the concept of cultural diversity in a globalised world.

Our work is based on the philosophy, that music is a fundamental human expression. It creates and supports social and cultural identity. Dealing with both, one's own music and foreign music cultures help to establish openness, tolerance, respect, self-awareness, sensitivity and the ability to give and receive criticism - all valuable criteria for a peaceful living together and the development of a vibrant civil society.
We primarily work in the following areas:

• artist management
• curatorial work
• concept development and consulting
• cultural education
• music and sustainable development
• cultural political commitment

UNESCO

alba KULTUR supports the work of the German UNESCO Commission to implement the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage through practical projects in the field of global music.

Find out more about world wide RESILIART Debates : Artists and Creativity beyond Crisis

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Artist Mobility

Throughout the last twenty years, alba KULTUR has specialised in and continously worked on issues regarding artist mobility ...



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Klassik der Welt in der Elbphilharmonie

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg features music from non-Western cultures with own 'classical' traditions - complex art music with a along history of notation. An important part of these 'Classics Of The World' are as well music styles which had been handed over orally and refined by master musicians over centuries. 

Blog : Online 'Silk Road Festival' April 2020
Features, exclusive streamings of live concert recordings by the invited artists, videos and other background material for a musical discovery journey along the Silk Road with excursions to Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and China:
Website Elbphilharmonie - Silk Road Festival Online: Blogs & Streamings

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Weltmusik in der Alten Oper Frankfurt

World music series at Frankfurt Old Opera House at Mozartsaal 

Please check out the new program 2020/ 2021 !!!
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Migrants Music Manifesto

The aim of this project, funded by the EU Creative Europe Culture Programm 2020/ 2021 and organized with partner organisations in France, Belgium, Italy, Greece and alba KULTUR in Germany, is to improve communication and understanding of migrants and refugees in Europe through music.
The start of the project had been postphoned to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
 
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Klangkosmos NRW

Klangkosmos NRW is the global music network of local cultural organsations in more than 20 cities in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Discover the programm of the 20th jubilee season with bands from Sweden, Albania, South Africa, Finland, Switzerland, Korea, France, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Columbia, Senegal!

All concerts in March - June 2020 are canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

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Focus Rhineland

Since more than 25 years we are collaborating with countless ensembles of the rich and creative local music scene based in the music city of Cologne and in the surroundings of Rhineland. Discover the Sound of Rhineland !
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Globalflux

A civil society iniative of the global music scene in North Rhine-Westphalia




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Mariana Sadovska

Composer, Vocalist, Multi-Instrumentalist and Actress
As a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and actress, experienced with multi-media performances, workshops and musical theatre productions, Mariana Sadovska is an internationally renowned and award-winning artist and composer. Born in Lviv, Ukraine, where she was trained as a classical pianist, the Cologne-based artist has continued her artistic journey in various directions ...
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Egschiglen

Contemporary and Traditional Music from Mongolia
Right from the beginning almost thirty years ago Egschiglen set the focus of their artistic work on contemporary music. They explored the sound dimensions of works by contemporary Mongolian composers with their fine-tuned arrangements, using traditional instruments from Mongolia and Central Asian vocal techniques ...
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Galata Mevlevi Ensemble

The Whirling Dervishes from Istanbul/Turkey
Steeped in the tradition of the most respected and sophisticated Sufis and musicians since the Early Ottoman times, today the Galata Mevlevi Ensemble is considered the best of its kind. Continuously, young musicians and dancers have joined the brotherhood of the 'whirling dervishes' under the spiritual and artistic leadership of Sheik Nail Kesova ...


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Conferences & Lectures

alba KULTUR regularly participates at international conferences, symposia, excursions etc.
Find out, where we could meet next to exchange ideas, new projects and future collaborations !
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