alba KULTUR - International Office for Global Music

For more than 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 musical diversity here and world wide 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:

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

Conferences & Lectures

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

New programm 2023 - 2024 is out !



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Musiken der Welt in der Alten Oper Frankfurt

World music series at Frankfurt Old Opera House at Mozartsaal 

New programm 2023 - 2024 is out !


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Kurbasy

White voice and folk tunes from Ukraine
Kurbasy, an ensemble of outstanding vocalists and innovative instrumentalists, brings tight vocal harmonies, resonant lyrics, and theatrical imagery from the Carpathian mountains of Western Ukraine.

Duo Kurbasy on tour in July 2023 with 'Songs from the Ukrainian Forst'


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Gulzoda Khudoynazarova

Shashmaqom from Bukhara
The charismatic female singer of Gulzoda Khudoynazarova comes from Bukhara in Uzbekistan and is known for the special nuances richness of her voice and her extraordinary stage presence during their concerts.


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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.

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Afghanische Musik im Exil

Current information on Afghan music in Europe: master musicians, documentation and music research, instrument makers and traditional instruments, learning and teaching Afghan music and the Afghan music scene reflected in cultural politics.
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Artist Mobility

Throughout the last 25 years, alba KULTUR has specialised in and continuously worked on issues regarding artist mobility ...


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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 since the year 2000.

Online preview program 2023/ 2024

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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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Migrants Music Manifesto - Projektwoche

The project week from 13.-19. September 2021 in Cologne/ Germany offers a WorkshopLab with 20 sessions, concert of the spectacular MMM Project Orchester with 28 musicians based in NRW and in Brussels and a public general debate / conference on the post-pandemic perspectives for the global-local music in NRW and in Europe and framework activities. 

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