Concerts Norway has for more than 20 years been a spearhead in the field of multicultural music through the collaboration with music milieus in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Since 2000 a collaboration with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has given Concerts Norway the chance to work with music outside of Norway. Our main goal is to present good concert experiences to children and youth, but also to offer live quality music to an adult audience.
In addition, we are involved in several development- and pioneer projects, among them music education in Palestinian schools in the West Bank, collection of traditional music and the establishing of a music school in Nepal, the introduction of school concerts in China, the presentation of heavy metal in India and the collaboration on Tamil Opera in Sri Lanka.
Concerts Norway aims to create mutual understanding, knowledge and respect across cultural and geographical borders. Also important is network building, to strengthen cultural diversity, to strenghten the Norwegian reputation abroad and the use of music in international aid policy.
The activities abroad and in Norway have increased immensely the last years, so has the number of festivals, clubs, universities and organizations that take part with us.
For Concerts Norway, this engagement is a source of continuous learning, in which our own way of presenting music is constantly challenged. We adjust to new ways of planning and carrying out activities, and meet other criteria of quality. This, in turn, gives inspiration and new knowledge, which Concerts Norway wish to invite other participants in the Norwegian music milieu to take part in.