Overview of Musical Humanitarian Projects

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Kimball
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Overview of Musical Humanitarian Projects
Kimball Gallagher
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and Overview of Musical Humanitarian Projects
Performance Biography
Pianist KIMBALL GALLAGHER has risen to prominence as one of the most
dynamic and multifaceted artists on the musical stage today. His sensitive insights
at the keyboard, coupled with his singular entrepreneurial sensibilities, have
enabled him to explore a broad scope of creative endeavors.
Hailed by critics as a “dynamo,” whose performance was “sunlit and rapturous”
and “like a lightning bolt,” Gallagher’s sold-out 2008 debut at Carnegie Hall
launched his international 88-Concert Tour, which seeks to revive salon culture
through 88 performances in a variety of intimate venues. This unique four-year
tour continues to gain momentum with performances in private homes throughout
the United States, and distinguished venues all over the world, from the Kennedy
Center to Kabul, Bombay to Boulder, Chicago to Shanghai and Tuscany to Tunisia.
This past season has included concerts in Paris, Cairo, Alexandria, Dubai, a tour
of India and a return to Kabul, Afghanistan where he returned to the Afghanistan
National Institute of Music and performed at the German Embassy. He recently
performed at the United Nations and the World Bank. This past Fall he completed
tours of Malaysia and a 6-city concert tour of India in collaboration with Chintan a
Delhi based NGO that recently received the Secretary of State’s Innovation Award
for the empowerment of women and girls. In April, 2013 he commissioned and
premiered, in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, a new piano concerto from EgyptianAmerican composer Ryan Francis. This Summer features performances in Taiwan,
Thailand, Burma, China, and Switzerland. This Fall Mr. Gallagher performs at the
Cairo Opera House and the National Recital Hall in Taipei.
….[Kimball Gallagher’s] Four Preludes, a gentle, introspective set in an accessible eclectic style
that draws on Minimalism—the repeating left-hand staccato figure in the second piece and the
ostinato that accompanies the lyrical melody in the third—as well as hints of a Romantic salon
style and ruminative jazz.”
-NY Times (2012)
“Mr Gallagher….discovered a winning formula in presenting a brief performance of music
followed by open dialogue…”
-The Economist (2012)
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Mission Statement
Our humanitarian crises are a result of discord. From climate change, to dealing
with oppressive regimes, to disaster relief – cooperation is fundamental though ever
more elusive. Crisis itself makes nations (and individuals) focus on self-preservation
rather than focus on enlightened collective interest, and the universal truth: that we
cannot solve our problems alone.
There is no greater unifier
than music; cutting through all
differences; bringing disparate
worldviews together and forming
the foundation for trust. It is
the perfect convening point –
something we all agree upon –
while dealing with the difficult
work of making our world in
harmony with our ideals.
It’s easy to overlook music in
a world where billions of people
lack basic services. Our instinct Performing at the German Emabassy in Kabul Afghanistan.
January 2012
is to focus on food and shelter
though the healing, hope and meaning that come from the arts is often needed
more in such situations; to give people the strength to carry on and inspire through
beauty.
Kimball Gallagher works to make such experiences possible, around the globe.
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Afghanistan
Before 2001, under the Taliban, music was illegal in Afghanistan. After the
Talban was removed, the musical void remained largely unfilled until 2008 when
Dr. Ahmad Sarmast founded the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM).
ANIM serves 150 students from Kabul and has been the leader in rebuilding the
musical infrastructure of Afghanistan. Kimball has visited ANIM as a piano faculty
member three times since 2011. In addition to private piano lessons, collaborations
with ANIM faculty, and 2 concerts at the German Embassy, Kimball also presented
composition workshops where students learned to spell their name in musical
notes, each letter of their name corresponding to a note on their instrument. As a
result of participation in this workshop, a fifteen-year-old pianist, Elham, composed
a short piano piece using his name. Kimball often performs this piece while sharing
the story of ANIM to audiences around the world. The performance at a private
concert, in Dubai in January 2013, led to an electronic keyboard donation to Elham
from an audience member.
"It's really interesting to compose
our own pieces and it's a good
experience for me when you
came in our school I learn how to
compose... music changed my life
a lot. I can show my feeling for the
people with music. i love music.
Music is my life . - Elham
Piano donation to Elham, March 2013
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India
In the fall of 2012, Gallagher’s
innovative 6-city concert tour in India
raised awareness of wastepickers
throughout the country by promoting
the work of Chintan in Delhi, Kagad
Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat in
Pune, Hasirudala in Bangalore, and
Stree Mukti Sanghatana in Mumbai.
The concerts featured piano works
by Beethoven and Liszt and works
Gallagher commissioned from
composers Reena Esmail and Michael
Harrison.
Making Music with Wastepickers in Pune,
India, November 2012
As a point of connection, Gallagher explained in each concert that the greatest of
western classical composers were experts in “economy of means,” a concept essential
to environmentalism and waste processing. Franz Liszt, for example, uses the barest
of raw materials, just 4 repeated notes, to create a masterpiece of epic proportions
entitled Sonata in B Minor. In Pune, Kimball created western style accompaniments to
accompany the wastepickers in their own songs. At the end of the tour he composed the
WastePicker Suite using the names (spelled out in musical notes) of 5 wastepickers whom
he met on this journey.
The project was inspired by a partnership with Chintan, whose founder Bharati
Chaturvedi received the first ever Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women
and Girls from Hillary Clinton. This award is worth $500,000 USD. Chintan’s main
initiative is to organize wastepickers into a recognized labor force and also to remove
children from this labor force and put them in school. With such important recognition,
an innovative concert tour was an apt addition to the swell of support for Chintan and
other wastepicking organizations.
Events covered by Times of India, The Hindu, and Hindustan Times
For specific detail on the Delhi Concert and Economy of Means: http://articles.timesofindia.
indiatimes.com/2012-11-06/delhi/34947724_1_musical-note-three-notes-ragpickers
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Egypt
As part of the 88-concert-tour, Kimball Gallagher, with support from Cultures
in Harmony, commissioned Egyptian-American composer Ryan Francis to compose
a new work entitled Anket (translated as ‘horizon’) for string orchestra, piano and
soprano. The text is an Egyptian pharaonic poem and the music fuses a modern
American sonority with Egyptian elements. The concerto was premiered on March
19, 2013 in Cairo at the El Sawy Culture Wheel and on March 24 in Alexandria
with the Bibliotecha Alexandrina Chamber Orchestra with conductor Mohammad
Basha and soprano Dr. Neveen Alouba.
“Egypt the Beloved Country” Concerto Performance with Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra. Alexandria,
Egypt, March 2013.
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During this same trip to Egypt Kimball
also performed a private fundraising concert
benefiting Egyptian based NGO Al Fanar
and raising more than $7000 USD for their
partnership with US based NGO Global
Fund for Widows. Additionally he has given
2 performances at Village of Hope which
was built as a home for mentally challenged
people by Nada Thabet, one of the nominees
for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. With
Cultures in Harmony he participated in a
collaboration with Alexandria based youth
organization Bridge called Musical Koshary
where 4 American musicians and 8 Egyptian
musicians collaborated as an ensemble in
the performance of a variety of musical
genres including Egyptian, Western Classical,
Western Rock and Turkish.
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G u i t a r Pe r fo r m a n c e a t V i l l a g e o f H o p e ,
Alexandria, Egypt, March 2013
“Kimball, on the other hand, is proud that, in spite of this not being the first time that he visits
Egypt or performs here, this one is different because he is performing a new composition
for the very first time in Egypt and the world. Even though he played several of Ryan’s
compositions before, this one, in his opinion, has a different taste because it is from Egypt
and for Egypt. Pianist Gallagher is known in the music scene as one of the most dynamic
and entrepreneurial artists. He is trying to implement the saying that music is the universal
language of mankind.” - El Beit Magazine (Translated from Arabic)
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Tunisia
In 2007 Kimball Gallagher
w a s i n v i t e d t o Tu n i s i a b y
Cultures in Harmony on 1
week notice and since then he
has worked closely with the
US based cultural diplomacy
N G O o n t h e i r Tu n i s i a n
projects. The Summer of
2013 will mark the seventh
year he will participate as
faculty of the Friends Music
Academy a collaboration with
Tunisian based, Atlas Music
With Cultures in Harmony at Friends Music Program in Hammamet
Academy where approximately Summer of 2010
4 0 Tu n i s i a n s t u d e n t s a r e
taught by 5 American music teachers. Workshops and lessons are taught in piano,
violin, voice, songwriting , performance and chamber music. Performances are
given throughout Tunisia in Tunis, Sidi bou Said, El Kef, Beni Mtir, El Jem, Naboul,
Hammamet, Jendouba and Sousse.
In the summer of 2012 Kimball performed at a fundraising concert at the
spectacular Acropolium in Carthage for a Tunisian NGO Action et Développement
Solidaire (ADS). The concert raised $19,000 USD, enough for one new technology
center with 15 computers in an underserved part of Tunisia for one year. The
centers are part of an ADS initiative to bring technology to underserved areas of
Tunisia.
In October 2011, after the revolution and just before the election, Kimball
performed a concert in Sidi bu said at the Palais du Baron d'Erlanger for the Interim
Tunisian Government, which included works by Jaloul Ayed, the Interim Finance
Minister. A similar program was later performed at Kennedy Center in January
2012, commemorating the one-year anniversary of the revolution.
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Kimball’s devotion for helping talented
musical students has led him to mentor
several students directly. A fundraising
campaign in 2011 successfully raised $7000
USD and helped two young Tunisian girls
Senda Zayati and Ameni Jebali to attend
the New York Summer Music Festival in
New York state. For one -year Kimball
taught Senda, gratis, via Skype, and guided
the creation of Senda’s first album which
includes 6 original songs in 4 languages.
With the up and coming Tunisian violinist,
Nidhal Jebali, he has performed on many
o c c a s i o n s i n Tu n i s i a a n d t h e U n i t e d
States. And for Souhayl Guesmi, a young
composer-pianist, he has facilitated his
link to a composition teacher in the US via
Skype as there are no composition teachers
in Tunisia. Additionally Kimball introduced
Souhayl to the Hamptons Summer Music
Festival where he will attend his second
consecutive summer.
Singer Senda’s first album cover
With Interim Finance Minister Jaloul Ayed before
the concert for the Interim Tunisian Government,
October 2011
"But the moment I played that piece for you, my life changed, that was the first time I feel that
someone at least considered and gave value to what Im doing or trying to do."
- Souhayl Guesmi
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Taiwan
As the wealth inequality crisis has become a global phenomenon, Sunfar, a Taiwanese
computer retailer, announced they will donate 20% of profits to public welfare. The
philanthropic philosophy promotes a new form of social enterprise that gives consumers
the opportunity to be socially responsible through their consumption behavior. Also, it
presents a possible solution to the economic phenomenon marked by the growing wealth
gap between the extreme rich and the extreme poor.
Pa r t n e r i n g w i t h S u n f a r
G a l l a g h e r a n d Ta i w a n e s e
pianist Kaiyin Huang completed
a 12 elementary school concert
tour in Taichung and Nantou
counties in May 2013, giving
concerts and compositional
workshops to underserved rural
communities while inspiring
students’ creativity and active
participation in music-making.
With faculty and students from the elementary school in Nantou.
This also marked the first minitour of a large project in Taiwan called Taiwan 88. Through educational outreach
concerts, as well as large scale concerts in concert halls and cultural centers, they
are planning to bring music to 88 of Taiwan’s townships and cities.
"During the concert, the students who don’t normally perform well academically participated
enthusiastically, which proves to us that music not only have no national boundaries, but it
also breaks the stereotype that students’ performance can only be measured by their academic
achievement. The concert and the workshop have not only expanded student’s horizon, but
have also made a strong impact on the teachers and inspires them to reflect on their own
teaching. " - Principle of Beitou Elementary School
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Myanmar
As a guest teacher, Kimball visited
t h e G i t a m e i t M u s i c C e n t e r, t h e
most established community music
school in Myanmar, in June 2013.
During a one-week period, Kimball
worked intensely with students
i n b o t h Ya n g o n a n d M a n d a l a y.
Through piano lessons, guitar lessons,
composition and song writing classes,
technique classes, and multiple
performances and concerts, students
received opportunities that are scarce
in the current musical environment
in Myanmar.
Final concert presented by Gitameit Music Center,
Mandalay June 2013.
“Thank you so much for the teaching us, we are all so grateful and happy. We really need
artists like you to come visit in Myanmar. Hope will see you again in the future. And also hope
that your good will and passion will nurture more and more students around the world” – Student from Gitameit Music Center.
Other Notable Events
FRANCE Fundraiser for People Eye Care Foundation in Thailand - concert raised
money for 18 vision saving surgeries.
MONGOLIA Concert Donation in Ulanbaatar, April 2011
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Advisory Board
Gabo Arora is a specialist in international affairs with over 12 years of
experience in programming and policy related to development, human
rights, education, post-conflict and emergency relief, with a strong focus on
partnerships and coordinating multi-stakeholder projects. He has worked
and lived in the USA, Italy, Colombia, Namibia, Zambia, Tanzania, India
and most recently was based in Haiti, as Deputy Coordinator for UNICEF,
assisting in reconstruction efforts after the January 12th earthquake. He is
currently a Senior Advisor for Policy and Outreach for the UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon’s Advocacy Group for the Millennium Development
Goals. Fluent in numerous Indian and Romance Languages, he also holds honors degrees in
Philosophy, Economics and International Relations from New York University, Johns Hopkins
University and The Bologna Center in Italy.
JALOUL AYED received his first piano at the age of 12, launching a
lifetime of passion for music and the piano that has never dimmed.
Now a composer recognized by the French Société des auteurs,
compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM), his music is rooted in
classical tradition, but seasoned with New Age influences. In 2009, his
symphony Hannibal Barca was premiered in Casablanca and in January
of 2012 was performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in
commemoration of the Tunisian Revolution. Mr. Ayed was the Minister
of Finance of Tunisia just following the revolution. Outside of classical
music, Mr. Ayed joined Citibank in 1980 where he spent 18 years. He is the founder of BMCE
Capital, the investment banking arm of BMCE, a leading investment bank in Morocco and in the
region. He recently published a book entitled “Les Route des Jasmins” laying out a vision for the
future of Tunisia.
Veronica Bulgari currently oversees special projects for Bulgari after
having held managerial positions with the company’s jewelry and fragrance
division since 1991. She is a graduate of Duke University where she
earned her BA in Art History and Political Science and she received her
MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 1990. She served on the Trinity
Board of Visitors at Duke University from 2002 to 2008 and is now on the
board of the Piano Outreach of New York, an organization providing music
scholarships. She also serves on the board of the American Foundation for
the Courtauld Institute of Art. Ms. Bulgari is active with the Carnegie hall Notables which promotes
classical music to younger audiences through the Weill Music Institute. Most recently, she has
been a founder of the Washington Square Park Conservancy, a non profit organization with the
mission of preserving and enhancing Washington Square Park in New York City. She is a collector of
photography and contemporary art and has been involved in sponsoring several exhibits including
Piranesi as Designer at the Cooper Hewitt and Luigi Ghirri at the Aperture Foundation. In the last 4
years, she has rekindled her love for piano playing and is currently studying with Sofya Melikian.
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RadhiMeddeb (58) graduated as an Engineer from the “Ecole”
Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines
(Paris) in 1975 and 1977, respectively. He started his career at Gafsa
Phosphates Company (1977-1982) then at Tunisian Saudi Investment
and Development Company (1982-1987). He is the founder (1987)
and the Chief Executive Officer of COMETE Group, Including COMETE
Engineering, COMETE International, COMETE Real Estate, COMETE
Engineering Libya branch and COMETE Engineering Algeria, active in the
fields of engineering, consulting and real estate mainly in the Maghreb and African sub-Saharan
countries. He is also the founder of Arab Leasing International Finance and Algerian Saudi
Leasing, and acted as General Manager for both between 1987 and 2006. He is a member of the
MENA Advisory Board with World Bank. He is the Chairman of the board of the Mediterranean
Economic Prospective Institute (IPEMED), Paris, whose objective is to bring the two shores of
the Mediterranean closer, via economy. He set up in 2011, ADS, an NGO aiming to identify and
further help to implement a more inclusive economic and social program in Tunisia, giving to all
Tunisians the opportunity to be active actors. This approach is focusing on Tunisia’s main values:
modernity, openness, performance and solidarity.
David Rosensweig is a consultant with McKinsey & Company’s Asia
corporate finance practice. He is based in Singapore where he works
primarily with multinational technology and telecom companies in the
region. Previously he focused on providing financing for technology
companies, as a growth equity investor at Doughty Hanson and as a banker
for technology companies at Goldman Sachs. He has traveled to over 50
countries and worked in at least 15 of them in Europe and Asia, a set of
experience he draws upon in helping Kimball think through and plan a
global tour. He brings the perspective of creating and operating a business across many countries and
an appreciation for the detailed mechanics necessary to execute successfully. He holds an MBA from
Columbia Business School and an MA in international relations from Johns Hopkins University.
Lisa Wang is a Programs and ETF trader at Deutsche Bank with a deep
passion for the arts. She studied piano at the pre-college division of
Juilliard and performed as the guest soloist with the Highlands Symphony
Orchestra and Binghamton Community Orchestra. She has a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Music and Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from
Binghamton University, and an MBA from University of Chicago, Booth
School of Business. Prior to business school, she was a research analyst at
Gleacher Fund Advisors. She holds CPA and CFA designations. In her spare
time, she enjoys hosting fundraising/musical events, mentoring high school
students, volunteering at nursing homes, and traveling. Lisa is also an avid foodie and enjoys exploring
restaurants.
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Full List of Charities & Non-Profit Organizations
Kimball Gallagher is devoted to assisting charity and non-profit organizations
where possible. In the past, Kimball Gallagher has lent his talents to the following
organizations:
Gitameit Community Music School, Yangon and Mandalay, Myanmar
Eye Care Foundation, Thailand
http://www.lotusdesignpublishing.com/People-eye-care-foundation.htm
Afghanistan National Institute of Music, Kabul, Afghanistan
http://www.afghanistannationalinstituteofmusic.org
Cultures in Harmony
http://www.culturesinharmony.org
MILK, Mainly I Love Kids, Singapore
http://www.milk.org.sg
Chintan, Delhi, India
http://www.chintan-india.org
Stree Mukti Sanghatana, Mumbai, India
http://streemuktisanghatana.org
SWACH, Pune, India
http://www.swachcoop.com
Hasirudala, Bangalore, India
Development Solidaire, Tunisia
https://www.facebook.com/ads.tunisie
PONY, Piano Outreach of New York
http://www.pianooutreach.org
Temple Israel, New York
http://www.templeisraelnyc.org
Eugene Oregon Symphony
http://www.eugenesymphony.org
Los Compadres de San Antonio Missions
http://loscompadres.org
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http://kimballgallagher.com/reviews-interviews-press-media/
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (917) 533-7313

Overview of Musical Humanitarian Projects

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