Songs for World Peace - Peace Day Panel Discussion & GO LIVE! 2022
September 21st, 2022
[Moderator]
Utako Toyama & Yoshie Nakayama, Co-Founders, Songs for World Peace
Stella Siwon Hwang, Associate Manager, Songs for World Peace
Hanah Fujii Bennet, Intern, Songs for World Peace
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[Panel Guests]​
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Laura Hassler, Founder/Director, Musicians Without Borders
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Sebastian Ruth, Founder, Community MusicWorks/ Visiting Lecturer, Yale School of Music
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Liz Stookey Sunde
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[Artists]
Nicoh Kwan (Costa Rica), El Ärkitekt (Palestine), Halover (Russia), Rasha (Sudan), Greg Ciccolo (USA), Vera (Zimbabwe)
Songs for World Peace - Peace Day Live Panel Discussion
September 21st, 2021
[Moderator]
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Utako Toyama, Co-Founder, Songs for World Peace/Founder, SkyBridge
[Panel Guests]
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Bibiana Gutiérrez, President, UN Women San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
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Laura Hassler, Founder/Director, Musicians Without Borders
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Jeremy Haneman, Co-Director, Together Productions
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Maryana Golovchenko, Project Leader, art.27
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Scott Johnson, Founder/Executive Director, World Singing Day
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Sebastian Ruth, Founder, Community MusicWorks/ Visiting Lecturer, Yale School of Music
Change the World with Music - Exploring What Works
May 21st, 2022
Songs for World Peace partnering with Music to Life, hosted Change the World with Music - Exploring What Works, and featured Professor Brydie-Leigh Bartleet as our keynote speaker.
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Songs for World Peace - Peace Day Panel Discussion & GO LIVE! 2023
September 21st, 2023
[Moderator]
Utako Toyama & Yoshie Nakayama, Co-Founders, Songs for World Peace
Stella Siwon Hwang, Associate Manager, Songs for World Peace
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[Guests]​
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Laura Hassler, Founder/Director, Musicians Without Borders
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Danilo Perez, UNESCO Artist for Peace, Cultural Ambassador for Panama, Founder/Artistic Director of Berklee Global Jazz Institute
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George Lernis, Songs for World Peace Artist, represents Cyprus, Percussionist, and Educator
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Vera, Songs for World Peace Artist, represents Zimbabwe, Leader of Incubator ZW
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[Artists]
Natalie Jean (Haiti), TMRS AwaGe (Mozambique), Mitchell Jay (USA), Robert Scott Schieber (Robert K. Wolf) (USA)
Songs for World Peace GO LIVE! 2021
September 21st, 2021
This year’s release marks a total of 90 songs by 100+ artists from 80+ countries since their launch on International Day of Peace 2020. Their mission is to release 190+ songs from 190+ musicians from 190+ countries about world peace performed in 60+ languages.
We are delighted to have special submissions by Together Productions from the UK and Over the Wall Together Foundation from South Africa.
To celebrate the launch, we had a watch party with our Artists!You will be able to listen to the songs and the stories behind their songs 🙂
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[Moderator]
Simona Smirnova, SWP 2020 Artist from Lithuania
Songs for World Peace - Peace Day Live Panel Discussion
September 21st, 2020
[Moderator]
Natalia Karaseva, Co-Founder, Songs for World Peace
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[Panel Guests]
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Kate Byrne, President, SOCAP Global/President, UN Women San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
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Laura Hassler, Founder/Director, Musicians Without Borders
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Maryanka Golovchnko, Project Leader, art.27
Songs for World Peace GO LIVE! 2020
September 21st, 2020
On September 21st, 2020, International Day of Peace, we released 60+ songs about world peace, written by 70+ artists from 60+ countries which are performed in their languages including submissions by Musicians Without Borders and Imagine Imagine initiative for Together Productions.
To celebrate the launch, we hosted a live streaming watch party with our artists where they shared stories behind the songs.
[Moderator/Artist] Simona Smirnova (Lithuania)
[Artists] Pedro Diaz (Peru), Sofia Widya Kezia (Indonesia), Faten Elarbi (Tunisia), Dina Rizvić (Croatia), Neo Gcabo (South Africa), Shachar Ziv (Israel), Santiago Vidal (Uruguay), Sadia Youssouf (Cabo Verde), Noshi Curry (The Bahamas), Sirintip & Kengchakaj (Thailand), Vaughnette Bigford (Trinidad and Tobago), Achal Murthy from KINIMA (Luxembourg)
[Co-Founders] Natalia Karaseva, Utako Toyama, Yoshie Nakayama
Songs for World Peace - Peace Day Panel Discussion & GO LIVE! 2024
September 21st, 2024
[Moderator]
Utako Toyama & Yoshie Nakayama, Co-Founders, Songs for World Peace
Stella S. Baldwin, Co-Director, Songs for World Peace
Deeana Garcia, Social Media Manager, Songs for World Peace
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[Panel Guests]​
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Laura Hassler, Founder/Director, Musicians Without Borders
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Scarlet Rivera: Grammy-nominated artist and environmental activist
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Stephan Crawford: Founder/Executive Producer, The ClimateMusic Project
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[Artists]
Pial Kanti Shil (Bangladesh), Luan POMMIER (Guadeloupe, France), Maham Suhail (Pakistan), Gonçalo Quintas (Portugal), Jenny Phizacklea (Scotland), Stephen James Picton (Scotland), Zayra Pola (Puerto Rico)