The Diplomacy of Music : models and good practices
Person(s) in charge
Team
Nune Nikogoshyan (Assistant HES)
Gretchen Amusseen (HEM – Genève)
Mi-jung Im (Music4One)
Fairouz Nishanova (Fondation Aga Khan Music Initiative)
Yizhen Le (Shanghai Conservatory of Music)
Francesco Pisano
Marianne Løkke Jacobsen (Royale Danish Academy of Music)
Adèle Gojon (Assistante HES)
Marianne Lee (Assistante HES)
Partners
Yizhen Le, Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Mi-jung Im, Fondation Music4One
Fairouz Nishanova, Fondation Aga Khan Music Initiative
2019-2024
Presentation of the project
New models of diplomacy of culture have emerged in recent decades, which apply particularly well to diplomacy through music. Associative and participatory, these new strategies create networks, involve audiences through mediation, and become attached to relational aspects more than to the message itself. The creation of new infrastructure for the production and teaching of music in Geneva, located next to the Palais des Nations, provides an opportunity to conduct an inventory of, and put to the test, models and good practice for musical diplomacy of this kind. In partnership with a diverse range of diplomatic bodies, non-governmental organisations and music teaching institutions, the project aims to develop critical thinking on this type of action. On top of three specific one-off projects, an experiment will be conducted with an ephemeral centre, a space at the intersection of diplomacy and teaching, implementing and serving up for reflection an intercultural education within the meaning set out by UNESCO.
