Day 11. "Live Music Now - The Transformative Power of Music"

“Music is a transformative vehicle for social change because it connects us to one another in profound and meaningful ways. Music gives us agency, control, and choices. It is a powerful language that communicates and reflects ideas, identity and emotions and improves our sense of well-being."

Day 10. "See what everyone else sees but think what no one has thought about".

"We don't know what the future of education will look like. But what we can do is make sure that children are motivated to want to learn. And that's what we call educational resilience. Helping kids love to read and become lifelong readers and lifelong learners, ready to face whatever the world has in store for them in the future."

Rana Dajani. We Love Reading Project. Founder & Director.

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Day 9. "COVID-19 - New Zealand's response to support the cultural sector."

"We want to see arts, culture, and heritage thrive and be supported by our government's approach to New Zealand's wellbeing. We want to see strong career paths, broad access to cultural experiences, and a celebration of our diverse cultural traditions. We want New Zealanders to be inspired by creativity and excellence [...] this is the sector that creates and reflects our identity as a nation, connects us to each other, and presents our stories to the world."

Hon. Carmel Sepuloni. New Zealand Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage. 

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Día 8. "La cultura como herramienta para la reconstrucción social"

Enrique Avogadro Ministro de Cultura de Buenos Aires

"En un escenario de creciente exclusión, de creciente desigualdad como en la Argentina […] dónde la pobreza ya ha llegado al 42% de nuestra población ¿Qué tiene que hacer la cultura con relación a este gran desafío? ¿De qué manera puede ser protagonista, entendiendo que la cultura es mucho más que entretenimiento?"

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Día 7. "La cultura rompe barreras"

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Day 6. "The humanizing power of the arts: building back better".

"It is a critical time to reintegrate culture and the arts into strategies for economic and social regeneration, to finally recognize the value of culture and the arts to the well-being of all citizens, and to harness their power to bring people together, even when it is still impossible for us to physically come together."

Susanna Seidl-Fox. Program Director, Culture and Arts Salzburg. Salzburg Global Seminar 

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Day 5. "How the Sydney Opera House lifted the curtain on a new program of live events after its public closure due to COVID-19."

"It's hard to get back up. And all the preparation we've put into it has more than paid off. And I guess my biggest hope is that the fact that Australia is in such a fortunate position is giving hope to people in other performing arts centers and other companies around the world that they'll be back and it's great to be back. And everyone is enjoying the renewed vigor."

Louise Herron AM, CEO of the Sydney Opera House, tells us how they lifted the curtain again. 

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Día 4. "Cultura e Innovación Social"

“Un teatro como este se basa en el encuentro entre el público y los artistas. Ese es el hecho esencial de la creación en las artes escénicas. Este encuentro conmueve, este encuentro altera la cotidianeidad y combate la mediocridad de la vida diaria".

Ramiro Eduardo Osorio Fonseca, Director General del Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, reflexiona sobre la cultura y la innovación social.

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Día 3. "El reto de una industria cultural y musical accesible, diversa e inclusiva"

"Si todo el mundo puede y debe consumir cultura, todo el mundo debe contribuir a su construcción y creación”

Pablo Galindo, Director de Music for All , reflexiona sobre el reto de una industria cultural, diversa y accesible.

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Day 2. "Music: Our universal language".

"Let's learn from each other through this language we have. Our one universal language. Music."

Jake Groshong, CEO of Playing for Change Foundation, reflects on the importance of music as a vehicle for connection.

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