Playing for Change: Chanda Mama (video)
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The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race.
The Playing for Change producers traveled the world, over the course of several years, from Santa Monica, California, to Barcelona, to Johannesburg, Chennai, New Orleans, Kathmandu, Dharamsala, Tel Aviv and other cities. They stitched together the instrumentation and the voices of performers around the world to create composite folk symphonies, a chorus of voices offering up the idea that the world can come together in good feeling.
Their aim was to “break down boundaries and overcome distances between people”, recognizing that “music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race.” This video brings together musicians from around the world, but also shows many of them playing in the performance-intense streets at the heart of Barcelona’s old city or Casc Antic.
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