Musicians Without Borders
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For over 25 years, we have used the power of music for peacebuilding, and worked to inspire and support musicians everywhere to create positive change in their communities 🕊️
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Hero - Right Turn (Roma Rock School)
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Song of the Month: Right Turn - Hero
The band Right Turn is one of our longest-running bands from the Roma Rock School. Since 2019, they have been combining energetic rock with traditional Roma music to create something truly unique.
Listen to their track Hero here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=daOR...
The band Right Turn is one of our longest-running bands from the Roma Rock School. Since 2019, they have been combining energetic rock with traditional Roma music to create something truly unique.
Listen to their track Hero here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=daOR...
Use one word only: What does music mean to you?
August 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Use one word only: What does music mean to you?
We did this together 💛
Thank you to every single one of you who supported our “This Is Me” campaign.
Together, we raised €27,762 to bring music, healing, and connection to people silenced by war, conflict, and displacement.
Hope has a sound. And it’s louder when we raise our voices together.
Thank you to every single one of you who supported our “This Is Me” campaign.
Together, we raised €27,762 to bring music, healing, and connection to people silenced by war, conflict, and displacement.
Hope has a sound. And it’s louder when we raise our voices together.
July 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We did this together 💛
Thank you to every single one of you who supported our “This Is Me” campaign.
Together, we raised €27,762 to bring music, healing, and connection to people silenced by war, conflict, and displacement.
Hope has a sound. And it’s louder when we raise our voices together.
Thank you to every single one of you who supported our “This Is Me” campaign.
Together, we raised €27,762 to bring music, healing, and connection to people silenced by war, conflict, and displacement.
Hope has a sound. And it’s louder when we raise our voices together.
We’re almost there ✨ We've reached 87% of our goal!
Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve raised €26,200 of €30,000 to keep our global peacebuilding music projects thriving.
Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve raised €26,200 of €30,000 to keep our global peacebuilding music projects thriving.
July 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We’re almost there ✨ We've reached 87% of our goal!
Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve raised €26,200 of €30,000 to keep our global peacebuilding music projects thriving.
Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve raised €26,200 of €30,000 to keep our global peacebuilding music projects thriving.
When the music starts, dividing lines disappear.
On stage: teens from different backgrounds, standing side by side, playing their own songs to a crowd that cheers as one. 🎶
On stage: teens from different backgrounds, standing side by side, playing their own songs to a crowd that cheers as one. 🎶
July 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
When the music starts, dividing lines disappear.
On stage: teens from different backgrounds, standing side by side, playing their own songs to a crowd that cheers as one. 🎶
On stage: teens from different backgrounds, standing side by side, playing their own songs to a crowd that cheers as one. 🎶
In a divided city once shaped by conflict, Emir found belonging through music.
As a teenager, he walked into Mitrovica Rock School just looking for rehearsal space. What he found was a second home, one that brought young people from all sides of a divided city together.
As a teenager, he walked into Mitrovica Rock School just looking for rehearsal space. What he found was a second home, one that brought young people from all sides of a divided city together.
July 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
In a divided city once shaped by conflict, Emir found belonging through music.
As a teenager, he walked into Mitrovica Rock School just looking for rehearsal space. What he found was a second home, one that brought young people from all sides of a divided city together.
As a teenager, he walked into Mitrovica Rock School just looking for rehearsal space. What he found was a second home, one that brought young people from all sides of a divided city together.
What does healing through music look like after disaster strikes?
In Myanmar, just weeks after the 7.9 magnitude earthquake, a group of local musicians got together and went into affected areas.
In Myanmar, just weeks after the 7.9 magnitude earthquake, a group of local musicians got together and went into affected areas.
July 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
What does healing through music look like after disaster strikes?
In Myanmar, just weeks after the 7.9 magnitude earthquake, a group of local musicians got together and went into affected areas.
In Myanmar, just weeks after the 7.9 magnitude earthquake, a group of local musicians got together and went into affected areas.
Today, on July 1st, Musicians Without Borders joins in recognizing Keti Koti, Surinamese for “the chain is broken.”⛓️💥
It marks the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the former Dutch Antilles in 1863, and is a powerful day of both remembrance and celebration of freedom.
It marks the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the former Dutch Antilles in 1863, and is a powerful day of both remembrance and celebration of freedom.
July 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Today, on July 1st, Musicians Without Borders joins in recognizing Keti Koti, Surinamese for “the chain is broken.”⛓️💥
It marks the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the former Dutch Antilles in 1863, and is a powerful day of both remembrance and celebration of freedom.
It marks the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the former Dutch Antilles in 1863, and is a powerful day of both remembrance and celebration of freedom.
Song of the Month: Right Turn - Hero
The band Right Turn is one of our longest-running bands from the Roma Rock School. Since 2019, they have been combining energetic rock with traditional Roma music to create something truly unique.
Listen to their track Hero here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=daOR...
The band Right Turn is one of our longest-running bands from the Roma Rock School. Since 2019, they have been combining energetic rock with traditional Roma music to create something truly unique.
Listen to their track Hero here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=daOR...
Hero - Right Turn (Roma Rock School)
YouTube video by Roma Rock School
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June 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Song of the Month: Right Turn - Hero
The band Right Turn is one of our longest-running bands from the Roma Rock School. Since 2019, they have been combining energetic rock with traditional Roma music to create something truly unique.
Listen to their track Hero here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=daOR...
The band Right Turn is one of our longest-running bands from the Roma Rock School. Since 2019, they have been combining energetic rock with traditional Roma music to create something truly unique.
Listen to their track Hero here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=daOR...
🍉Meet Abeer, a Choir Conductor at Bara’em Ghirass in Palestine.
In a life shaped by borders and instability, she creates a space where children grow in confidence, connection, and hope.
Read the full story about her work and impact here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/06/11/m...
In a life shaped by borders and instability, she creates a space where children grow in confidence, connection, and hope.
Read the full story about her work and impact here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/06/11/m...
Meet Abeer, a Choir Conductor in our Palestine Program
My name is Abeer, and I am a Palestinian artist, a Psychodrama and Expressive Arts Therapist, and Choir Conductor at Bara’em Ghirass for Musicians Without Borders. I grew up in...
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June 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🍉Meet Abeer, a Choir Conductor at Bara’em Ghirass in Palestine.
In a life shaped by borders and instability, she creates a space where children grow in confidence, connection, and hope.
Read the full story about her work and impact here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/06/11/m...
In a life shaped by borders and instability, she creates a space where children grow in confidence, connection, and hope.
Read the full story about her work and impact here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/06/11/m...
Last month, the Palestine News Network visited our project in Bethlehem, and reported on our work with the children living in and around the city.
We are so grateful to have had them come along - you can read their report here: english.pnn.ps/news/47493
We are so grateful to have had them come along - you can read their report here: english.pnn.ps/news/47493
Palestinian Children in Bethlehem Find Relief in Music Amid Conflict: Watch PNN Video
Bethlehem / PNN/Amid the ongoing Israeli Palestinian conflict, Palestinian children are growing up under the shadow of w
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June 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Last month, the Palestine News Network visited our project in Bethlehem, and reported on our work with the children living in and around the city.
We are so grateful to have had them come along - you can read their report here: english.pnn.ps/news/47493
We are so grateful to have had them come along - you can read their report here: english.pnn.ps/news/47493
Another very precious moment happened in Myanmar.
Relief workers trained by Musicians Without Borders found a small boy at one of the camps for internally displaced people, who had tragically lost his father in the earthquake.
Read on below 👇
Relief workers trained by Musicians Without Borders found a small boy at one of the camps for internally displaced people, who had tragically lost his father in the earthquake.
Read on below 👇
May 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Another very precious moment happened in Myanmar.
Relief workers trained by Musicians Without Borders found a small boy at one of the camps for internally displaced people, who had tragically lost his father in the earthquake.
Read on below 👇
Relief workers trained by Musicians Without Borders found a small boy at one of the camps for internally displaced people, who had tragically lost his father in the earthquake.
Read on below 👇
“Music? What do I need that for? I have to work."
In our new blog, Almerisa, a Workshop Leader and Trainer working in Bosnia and Herzegovina, shares a powerful story of how music cracked open a space for healing, connection, and hope.
Read here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/05/22/m...
In our new blog, Almerisa, a Workshop Leader and Trainer working in Bosnia and Herzegovina, shares a powerful story of how music cracked open a space for healing, connection, and hope.
Read here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/05/22/m...
“Music? What do I need that for?”
My name is Almerisa, and I am a Musicians Without Borders workshop leader and trainer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We use music to support people in reception centers and safe...
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May 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
“Music? What do I need that for? I have to work."
In our new blog, Almerisa, a Workshop Leader and Trainer working in Bosnia and Herzegovina, shares a powerful story of how music cracked open a space for healing, connection, and hope.
Read here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/05/22/m...
In our new blog, Almerisa, a Workshop Leader and Trainer working in Bosnia and Herzegovina, shares a powerful story of how music cracked open a space for healing, connection, and hope.
Read here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/05/22/m...
“This Is Me” – a campaign to give voice to the silenced.
Across the world, people affected by war, conflict, and displacement are often reduced to headlines, labels, and statistics.
We believe in something different.
Through music, we amplify real voices. Real stories. Real lives.
Across the world, people affected by war, conflict, and displacement are often reduced to headlines, labels, and statistics.
We believe in something different.
Through music, we amplify real voices. Real stories. Real lives.
May 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“This Is Me” – a campaign to give voice to the silenced.
Across the world, people affected by war, conflict, and displacement are often reduced to headlines, labels, and statistics.
We believe in something different.
Through music, we amplify real voices. Real stories. Real lives.
Across the world, people affected by war, conflict, and displacement are often reduced to headlines, labels, and statistics.
We believe in something different.
Through music, we amplify real voices. Real stories. Real lives.
Song of the Month - Yammo (Oh Mother)
A song from the hearts of children, for the hearts of mothers.
In honor of Mother's Day being celebrated in many countries in May, we share a message of strength, love, and resilience - especially for the mothers of Palestine.
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A song from the hearts of children, for the hearts of mothers.
In honor of Mother's Day being celebrated in many countries in May, we share a message of strength, love, and resilience - especially for the mothers of Palestine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzYC...
Mother's Day Message from Palestine
YouTube video by Musicians Without Borders
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May 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Song of the Month - Yammo (Oh Mother)
A song from the hearts of children, for the hearts of mothers.
In honor of Mother's Day being celebrated in many countries in May, we share a message of strength, love, and resilience - especially for the mothers of Palestine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzYC...
A song from the hearts of children, for the hearts of mothers.
In honor of Mother's Day being celebrated in many countries in May, we share a message of strength, love, and resilience - especially for the mothers of Palestine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzYC...
In a region shaped by conflict, children came together to create something powerful: joy.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 42 newly trained music trainers, once participants themselves, reached over 1,000 children in just one month.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 42 newly trained music trainers, once participants themselves, reached over 1,000 children in just one month.
May 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In a region shaped by conflict, children came together to create something powerful: joy.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 42 newly trained music trainers, once participants themselves, reached over 1,000 children in just one month.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 42 newly trained music trainers, once participants themselves, reached over 1,000 children in just one month.
Laura Hassler shared a powerful vision at the Arnold Bake Day conference: A world where music isn’t just entertainment, but a tool for healing, connection, and empowerment.
May 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Laura Hassler shared a powerful vision at the Arnold Bake Day conference: A world where music isn’t just entertainment, but a tool for healing, connection, and empowerment.
Music Connects, also in Berlin!
Once a year, the once-divided city of Berlin welcomes young musicians who are overcoming ethnic, religious and language divisions through music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=65a0...
Once a year, the once-divided city of Berlin welcomes young musicians who are overcoming ethnic, religious and language divisions through music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=65a0...
Music Connects: Creating new music in Berlin
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May 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Music Connects, also in Berlin!
Once a year, the once-divided city of Berlin welcomes young musicians who are overcoming ethnic, religious and language divisions through music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=65a0...
Once a year, the once-divided city of Berlin welcomes young musicians who are overcoming ethnic, religious and language divisions through music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=65a0...
From one pair of hands to another - these donated violins in the hands of these young musicians recently arrived in our Palestine project. Music travels, carrying hope, joy, and resilience - every instrument brings connection, healing, and the power of sound.
May 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
From one pair of hands to another - these donated violins in the hands of these young musicians recently arrived in our Palestine project. Music travels, carrying hope, joy, and resilience - every instrument brings connection, healing, and the power of sound.
This week in Palestine, the children in our project came together to write and rehearse their very own piece of music, and we got a sneak peek into their beautiful process! ❤️
April 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This week in Palestine, the children in our project came together to write and rehearse their very own piece of music, and we got a sneak peek into their beautiful process! ❤️
Bidding in our King's Day Auction ends tonight at 23:59 CET! Have a look at what's on offer and place your bids by clicking here: airauctioneer.com/mu...
April 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Bidding in our King's Day Auction ends tonight at 23:59 CET! Have a look at what's on offer and place your bids by clicking here: airauctioneer.com/mu...
Create your dream studio while making a difference! 🎼
Bid on high-quality music gear in our auction and support Musicians Without Borders’ global peacebuilding work.
👉 Bid now: airauctioneer.com/musicians-wi...
Bid on high-quality music gear in our auction and support Musicians Without Borders’ global peacebuilding work.
👉 Bid now: airauctioneer.com/musicians-wi...
April 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Create your dream studio while making a difference! 🎼
Bid on high-quality music gear in our auction and support Musicians Without Borders’ global peacebuilding work.
👉 Bid now: airauctioneer.com/musicians-wi...
Bid on high-quality music gear in our auction and support Musicians Without Borders’ global peacebuilding work.
👉 Bid now: airauctioneer.com/musicians-wi...
Song of the Month: Kurr’ n’Jete - Ryqke
Out of the Mitrovica Rock School, Kurr’ n’Jete are combining hip hop and live setups to forge their own style and create their own unique blend of music.
Out of the Mitrovica Rock School, Kurr’ n’Jete are combining hip hop and live setups to forge their own style and create their own unique blend of music.
April 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Song of the Month: Kurr’ n’Jete - Ryqke
Out of the Mitrovica Rock School, Kurr’ n’Jete are combining hip hop and live setups to forge their own style and create their own unique blend of music.
Out of the Mitrovica Rock School, Kurr’ n’Jete are combining hip hop and live setups to forge their own style and create their own unique blend of music.
"We could hear them outside, happy and singing"
Our Welcome Notes trainers Juan, Luis, and Kai recorded a short video after one of their workshops at a reception center, where they worked with children housed at the center to create improvized music.
Watch it here: youtube.com/shorts/S...
Our Welcome Notes trainers Juan, Luis, and Kai recorded a short video after one of their workshops at a reception center, where they worked with children housed at the center to create improvized music.
Watch it here: youtube.com/shorts/S...
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April 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"We could hear them outside, happy and singing"
Our Welcome Notes trainers Juan, Luis, and Kai recorded a short video after one of their workshops at a reception center, where they worked with children housed at the center to create improvized music.
Watch it here: youtube.com/shorts/S...
Our Welcome Notes trainers Juan, Luis, and Kai recorded a short video after one of their workshops at a reception center, where they worked with children housed at the center to create improvized music.
Watch it here: youtube.com/shorts/S...
Today is the start of #MusicTherapyWeek, and to celebrate, Heba Al-Saeeda, a participant in our Jordan music as therapy training program, has reflected on her experience as a trainee.
You can read her piece in full here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/04/10/r...
You can read her piece in full here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/04/10/r...
Reflections From Jordan
This blog was written by Fabienne Van Eck (Regional Program Manager Middle East and Trainer) and Heba Al-Saeeda, a participant in our Jordan training program. The last year has been...
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April 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today is the start of #MusicTherapyWeek, and to celebrate, Heba Al-Saeeda, a participant in our Jordan music as therapy training program, has reflected on her experience as a trainee.
You can read her piece in full here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/04/10/r...
You can read her piece in full here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/04/10/r...
Last month, Chris Nicholson, our Program Development Manager and Regional Program Manager in Central East Africa, wrote an article for Music Teacher magazine about the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read the full piece here: www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk/content/heal...
Read the full piece here: www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk/content/heal...
April 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Last month, Chris Nicholson, our Program Development Manager and Regional Program Manager in Central East Africa, wrote an article for Music Teacher magazine about the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read the full piece here: www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk/content/heal...
Read the full piece here: www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk/content/heal...