The Language of Art and Music
"An International Symposium on the Potential for Artistic Expression to Cross Cultural Barriers and the Relationship between Art, Culture, and International Relations"
(Berlin, 17th - 20th February 2011, Held Parallel to the Berlin International Film Festival)
Conference Speakers
- Amb. Andras Simonyi
Former Hungarian Ambassador to the USA (ICD Advisory Board Member) - Andres Veiel
German Film Director and Screenwriter; His upcoming film “If Not Us, Who?” is scheduled to compete for the Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival - Colin Tweedy
Chief Executive of Arts & Business UK - Dobrila Popovic
Senior Adviser for Music and Performing Arts in the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro Department of Cultural and Artistic Creativity - Erna Hennicot-Schoepges
European MP; Former Luxembourgian Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs (ICD Advisory Board Member) - Dr. Eva Vass
Department of Education, University of Bath UK - Gareth Reeves
Prize Winning Actor, New Zealand - Ints Dalderis
Former Minister for Culture of the Republic of Latvia; Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra; (ICD Advisory Board Member) - John Ferguson
Executive Director, American Voices - Dr. Kaberi Chatterjee
Leading traditional Manipuri dancer and authority on the dance form created by Rabindranath Tagore. Performed the title roles in authentic film versions of all three of Tagore's dance-dramas, which she also produced: Shyama (2009), Chandalika (2011) & Chitrangada (2011) - Amb. Karl-Erik Norrman
Former Swedish Ambassador; Secretary General of the European Cultural Parliament (tbc) - Mark C. Donfried
Director - the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy - Dr: Marina Apaydin
Deputy Director for Management at the World Heritage Centre, UNESCO - Dr. Matilda Mroz
Specialist in Cinematography and Film, University of Cambridge, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow - Meenakshi Shedde
India Consultant to the Berlin; Locarno and Dubai Film Festivals; Winner of the National Film Award for Best Film Critic in 1999 - Mohammadreza Farzad
Award Winning Iranian Film Director & Poet, His film “Into Thin Air” is nominated and will be screened at the Berlininale 2011. Produced other award-winning films such as: “A Journey to Chazzabeh,” “Help me,” “Hiva,” and “The Burnt Generation” - Per Ekedahl
President, Jeunesses Musicales International and Senior Manager at the Swedish Concert Institute (tbc) - Renen Schorr
Award-Winning Film Director, Screenwriter, Film Producer; Former Head of Israel’s first independent, national school for film and television, and Founder & Director of the Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Jerusalem - Ribal Al-Assad
Founder and Chairman of IMAN; Founder and Director of the Organization for Democracy and Freedom in Syria - Robb Wood
Doha Film Institute - The Honorable Dr. Rocco Buttiglione
Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies; Former Italian Minster of Culture; Former Italian Minister of European Politics - Dr. Rokus de Groot
Musicologist and Composer; Chair of Musicology, University of Amsterdam - Spyros Mercouris
Co-founder of the political party PASOK & Honorary President of the Network of Cultural Capitals and Cultural Months of Europe, - Dr. Timothy Emlyn Jones
Dean, Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle - Dr. Tomur Atagok
Professor and Dean of the Art and Design Faculty in Yildiz University - Dr. Ulrich Brückner
Jean Monnet Professor for European Studies, Stanford University in Berlin - William Harvey
Director & Founder, Cultures in Harmony
