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Beyond Music

Create the songs of tomorrow

We are an invitation-based community for professional musicians, composers, singers & songwriters representing all cultures and music styles. Founded in 2018 by the non-profit Swiss Beyond Foundation and Co-Founder Tina Turner. The aim is to jointly develop innovative pieces of music across cultures and genres. The most unusual music formations are honoured each year at the Beyond Music Project with 80,000 US dollars in financial awards. In addition, the best pieces of music form the Beyond Music album, which will be designed by alternating renowned producers. Let's celebrate unity in its cultural diversity and create the music of tomorrow!

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The submission phase is over. Thank you all for 140 amazing pieces of music!

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In response to many requests, we are extending the submission period for album Vol.3 until 12th September at midnight CET.

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We are thrilled to introduce the new producers for album Vol.3: Four-time Grammy Award winners Michael League & Bill Laurance

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Explore our new Archive Vol.2 with all that happened in the past Beyond Music Project

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Our new album is out now! Beyond Music Vol.2 Same Planet is an anthem to our precious planet Earth.

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Thank you to all the artists who participated!

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  • Beyond Music Community

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      Connect

      Create your profile, describe what kind of artist you are and connect with professional musicians, composers, singers and songwriters from all over the world.

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      Collaborate

      Search for artists by instrument, vocal technique, genre and cultural background, and get in touch with them. Exchange ideas and create something unique.

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  • The Project

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      Submit

      Upload your collaborative music to the Beyond Music Project, held each year with a specific musical theme. Let your creativity run wild and surprise us with unusual teams and outstanding music pieces.

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      Win

      The best 16 collaborations will be awarded with cash prizes worth a total of 80,000 US dollars. In addition, their winning tracks will form the Beyond Music albums, which will be newly produced by alternating world-renowned producers.

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Project Vol.3

Meet our producer team

It is with great pleasure that we present the musical masterminds behind this year's Beyond Music Project and the producers of the Beyond Music album Vol.3: Four-time Grammy Award winners Michael League and Bill Laurance. With their world-renowned, globetrotting, genre-defying ensemble Snarky Puppy, they have taken the world's concert halls by storm and just recently won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album with their work "Live at the Royal Albert Hall".

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Let’s connect to each other

Go beyond. Dive into the unknown. Connect with other artists, collaborate and create an original piece of music for the Beyond Music Vol.3. The world's music heritage is diverse, and so are we. In our diversity, we can find true innovation for a new musical dimension. Join us on an inspirational journey into worlds beyond!

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Get to know our artists

With the impact of the virus pandemic, we are more at home than ever before. Thanks to our digital community, we can stay in touch with the outside world at all times and continue to collaborate. We asked our artists to introduce themselves and their homes and have created over 100 videos from their entries for you to watch.

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New Album out now

We proudly present Beyond Music Vol.2 Same Planet

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Beyond Stories

Stories & News from our Artists, Ambassadors, Supporters

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Winners Vol.2

Discover the winners of the Beyond Music Project Vol.2 and their great journey to the album "Same Planet"

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Ambassadors

With a Little Help from Our Friends

A great diversity of musicians, music legends, producers, artists, and global innovators represent our ambassadors – they are encouraging musicians from all over the world to take the chance to collaborate and create unique music together!

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Tina Turner

"Become open to invite the beyond. Go beyond!"

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Herbert Grönemeyer

"Music is the strongest superfood for the soul. It heats, supports and lifts up."

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Robert Wilson

"Music is a spiritual side of man."

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Kareem Roustom

"Bringing together disparate cultures through music is my passion."

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Ivan Lins

“Music can do miracles - it can save, heal, bring people together, preserve or create peace.”

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Seven

"Music is the true diary of memories. Nothing is stronger."

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Idan Raichel

“Music tells you the story of where we all have come from.”

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Alita Moses

"Music is a beautiful tool and power with which lives are changed and barriers are broken."

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Kinan Azmeh

"Making music is an act of freedom and collaboration, and I love both."

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Rony Barrak

"Music is the one unique language that all people in our universe share."

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Chen Reiss

"The breath carries the soul.”

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Michael Dreyer

"Bringing cultures together with respect and knowledge is the gift of our time."

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Billy Childs

"I believe in music that invites the listener in."

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Amel Brahim-Djelloul

"Music is the expression of the unspeakable, the universal language of the human heart."

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Avi Avital

“In music, there can be no taboos”

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Christopher James

“Music is the rhythm of life and soundtrack to your imagination.”

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David Lang

"Music is the one place where all differences can fall away."

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Swami Jr.

“Music helps me to support the heavy weight of existence, it is a soul refuge.”

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Mari Boine

“It is one of the main challenges of the world today to combine the ancient and the modern.“

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Claus Reichstaller

„Music is sharing, not competition“

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Manfred Leuchter

"I love collecting elements from diverse music cultures and forming them into a unique style."

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Clive Deamer

"I do my utmost to make my contribution relevant."

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Constantine Orbelian

"I was simply in the right place at the right time when my particular skills were needed."

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Philip Giffin

“What’s the number one rule in music? There are no rules.”

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Martin Zenker

"In music and life I always try not to mix up confidence and ego. One is driven by trust, the other by greed."

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Beyond Foundation

Music is the language of Unity

Beyond Music is made possible by the Swiss non-profit Beyond Foundation, whose mission is to connect world cultures through music to promote intercultural understanding and dialogue. "The time has come to experience ethical values that reach beyond any culture or system of belief. Music is the universal language of unity." Regula Curti - Founder

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