MasterPeace Launches World's Largest Music Competition for Peace

CAIRO and NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MasterPeace, one of the fastest growing peace movements, launches a global music competition, My Music MasterPeace (MMMP) offering musicians from all over the world a chance to become the opening act of MasterPeace in Concert- Istanbul.

MasterPeace in Concert (MPIC) aims to unite over one million voices on the International Day of Peace (IDP) September 21, 2014. MPIC will be a series of global peace concerts taking place across the world celebrating and promoting peace, diversity, intercultural dialogue and conflict prevention. MPIC Flagship concerts will take place in:  Istanbul, Amsterdam, Cairo, Moscow, New Delhi, Baghdad, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kinshasa, Los Angeles, New York, more tba. MPIC will accompany hundreds of MasterPeace Club events taking place on the IDP, many in areas of conflict.  MPIC-Istanbul, termed the Unifying Concert, will feature artists from many conflict zones performing together, accompanied by the Metropole Orchestra, the world's largest pop/jazz orchestra.

"My Music MasterPeace offers a unique platform to thousands of global musicians to showcase their talent and commitment to peace.  The competition is aligned with the MasterPeace vision of mobilizing people across the world to use their talents in music and arts to foster awareness and dialogue for peace building," said Mohamed Helmy, co-Founder & CEO of MasterPeace, "We look forward to bringing together socially conscious world musicians to celebrate and promote peace efforts on IDP 2014."

"I am very pleased to be one of My Music MasterPeace judges. It is amazing to connect with artists from around the world coming together for a cause that I truly believe in, the power of music as a catalyst for social change," said Downtown Julie Brown, SiriusXM Radio Host & iconic MTV VJ.

In addition to Julie Brown, MMMP brings together top names in the music industry as judges: Nusrat Durrani, General Manager & SVP, MTV World;  Robert Kraft, CEO, Kraftbox Entertainment (fr. President of Fox Music), Anil Wanvari, founder of radioandmusic.com from the IndianTelevision.com group and the Indian Telly Awards and top Dutch/Turkish singer/songwriter Karsu. MMMP global music partners include: Tribe of Noise, Mideast Tunes, CMJ, radioandmusic.com; International Radio Festival.

Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu says, "I believe in MasterPeace. World leaders cannot push back armed conflict alone. We need the whole world to make this happen."

About MasterPeace: MasterPeace Foundation is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2011, based in The Netherlands with a central office in Cairo and supporting offices in Istanbul and New York. Its board consists of experts in business and social entrepreneurship from four different continents. MasterPeace Clubs are currently active in 40 countries, primarily in conflict areas. Supporters include world leaders and artists: Desmond Tutu, Fr. President of Ireland – Mary Robinson, Angelique Kidjo, Emmanuel Jal. In 2013, The Rockefeller Foundation named the Egyptian and Dutch MasterPeace co-founders to its "Top 100 Next Century Innovators."  Music above fighting, dialogue above judgment, bread above bombs, creation above destruction. That's MasterPeace. MasterPeace Facebook

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SOURCE MasterPeace Foundation