THE 88 CONCERT TOURKIMBALL GALLAGHER, PIANIST

I. AbstractII. ImpactIII. Summary and StatsIV. Humanitarian Highlights Afghanistan, Myanmar, TaiwanV. Overview of Activities by CountryVI. Commissions & Works Composed for the 88 Concert TourVII Collaborators Musicians Composers Students Sponsors Partners Advisory Board

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ABSTRACTKimball Gallagher’s 88 Concert Tour culminates at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall on

April 13, 2015 after more than 300 concerts since 2008.

The Carnegie concert launches Gallagher’s newly formed non-profit that develops

and executes innovative cultural programs through music and continues the work

started in the 88 Concert Tour. The Tour began as way to revive salon culture and

invigorate people’s engagement with classical music around the world. The initial

concerts resonated so powerfully with audiences that the Tour expanded from

88 to 338 concerts across all seven continents. In a number of countries the Tour

connected with humanitarian causes ranging from improving rural education in

Taiwan to bringing wastepickers out of the underground economy in India.

Gallagher has created a model that redefines the 21st century musician as a

self-driven creative entrepreneur, performer, ambassador, teacher, and mentor.

He has lectured on this new model in several countries and has taught music to

hundreds of students of all ages around the globe. In the past 18 months, he has

performed in-person for over 15,000 school children.

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Gallagher at a home concert in Maryland, USA

Countries

30Continents (including Antarctica)

7Miles Traveled

300k+Agents | Agency | Manager

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0 12Performances

325Listeners

40k+Grants Applied For Corporate Sponsors

$77,800 RAISED IN CHARITY CONCERTS FOR SIXTEEN ORGANIZATIONS

IMPACT

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Donors

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The final concert of Kimball Gallagher’s 88 Concert Tour will be held at Zankel

Hall at Carnegie Hall on April 13, 2015 and will launch his new non-profit that develops

and facilitates music festivals, performances, intimate home concerts, education

programs and multi-lateral cultural exchanges on a global scale. Originally conceived

as 88 home concerts around the world, the 88 Concert Tour commenced with a

performance at Carnegie Hall on March 10, 2008.

Gallagher's journey with home concerts began with a simple recital in a living

room. The host and his guests enjoyed the music, Gallagher’s spoken introductions

to each piece, and a question and answer session. The salon experience inspired the

young artist and irrevocably altered his path. “Performing in the intimate setting of

a home was completely different from performing in a concert hall,” says Gallagher.

“It changed me in a profound way, and it made me realize how powerful music is in

connecting people with one another. I wanted to harness that energy in less-explored

settings, and do something different with my career.”

Over time, the 88 Concert Tour grew into a much larger initiative that has included

more than 300 international performances. The Tour has taken Gallagher across the

seven continents (including Antarctica) and to such countries as Afghanistan, Egypt,

India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Tunisia. In total, Gallagher has performed for nearly

40,000 listeners in 30 countries. Settings have included living rooms in Fiji, the Cairo

Gallagher performing at Carnegie Hall

SUMMARY

Opera House, a private New York apartment with actor Ethan Hawke, gatherings at

the United Nations in New York, and dozens of elementary schools in rural Taiwan.

The humanitarian activities of the Tour took shape by virtue of joint programs

with non-profit organizations Gallagher met on the road; in the process he helped

raise over $75,000 for 16 of his partner organizations. Alongside Taiwanese pianist,

author, and Juilliard alumna Kaiyin Huang, Gallagher co-founded the Myanmar Music

Festival, an educational initiative and a first for Myanmar. Nobel-laureate Aung San

Suu Kyi hosted the festival’s closing concert. Gallagher’s newly launched non-profit is

an umbrella organization that will formalize and extend these efforts.

As a musician-entrepreneur, Gallagher has arranged his 338 events by

building relationships—entirely without the use of any agents, agencies, or managers.

Through friends and partners, he created his own network of performance venues.

Gallagher has lectured on the subject of entrepreneurship and mentored especially

gifted students from Afghanistan, India, Myanmar, and Tunisia—several of whom have

received sponsorship to continue their music studies in the U.S.

The final performance of The 88 Concert Tour recital will be at Carnegie Hall’s

Zankel Hall on Monday, April 13, 2015 at 7:30 PM. Programming features musical

highlights from the Tour including Michael Harrison’s Jaunpuri for piano, tabla, voice,

and tambura; staples of the classical repertoire including Franz Liszt’s epic Sonata

in B Minor; and works by living composers Gallagher has met during his travels. The

concert is made possible through the generous support of patrons Pedro Beroy and

Marianne Jurgaitis, Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels, Veronica Bulgari, Mary and

Walter Miller, and others. Tickets will be on sale through the Carnegie box office.

Before a concert at the Cairo Opera House in Egypt

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# of concerts

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GROWTHPER YEAR

Positive feedback from the tour led to more than 5x growth in the number of concerts per year.

The tour began with concerts in private homes and has spread throughout the world to include a wide variety of other venues, schools of all sorts, and the great large con-cert halls of the world.

STATS

39%

26%

6%

29%

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TAIWAN USAUSA TAIWAN

TUNISIA TUNISIAMYANMAR MYANMAR

INDIA

CHINA

CHINAEGYPT EGYPT

FRANCE INDIAPAKISTAN FRANCE

PAKISTAN

HIGHEST % of TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS% OF PERFORMANCES

Audiences across a broad base of countries have resonated with Kimball’s performances….

and contributed to supporting the tour.

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11After an elementary school concert in Hsinchu County, Taiwan

In a world where billions of people lack basic services we often overlook music. Our instinct

is to focus on food and shelter. Yet in the most difficult of circumstances, the healing, hope,

and meaning that come from music inspire and give people strength to carry on.

Cooperation is fundamental to our humanitarian challenges, whether facing oppressive

regimes or summoning disaster relief. But cooperation is also ever more elusive as

nations and individuals pour their energies into self-preservation. Music cuts through our

differences, brings disparate world-views together and forms a foundation for mutual trust.

We cannot solve our problems alone and music is a convening point—something we can

all agree upon while pursuing the complicated work of facing our challenges.

The following pages highlight just three of the countries where the Tour has focused on

childhood education as an entry point for engaging with local humanitarian issues: reversing

years of Taliban control in Afghanistan, creating a liberal democracy in Myanmar after half

a century of military rule, and closing the urban-rural opportunity divide in Taiwan.

HUMANITARIAN HIGHLIGHTS

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Before 2001, under the Taliban, music was illegal in Afghanistan

and people could only listen to music in secret. After the Taliban

was removed, the musical void remained largely unfilled until

2008 when Dr. Ahmad Sarmast founded the Afghanistan

National Institute of Music (ANIM). ANIM serves 150 students

from Kabul and has been the leader in rebuilding the musical

infrastructure of Afghanistan. Since 2011, Kimball Gallagher has

visited ANIM as a piano faculty member three times. In addition

to private piano lessons, collaborations with ANIM students and

faculty, and two concerts at the German Embassy, Gallagher

has also led composition workshops where students learned

to spell their name in musical notes, with each letter of their

name corresponding to a note on their instrument. As a result of

participation in this workshop, a fifteen-year-old pianist, Elham

Fanoos, composed a short piano piece using his name. Kimball

often performs Fanoos’s piece while sharing the story of ANIM

with audiences. Such a performance at a private concert in

Dubai in January, 2013, led to an audience member donating

an electronic keyboard to Fanoos.

“When you came to our school I learned how to compose... music changed my life a lot. I can show my feeling for the people with music. I love music. Music

is my life.”

– Elham Fanoos, Student from Afghanistan National Institute

of Music

Elham with his new piano and his parents at his home in Kabul, Afghanistan

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For the bulk of the past 50 years before 2012, the

military junta controlled Myanmar and the country

was closed to most of the rest of the world. Western

classical instruments were not easily acquired, and

quality classical teaching and performing were

not readily available. In 2013, Gallagher, alongside

Taiwanese pianist Kaiyin Huang, visited Myanmar to

teach and perform at Gitameit Music School, one of

the few music schools in Myanmar. This visit sparked

the inception of the Myanmar Music Festival, the

first international classical music festival of its kind

in Myanmar. The yearly festival brings together

international artists to perform and to teach emerging

Myanmar artists. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Daw

Aung San Suu Kyi hosted the closing concert during

the 2014 festival.

After the concert hosted by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi with the Myanmar Music Festival team

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“So you are helping us not just artistically but politically as well …. we can all join together to contribute towards harmony and peace and

freedom in our world.”

–Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

While Taiwan enjoys a generally high level of music per-

formance, the music education in public primary schools

is often limited to a passive approach where students do

not experience joy and engagement with classical music.

Kimball, along with Taiwanese pianist and author Kaiyin

Huang, inititated Taiwan 88, a series of 88 concerts tar-

geting underprivileged schools throughout all of Taiwan’s

17 counties. To date, Kimball and Kaiyin have performed

innovative interactive concerts in 61 schools, for 15,000

students. They have been named artistic consultants to

the mayor of Hsinchu county and are planning a Teaching

Artist Program that will train emerging artists in Taiwan to

engage with students and other audiences who are not

exposed to high-quality classical music performances and

presentations.

“Children living in the mountains barely have the opportunity to go to concerts. While the musicians introduced different music from around the world, the children finally have the opportunities to

experience other cultures.”

-- Teacher at Phoenix elementary school in Taiwan

Teacher at Phoenix Elementary School in Taiwan

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Afghanistan—Three residencies in consecutive years, to ANIM, the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, the only music school of its kind in Afghanistan. ANIM changed the course of the 88 Concert Tour toward international expansion and also toward incorporating humanitarian work with performances. Antarctica—A performance on King George Island at the Chilean Antarctic Institute sponsored by DAP airlines and attended by the Antarctic explorer Alejo Contreras. Austria—A private home concert, surprisingly rare in Vienna, as well as two performances at a home for mentally challenged adults. Australia—A one-day visit to AB Paterson College on the Gold Coast, for master classes and a performance. Chile—En route to Antarctica, a memorable performance with the Pudahuel youth orchestra in Santiago as well as several performances in Punta Arenas. China—A series of private concerts for banks and wealth management

Gallagher in Antarctica with 2 Penguins and the Russian Orthadox Church after his con-cert at the Chilean Escudero Base

OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES BY COUNTRY

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companies, as well as two concerts sponsored by the government of Siyang, Jiangsu Province, which were broadcast to 200,000 people. Egypt—Commissioned and performed the world premiere of Akhet, a concerto for chamber orchestra, soprano, and piano by composer Ryan Francis based on an ancient Egyptian text. In addition, a sold-out solo performance at the Cairo Opera House and a residency at the American University of Cairo. Fiji—With virtually no western classical music on the main island, a week-long series of eight events at two universities, the U.S. Ambassador’s residence, and several private events. France—A series of private concerts in spectacular private venues including Chateau de la Gard in Bourg-en-Bresse, and Chateau d’Andert. Germany—Several private performances including cruise ship concerts on the Danube river and at a castle in Saxony. Hungary—A private performance in Budapest featuring the Liszt Piano Sonata in B Minor. India—In each of six cities, a concert paired a local music foundation with a local NGO supporting wastepickers, some of the poorest people in the world. Musical workshops with the wastepickers preceded each concert. The tour of India featured three new commissioned works blending Indian and Western classical music. To make a meaningful link between classical music and environmental issues the wastepickers deal with on a daily basis, Gallagher identified the notion of ‘Economy of Means,’ or making the most of any particular resource. During the concerts Gallagher demonstrated how Beethoven created a musical masterpiece from just three notes. Japan—Two private concerts in Tokyo and two concerts for students at the American School.

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Italy—A concert at the Bulgari estate in Tuscany.

Lebanon—An outdoor classical recital in the mountain village of Galboun as part of Galboun’s summer music festival. Malaysia—A performance in Sarawak for the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps. Sarawak was the site of Gallagher’s mother’s 1969-1971 Peace Corps service. Additional performances and lectures took place in Penang and Kuala Lumpur, in collaboration with Ramli Ibrahim, Malaysia’s most well known dancer. Mongolia—With a tour guide introducing Gallagher to the School of Music and Dance, Gallagher performed for an eager group of music students during a two-day trip. Myanmar—The 88 Concert Tour’s first visit to Myanmar led to the inception of the International Myanmar Music Festival in 2014. Preparations are underway for the 2015 Festival. Pakistan—A series of 10 performances and master classes in Lahore, Islamabad, and Karachi, including collaborations with Pakistani musicians. Peru—Performances in Peru are laying the foundation for master pianist and composer Hwaen Ch’uqi’s return to Peru. Ch’uqi is Gallagher’s longtime friend who was born in 1974 near Cusco. At the age of five, after losing his sight, he was adopted by a family in Pennsylvania, and has yet to return to Peru. Singapore—Two lectures and a performance at Singapore Management University, and a master class and lecture at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory. South Africa—A tour of private concerts in Cape Town, Peitermaritzberg, and Pretoria, including a benefit concert for a hospice in Pretoria.18

Switzerland—Several private performances. Taiwan—The 88 Concert Tour spawned a regional project called Taiwan 88, which brings innovative educational concerts to underserved schools in Taiwan. In the past 14 months, 15,000 students and 61 schools have been visited, along with private concerts and a sold-out performance at the National Recital Hall in Taipei. Thailand—Two special performances at the Thailand Cultural Center, one in memory of Princess Galyani and the other for the Siam Society and King Bhumibol. Tunisia—Gallagher has been on the faculty at the Atlas Summer Music Academy for eight years. The Atlas Summer Music Academy is a partnership between Cultures in Harmony, a U.S. NGO, and the Atlas Association, a Tunisian NGO. Kimball has been the deputy director for Cultures in Harmony in Tunisia for the past four years. Additionally, he has performed for the interim Tunisian government and toured around Tunisia with composer and former finance minister, Jaloul Ayed, raising money for NGOs. Turkey—Several private performances. United Arab Emirates—One private performance which resulted in the host committing to ship a piano to the gifted Kabul piano student, Elham Fanoos. United States—The origin of the Tour and the country where the most private home concerts have taken place. Vietnam—A home concert in Hanoi.

Spectacular Cathedral next to the ruins of Carthage, Tunisia

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Akhet for chamber orchestra, piano, and soprano by Ryan Francis

Premiere in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt 2013

Children’s Games for piano 4 hands by Kechia Chen

Premiere TBA 2015

Impromptu for solo piano by Souhayl Guesmi

Premiere TBA, 2015

Au Jardin des Plantes for solo piano by Melissa Odens

Premiere in Paris, February 2013

Jaunpuri for solo piano, tabla, tambura, and vocals by Michael

Harrison

Performed in 15 countries, 2012-present

Let the Wind Speak for solo piano by Simon Fink

Premiere at private home concert

Ode to Antarctica for solo piano by Christina Courtin

Premiere in Antarctica, 2014

A Poets Journey for solo piano by Hwaen Ch’uqi

Premiere TBA 2015

Ranng di Bassant for solo piano by Reena Esmail

Commissioned by Kimball Gallagher, performed on India Tour, 2012

Toy Kaleidoscope for piano 4 hands by Ming-Hsiu Yen

Premiere in New Taipei County, May 2015

88 Preludes for solo piano by Kimball Gallagher

A set of 88 short original compositions dedicated to concert hosts

and honored guests. Each composition uses musical notes that

are generated by taking the name of the host and assigning a note

to each letter of her or his name.

COMMISSIONS & PIECES COMPOSED FOR 88 CONCERT TOUR

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Guitar and Ethnic Instruments

Nafees Ahmed, Sitar

Akbar Ali, Tabla

Khaled Arman, Guitar and Rubab

Sebastian Perez, Charango

Arsalan Pervaiz, Guitar

Abdullah Khan Sahib, Shenai

Voice

Henda Chaabene, Soprano

Zion Daoratanahong, Soprano

Merle Fairhurst, Soprano

Kirsty Griffiths, Mezzo-Soprano

Haythem Hadhiri, Tenor

Michelle Mettler, Mezzo-Soprano

Josephine Stevens, Soprano

Yosra Zekri, Soprano

Piano

Amy Gustafson, Piano

Kaiyin Huang, Piano

Bruce Levingston, Piano

Hélène Tysman, Piano

Hannah Wang, Piano

Anya Yermakova, Piano and Dance

Strings

Erin Breene, Cello

William Harvey, Violin

Zoe Martin-Doike, Violin

Sebastian Ruth, Violin

Robin Rzeck, Cello

Joel Schut, Violin

Rob Schumitsky, Violin

Leonid Sigal, Violin

Adrienne Taylor, Cello

Marc Uys, Violin

Winds

Jason Noble, Clarinet

Ahmad Farid Shefa, Clarinet

Conductors and Choirs

Mohammed Basha, El Sakia String Orchestra, Conductor

Pune Wastepicker Choir, Choir

Jorge Cornejo and Pudaheal Youth Orchestra, Conductor

Marlon Daniel and Ensemble du Monde, Conductor

COLLABORATORSMUSICIANS

Pakistan

Pakistan

Afghanistan

Chile

Pakistan

Pakistan

Tunisia

Thailand

Germany

Switzerland

Tunisia

USA

Fiji

Tunisia

USA

Taiwan

USA

France

Taiwan

USA

USA

USA

USA

USA

USA

USA

USA

USA

USA

South Africa

Australia

Afghanistan

USA

India

Chile

USA

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Continuous mentorship relationships

Chloe deSouza

Elham Fanoos

Souhayl Guesmi

Amani Jebali

Nidhal Jebali

Kevin Yang

Senda Zayati

via Institutions

The Juilliard School Mentorship Program

New England Conservatory Mentorship Program

Jaloul Ayed

Ilyes Blagui

Matthew Cameron

Kechia Chen

Hwaen Chuqi

Christina Courtin

Reena Esmail

Simon Fink

Ryan Francis

Souhayl Guesmi

Michael Harrison

Phillipe Manoury

Sergei Bontas Perez

Huang Roe

Anya Yermakova

Ming-Hsiu Yen

Tunisia

Tunisia

USA

Taiwan

Peru/USA

USA

USA

USA

Egypt/USA

Tunisia

USA

France

Chile

China

USA

Taiwan

Taught approximately 200 students worldwide in one-on-one les-

sons, including festivals and master classes. The majority were

taught in person, some via Skype.

Teaching residences at:

Afghanistan National Institute of Music: 2010-2012

Atlas Music Academy: 2007-2014

Myanmar Music Festival: 2014

Private studio: 1998-2012

Afghanistan

Tunisia

Myanmar

New York

India

Afghanistan

Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia

Myanmar

Tunisia

USA

USA

COMPOSERS STUDENTS

MENTEES

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Companies

Acradyan Technology

Alliance International Law Offices

Cyberlink

Banmu Development

Sunfar Computer Co.

Weisers Law Offices

Foundations

Getac Foundation

Landseed Foundation

Myanmar Taiwan Golf Club

Taiwan Democracy Foundation

Xue Xue Institute

World League for Freedom and Democracy

Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan

Myanmar

Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan

Partners of the 88 Concert Tour, Taiwan 88, and Myanmar Music

Festival have served as beneficiaries to charity concerts, as

logistical partners, and as strategic allies.

Action et Developpment Solidaire

Al Fanar

Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM)

Atlas Association

Autism NGO

Avari

Banmu

Chiayi education department

Chintan

Cultures in Harmony

DAP/INACH

Dar Cherif

Distinguished Citizens Society International

El Jem Festival

Eugene Oregon Symphony

Tunisia

Egypt

Afghanistan

Tunisia

Tunisia

Pakistan

Taiwan

Taiwan

India

USA

Chile

Tunisia

Taiwan

Tunisia

USA

SPONSORS PARTNERS

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PARTNERS (cont.)Eye Care Foundation of Thailand

French Bureau in Taiwan

Furtados

Gitameit

Hasirudala

Hsinchu Education Department

Hungarian Consulate

Jaloul Ayed

Khayay School

Kinmen Cultural Department

Liberaire Avant Garde Bookstore

Mainstar

MILK

Myanmar Institute of Theology (MIT)

National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA)

New Art

Pacific Coast Events and Promotions

Pingdon Cultural Department

Piano Outreach of New York (PONY)

Sawty and Unesco

Sheraton

Siyang Govt

SMU

Stree Mutki Segutna

Sunfar

Sutra Dance Theatre

SWATCH

Taidong Education Department

TAITRA

Temple Emmanual

Therapeutic Farm

Tunisian Community Center

United Nations

U.S. State Department

U.S. State Department

U.S. State Department

U.S. State Department

U.S. State Department

U.S. State Department

Yunlin Education Department

Thailand

Taiwan/France

India

Myanmar

India

Taiwan

Chile

Tunisia

Myanmar

Taiwan

China

Taiwan

Singapore

Myanmar

Pakistan

Taiwan

Fiji

Taiwan

USA

Tunisia

Taiwan

China

Singapore

India

Taiwan

Malaysia

India

Taiwan

Taiwan

USA

Tunisia

USA/Tunisia

USA

Pakistan

Afghanistan

Malaysia

Myanmar

Egypt

Tunisia

Taiwan

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Gabo Arora, Humanitarian, Writer, United Nations

Jaloul Ayed, Composer, former Finance Minister

Veronica Bulgari, Special Projects

Radhi Meddeb, Businessman

David Rosensweig, Independent

Lisa Wang, QS Investors

New York

Tunisia

Bulgari

Tunisia

Washington D.C.

New York

ADVISORY BOARD

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