The British Council's Music team works with our overseas network of arts managers and partners to plan, resource, deliver and evaluate high-impact arts projects involving professional artists and organisations from the UK. We aim to strengthen the international profile of UK music and creativity, to communicate the diversity of UK society, and to establish long-term partnerships overseas.
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We commissioned Yeast Culture to make some short films for our 75th Anniversary event Resound which provide an insight into the cultural relations work of our Music team:
Our Work in Music part 1 - includes examples of our international music collaboration projects such as , , , and which saw Sir Peter Maxwell Davies working with children in Croatia.
Our Work in Music part 2 - includes footage of workshops in China with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the project which saw four Indian indie bands working alongside legendary producer John Leckie, and our international radio showcase for the best new music from the UK - .