Re-thinking Multiculturalism through Music
The project Transcultural Music – Rethinking Multiculturalism through Music offers the general public a new approach to key current issues such as tolerance, social integration and the importance of culture in society.
Workshop at Uni Erfurt
We are pleased to invite you to a special event that will take place on June 20, 2025, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, at the University of Erfurt campus, in rooms AMG 0007 and AMG 0012.
Admission is free and open to the public of all ages.
The event will include a lecture and a workshop held in English and German.
We will explore important questions that are central to our society today:
How can music become a tool for social inclusion?
In what ways can music contribute to a more tolerant and conscious society?
In addition to these core topics, there will be a brief introduction to Brazilian culture and music.
Our guests include:
Igor Seiji Moriya, guitarist and composer
Vitor da Trindade, percussionist and researcher
Prof. Dr. Tiago de Oliveira Pinto, musicologist
Following the lecture, we invite everyone to participate in a hands-on workshop, where attendees will have the opportunity to learn to play selected instruments and engage in a musical experience together.
We look forward to welcoming you to this enriching cultural and educational event!
Tiago de Oliveira Pinto
Prof. Dr. Tiago de Oliveira Pinto is UNESCO Chairholder on Transcultural Music Studies and was the Head of the Department of Musicology at the University of Music Franz Liszt, Weimar, and Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany. He is a former Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and Director of the Brazilian Cultural Institute in Germany. Currently he is in charge of international cultural research projects on intangible cultural heritage in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Africa among other countries, in close cooperation with the German Foreign Office and with other international institutions
Igor Seiji Moriya
Igor Seiji Moriya is a highly accomplished guitarist and composer, known for his versatility and deep mastery across multiple styles. He holds formal degrees in 7-string guitar and classical guitar from the prestigious Escola de Música do Estado de São Paulo. He went on to earn a Master’s degree in Jazz Guitar and Classical Guitar from the renowned Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar, Germany. Driven by a passion for musical traditions from around the world, Igor deepened his expertise in flamenco through intensive studies in Jerez de la Frontera, Seville, Huelva, and Málaga—some of the most important cultural centers of flamenco in Spain. Currently, Igor is a guitar and electric guitar instructor at the Erfurt School of Music, where he brings his international experience and unique artistic voice to the next generation of musicians.
Vitor da Trindade
Vitor grew up deeply rooted in the traditions of Afro-Brazilian culture. Through oral traditions passed down within his large, artistically inclined family; his musical career; and especially through his more than 30 years of involvement with “Ilê Axé Jagun”—an Afro-Brazilian Candomblé house—where he serves as “Ogan Alabê” (religious musical leader of Orisha music), he brings together a vast wealth of knowledge about Afro-Brazilian culture, religions, and traditions.In addition, Vitor holds a bachelor’s degree in Popular Music from the Faculdade Instituto Tecnológico de Osasco (FITO) and a master’s degree in Ethnomusicology from the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP).