Music For Global Peace Project.
World Prayer for Peace by All Artists 2005 to 2016.
275 artists from 50 countries
273 artists from 50 countries
250 artists from 43 countries
187 artists from 42 countries
141 artists from 34 countries
80 artists from 24 countries
62 artists from 22 countries — the first edition
All twelve recordings are on the Music for Global Peace channel on YouTube.
How it worked
One line each. That was the whole invitation.
Artists were invited to send a single prayer for peace, in their own words and their own language. The lines arrived by email over the course of the year, were assembled into one continuous prayer, set to music, and released as a recording credited to every contributor. Twelve times, one year after another.
Nobody had to travel, nobody had to be famous, and nobody had to share a religion with anyone else. The 2006 prayer alone moves through Allah, God, the Creator, Om, Namaste and Amen without a break, because that is the order the lines arrived in.
Who took part — the 2006 roll
The 2006 edition gathered 80 artists from 24 countries. Music by J. M. Bodine; voices by M.I. Behleem and J.M. Bodine. It is the edition with a surviving published list.
Recognition
The 2008 recording received a Special Mention at the 3rd World Peace Film and Music Festival in Lucknow, India, presented before more than two hundred delegates from eighty-five countries, 12–15 December 2008.
Take part
In our quest for universal peace, we invite all artists around the world to join us and lend their whole-hearted support, to work together for love and peace. If you would like to contribute a line, get in touch.
