Global soundscapes: Сultural diversity and innovation in world music

The aim of the study was to examine the specifics of intercultural interaction between musicians in the process of collaboration within a shared artistic space. The research methodology involved selecting artistic projects and conducting a comparative analysis of the impact of intercultural collaborations between musicians on global musical tradition. An analysis was conducted of the results of international artistic projects such as the “Silkroad Project” (founder Y.-Y. Ma, China) and “Playing for Change” (founders M. Johnson and W. Kroenke, USA). The main results of the study showed the importance of collaboration between musicians raised in different cultural and musical traditions. Music is considered a language that was more understandable than letters and words, but the wide cultural diversity of musical language had to be taken into account, as European music differed greatly from African musical traditions or the Indian characteristics of microtonal use. The “Silkroad Project” showed that interaction between artists from different cultural backgrounds leads to successful musical collaboration, which fulfils its goal of popularising academic music and attracting even more people to perform, listen to, learn about and discover new musical compositions. The results emphasised the need for intercultural artistic, and in particular musical, projects to exchange experiences and create new world music that will be enriched with elements of different musical traditions. In addition, such projects promote international communication and cooperation between different ethnic groups, which in the long term should ensure a relatively peaceful existence in the world. Therefore, artistic collaborations can be seen not only as the creation of new musical genres, trends, and compositions, but also as the establishment of international ties and communication between representatives of different nations. The results of the study may be useful to musicians, producers, and curators of international projects for creating live formats of intercultural cooperation that combine different musical traditions and open new avenues for creative dialogue between cultures