La Banda Ltd is a registered charity
It exists primarily to manage and promote La Banda Europa and The True North Orchestra as well as from time to time undertake other ‘one off’ musical projects.
La banda Ltd producer Chloe Dear briefing Camille Beaumier at La Banda Europa rehearsals in Marseille
Cross fertilisation of musical traditions and inter cultural collaboration constitute the vital basis of La Banda Ltd. Such a project stimulates and enriches the kind of democratic imagination which is necessary to create a common, yet differentiated, civic identity. It provides the practical context for collaborative music production and performance that is enhanced by the diverse cultures and traditions of Europe.
At the heart of LB Ltd is La Banda Europa. The fundamental justification of the organisation and the source of its values lies in the fact that it embodies the ideal of shared citizenship, intercultural understanding and international cooperation.
In the long run, the plan is to involve all of the countries of geographical Europe in the project as well as to explore trans-national musical traditions such as that of travelling people and gypsies.
When La Banda Europa takes the stage, it represents a tangible expression of shared European citizenship and acts as a powerful inspiration to build the solidarity in diversity that must be at the heart of the new Europe. La Banda Europa is, therefore, a potent symbol of how people from different national and cultural backgrounds can come together in a common enterprise, expressed and consolidated in and through music.
'The function of music and its tool, the instrument must not be limited to the mere production of sounds. Traditional Music and instruments convey the deepest cultural, spiritual and aesthetic values of civilization, transmitting knowledge in many spheres.'
UNESCO