The World Orchestra for Peace was founded in 1995 by Sir Georg Solti to reaffirm, in his words, “the unique strength of music as an ambassador for peace”. Its players, many of them internationally famous in their own right, come from over forty orchestras worldwide and they tour with the World Orchestra for Peace without payment, solely to promote the spirit that animates this initiative. Currently under Maestro Valery Gergiev, Director of the Mariinsky Theater, the World Orchestra for Peace has performed, with support from Fondazione Zegna, in St. Petersburg, London, Moscow, Berlin and Beijing, among other places.