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Luis Szaran

Founder and DirectorSonidos de la Tierra

Skoll Awardee

Biography

LUIS SZARAN
Artist for PEACE of UNESCO
Orchestra conductor, composer and musicologist
As a social entrepreneur, in 2002 he founded the social and community integration program through music: Sounds of the Earth, aimed at low-income children and young people. In 2005, he received the “Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship” from the Skoll Foundation. In 2013 he was recognized as Global Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Economic Forum.
In 2008 he was chosen, by the American University, as one of the 12 most outstanding leaders of Paraguay. He is the author of books published in Paraguay, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Regional Focus

South America