Baritone applauded on the most prestigious stages from Moscow to New York, from Reykjavik to Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Chaminé is also an experienced teacher regularly giving masterclasses in Europe, Canada, Brazil and the US. As Ambassador of the Music in Middle East Foundation, he was named 1st Musician for Peace in 2011 by the organisation Music for Peace. In 2018 he was promoted to the rank of Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and received in 2019 the Grand Vermeil Medal of the City of Paris. Chaminé was also appointed Ambassador for Peace and Justice of the 17 SDGs of the UN's "Agenda 2030 NOW". Jorge Chaminé is the Founder-President of the European Music Centre (CEM), a meeting place for the arts, humanities, sciences and generations. The CEM celebrates music as a universal language, at the heart of European identity and its humanistic values. He is also a Council Member of Europa Nostra and Board member of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation.