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Dr Gameli Tordzro is a multi-arts professional, working in film, theatre, and storytelling with a focus on music. He is a Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland winner 2015 for his work on the National Theatre of Scotland and Kai Fisher production - Last Dream (On Earth). He currently works with the University of Glasgow as a part-time artist-in-residence of the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration Through Languages and the Arts, and a Research Associate of the MIDEQ Hub (www.mideq.org) . Dr Tordzro comes from Keta in the southeast of Ghana. He trained initially as a teacher and later branched into Film and theatre directing. He trained in the School of Performing Arts University of Ghana and later in the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) Dr Tordzro has in education, television and the NGO sector. He worked at the, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Centre for Cultural Studies, and the University of Ghana School of performing Arts resident theatre company Abibigromma until 1992. He also worked as a TV producer of YouthQuake at the TV3 Network. He later set up his own Ghanaian arts consultancy TRAFF Arts and has delivered consultancies for NGOs including the BBC World Service Trust, CENSUDI, CEDEP Ghana, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture. Dr Tordzro settled in Scotland where he has been working as Ghanian expatriate arts professional since 2003. He was the Artistic Director of Pan African Arts Scotland. He co-founded the Ghanaian-Celtic Fusion Band Hesu, in 2004. In 2009 he set up the Glasgow Highlife Band. His most significant music project is the Ha Orchestra which he founded, bringing traditional African musician living in Europe and their musical traditions from the various subregions together. Currently, Ha Orchestra is the only symphonic African orchestra in Scotland and the rest of Europe. Ha Orchestra plays Dr Tordzro's new compositions
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