Panos Karan, the 28 year-old, classical pianist who has graced the stages of concert halls around the world (around as cruise ships on the Seven Seas) has taken his talent to a new audience - the children of the Amazon. Forming his own non-profit organization, Keys of Change, Panos is introducing another dimension of music - classical music - to the children along the Amazon from Coca, Ecuador to Belem, Brazil. He has planned 88 recitals in communities ranging from modern cities to rural villages where his portable keyboard will require the portable generator he is also carrying.

Keys of Change was established in 2010 to improve the lives of children around the world through education and music - primarily the classical music that Panos knows so well. His first concerts were in Quito before flying over the Andes to begin his adventure on the Amazon. The headline of the Quito newspaper El Universo reads, “A Greek wants to bring classical music to the jungle.”  If you’d like to read the entire article from El Universo: http://www.eluniverso.com/2011/03/02/1/1380/un-griego-quiere-llevar-musica-clasica-selva.html?p=1354