Hadi Eldebek is a musician, educator, and cultural entrepreneur based in New York City. In 2009, he joined Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble as a teaching artist, and later, as a performer and a composer. In 2014, he founded the Brooklyn Nomads, a collective that explores and celebrates the artistic diversity that the Brooklyn’s cultural fabric presents. Hadi is currently building two cultural startups, GrantPA -an online platform that matches artists with grants, patrons, and other funding opportunities- and Circle World Arts -a global network of world arts workshops that connects artists, audiences, and institutions together. Both projects were selected by TED Conferences as breakthrough ideas to join its 2016 TED Residency Incubator.