Gary Malkin is passionate about the sharing the healing role that music and the arts can play in humanizing society’s institutions such as healthcare, religion, education, and corporate cultures.  Founder of the life-enhancing media company, Wisdom of the World, he consistently inflames the hearts and minds of his audiences around the globe through his media projects, keynote presentations, workshops and performances. 

Gary is an award-winning composer, producer, performer and public speaker who has received multiple Emmy, ASCAP, and CLIO awards acknowledging his work in film and television over the last three decades. He has served as the Artistic Director for the Quest for Global Healing Conferences(featuring Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other Nobel Laureates).  Gary has created the music for thePachamama Alliance’s global educational phenomenon, the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium, and most recently, the music for the groundbreaking feature documentary, Thrive: What on Earth Will It Take? Acclaimed by key figures in the world of healthcare and education, he has presented to numerous conferences internationally, including Harvard’s Conferences on Spirituality and Health, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Association, Institute for Noetic Sciences, Scripps Clinic, Institute for Functional Medicine, and a presentation on the healing power of music on the stage of the Great Hall of China. Graceful Passages, his internationally acclaimed CD/Book, (co-created with Michael Stillwater) has touched over half a million lives, awakening people to preciousness of life.