Sorodha is a non-profit organisation supporting the music life in Antwerp, in the broadest sense. It grants financial support to individual projects and organises both an own concert series where promising artist as well as known talents can be heard, and an international composition competition. Founded in 1814, the 'Société Royale d'Harmonie d'Anvers' played a role of paramount importance in the music life in Antwerp during the 19th century, hosing concerts where the most prominent artists of that time could be heard.