Concerts Norway (Rikskonsertene) is a governmental institution that is financed by and operates under the Ministry of Culture in Norway. The organization holds approximately 10,000 concerts annually throughout the whole of Norway and employs around 1,000 professional musicians annually. Concerts Norway also collaborates with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, with funding from the latter, they carry out programs in more than 10 countries. Concerts Norway has since 2002 had a musical collaboration with India. The main pillars of this collaboration are concerts for jazz, rock and metal.