International Newsletter Number 24 | march 2011

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Content 3 EFWMF 20 years - let’s celebrate! 4 20 years of worldwide music festivals 6 overview of the EFWMF members 11 Memberslist March 2011 15 new member : Timitar Festival 16 KAMS-EFWMF Tour Grant 18 Unesco prize for Førde Folk Music Festival 19 We Are more 20 APAP 2011 : Artist Fellows program 22 Past_Present_future 23 colophon

2 2 EFWMF 20 years – let’s celebrate!

The European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals is As we celebrate 20 years in the spirit of cooperation, a network of festivals sharing the vision that the world we hope you will join us. During Babel Med in is a patchwork of a multitude of local traditions and Marseille, all delegates are invited to the EFWMF’s music, each different in expression and content yet birthday party! equal in value. This year, we celebrate the Forum’s 20th The Forum also held its annual general meeting in anniversary. Marseille these days. I will take this opportunity to thank the organizers of Babel Med for their hospitality The EFWMF network started as a small club of and support of our stay here. enthusiastic festival organisers, and has evolved step by step during these 20 years, not only in number In the years to come, I believe that our ability and of members, but also in importance. It is now an possibility of collaboration, share of knowledge and important forum for exchange of knowledge and learning from others, across all borders, will be of experience, and a good platform for cooperation great importance for all of us in our daily work. I between artistic directors of festivals across Europe am therefore convinced that the Euroepan Forum of and abroad. It has also become an important force in Worldwide Music Festivals, as a platform for exchange the international scene in general. The and collaboration, and as a driving force of the world EFWMF member festivals organize yearly over 3400 music scene, will continue to develop in importance concerts with more than 2000 bands; and in total, and strength also during the next 20 years! these festivals are visited by almost 3 million people each year.

In a network organization like EFWMF, it is the members’ willingness to share knowledge and experience and their ability of cooperation that gives the biggest gain for each member festival. It is just that, the human resources in the network, which constitutes its strength. I am proud to be a member and leader of a network with so many knowledgeable, interesting and enthusiastic people! Hilde Bjørkum president EFWMF (and artistic & managing director Førde Folk music Festival, Norway)

3 20 Years of Worldwide

By Patrick De Groote music festivals

In 2011 the European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals celebrates its 20th anniversary. The network started as a small club of enthusiastic festival organisers. We were all struggling to get our festival and the music we loved on the map. At that time ‘world music’ hardly existed, we were just programming unheard music from around the world, hard to get any attention for this! But times have changed and now the EFWMF has become one of the driving forces of the European and Global World Music scene.

The EFWMF gathers an eclectic but adventurous group that is crucial in introducing new acts and projects for a European audience. The network has recently opened up to the rest of the world, challenging the opportunities that a true global collaboration brings. Members from Asia, the Pacific, Africa and Latin America are opening new horizons for the EFWMF.

In 2010 the EFWMF made a survey of it’s member festivals. Hard to compare the micro cosmos of the highly specialised ‘La Zampogna’ festival in Italy to globally exposed festivals as Roskilde, but somehow we touch common ground, and in our meetings and exchanges we are all on equal terms, forging new collaborations and setting up exciting projects together.

4 20 Years of Worldwide music festivals

So who are these festivals that call themselves the EFWMF? What do they represent? How diverse are they really?

Young and Old Festivals Working at a festival Our oldest member is Roskilde (1971), followed Staff numbers vary a lot, depending on the scale of the by Sfinks Mixed (1976). Quite some festivals were festival, but in total we employ close to 400 people, born in the late ‘80ies and early ‘90ies, world music probably all working too hard for too little money. booming times. But we’re happy to see that new To compensate for this low employment figure over festival concepts also find their place in the network. 35.000 volunteers are deployed to make things work. Esperanzah! Is the youngest one (2004). Money talks, 70 million euro annual turnover 3 million people at EFWMF-festivals each year The organisation structure of the festivals is linked We might think that Europe is The Festival Continent, to its goals and local situation. Some are government and it certainly has a enormous number of festivals, organized, and depend for 100% on government Timitar (Agadir, Morocco) has by far the largest funding, some are private initiatives that are totally audience (600.000 visitors). The most intimate of our self-supporting. On average some 25% of our budget members is the Palestinian organised ‘Jerusalem’ that comes from entrance fees, 45% from public funding, gathers 650 enthousiasts. Most festival capacities are 18% from private partners and 12% from other between 20-40.000. And if we sum it all up, we come sources. The accumulated total budget of all festivals is to the astonishing figure of almost 3 million visitors… over 70 million euros.

Artists? What Artists? The programming of all these festival is very varied,some specialise on specific styles and regions (Oud Festival, Afrika Festival, Gypsy Festival, …) but most of the programming mixes local (European) traditions with cultures from overseas. Some 2.000 bands are responsible for over 3.400 concerts each year. The problematic visa situation has reduced the number of artists with visa playing at our festivals, and some festivals do not ask for any visa anymore. But others still have 50% of their programming based on artists needing visa. In total over 2000 indivudual artists received visa last year to play our festivals. Roots Festival June 23 – 26, 2011 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | www.amsterdamroots.nl The 14th edition of the Amsterdam Roots Festival takes place from June 23 till June 26. Four days of music from every corner of the world, at five different locations in Amsterdam, bring the roots of music from every culture to one Festival. Featuring renowned artists and emerging talent, the Festival showcases latest developments and crossovers in music , all with roots from cultures outside Western Europe.

Couleur Café Festival 22nd June 24 – 26, 2011 | Brussels, Belgium | www.couleurcafe.be This urban music festival offers the best of hip hop, soul, funk, world, reggae, dub, dancehall & latin. African reggae artist Tiken Jah Fakoly is the first confirmed act. 24-25-26 june 2011 Previous acts include James Brown, Nas & Damian Marley, Ben Harper, Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, Tracy Chapman, Youssou ‘N Dour, Cesaria Evora, Ziggy Marley, George Clinton, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Amadou & Mariam, Michael Franti, …

Druga godba International Festival May 7 - June 20, 2011 | , | www.drugagodba.si The 27th Druga godba international (That Other Music) Festival will take place from May 7 to June 20 2011 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It ranks among Europe’s best festivals. This year’s edition of the festival will present 12 concerts of topical and original music which gives alternative prospective to contemporary music and its industry based on western pop, rock or .

Esperanzah! August 5 – 7, 2011 | Floreffe, Belgium | www.esperanzah.be From 5 till 7 August, Esperanzah! will celebrate its 10th anniversary in the prestigious setting of the Abbey of Floreffe, near Namur (Belgium). In 3 days, Esperanzah! welcomes more than 34 groups coming from the whole world on 3 scenes, artists with recognised talents as well than some to be discovered. Esperanzah! it’s also street artists, a film festival, a kids’ village, craftsmen and world restaurants, two camping sites... and a place to change the world.

Etnosoi! festival November 8 - 13, 2011 | Helsinki, Finland | www.etnosoi.fi Etnosoi! festival has been organized in Helsinki, Finland annually since 1988. The festival welcomes artists from all over the world and from all different musical styles underneath the world music umbrella.

Etnosoi! festival is organized by Global Music Centre music institute. www.globalmusic.fi

Etnosoi! Leader of Samo from Tajikistan, mr Shanbe Mamadgaminov in action. (photo: Riikka Hiltunen)

6 Festival Mundial June 18 -19, 2011 | Tilburg, The Netherlands | www.mundialproductions.nl Always on the lookout for exiting talents, new vibes, interesting gigs and surprising encounters, Festival Mundial gives visitors a present-day view on world music and culture. Artists from all over the world, who are inspired by their roots, perform roots and rock, world and funk, reggae and salsa, hip-hop and urban. Festival Mundial is a true journey around the Globe!

Fiesta des suds October 2011 | Marseille, France | www.dock-des-suds.org Created in 1992 and born from the love of ferias, carnivals, fairs and all such kinds of cultural events, the Fiesta des Suds has rapidly become a great success by defending and honoring local creation while maintaining an open dialog with other cultures and new forms of musical expression. Each year in October, at the Dock des Suds in Marseilles (France), the festival brings together the best of what music has to offer, with all styles and genres represented.

Førde Folk Music Festival July 7 - 10, 2011 | Førde, Norway | www.fordefestival.no Under the headline Women’s World, the Førde Folk Music Festival spotlights female artists from around the world that speak out on behalf of distinctive cultures and traditions as part of their artistic work. Many of them are role models for young musicians, and some are actually among the most prominent musicians today: Mariza, Oumou Sangaré, Esma Redzepova, Susana Baca, Urna, Divna, The Mahotella Queens – and Nordic artists Sigrid Moldetad, Susanne Rosenberg, Kirsten Bråten Berg.

Glatt & Verkehrt July 9 – 31, 2011 | Krems a.d. Donau, Austria | www.glattundverkehrt.at Glatt & Verkehrt – festival for traditional and contemporary ethnic music in Austria. Tradition and innovation, old and new, go together like the stitches in a knitting pattern. At the summer festival “Glatt&Verkehrt” (meaning “plain&inverted” as used in knitting) in Krems, music has been made along the lines of this intricate knitting pattern since 1997. The festival is not concerned with styles and genres, but with regions, origins and roots. Artists hailing from the most different regions of the world come together here to present their musical and stylistic approaches – ranging from , classical music and world music to avant-garde and traditional folk music. International Africa Festival June 2 - 5, 2011 | Wuerzburg, Germany | www.africafestival.org The International Africa Festival is the biggest festival for African music and culture in Europe. This year, the Africa Festival will go on a journey to the Caribbean where African slave ships landed from the 16th to the 19th century. Stars such as Calypso Rose, Julian Marley, Lokua Kanza and Gentleman will make their appearance.

7 International Gipsy Festival May 29, 2011 | Tilburg, The Netherlands | www.gipsyfestival.nl For 15 years, at the end of May, Tilburg is the centre of the European and Oriental gipsymusic. The International Gipsy Festival offers music from Rajasthan, Hungarian- and Rumanian traditionals, flamenco, balkan-brass, gipsy-jazz and cross-overs in the open air.

Jerusalem Festival July 21 – 31, 2011 | Jerusalem, Palestina | www.yabous.org Yabous Productions finds it essential to open the Yabous Cultural Centre within the second quartet of 2011, to exemplify its vision in the real life. Yabous Productions has been working on this project for several years, and according to the need assessment studies, Yabous has taken the initiative to develop it. Not mentioning that The Jerusalem festival for this year will be organized from 21-31July, with the participation of local and international artists and groups.

La Zampogna January, 2012 | Maranola-Itri-Campodimele, Italy | www.lazampogna.it La Zampogna: Maranola, a little village in the centre of Italy, is thé place where the Zam- pogna International Festival has its soul. In January 2011 the 18th edition of this special event was held. Every year musicians and luthers spend a weekend in villages in the area to play, to discuss and to meet professionals and a big audience interested in folk instru- ments and especially bagpipes.

Le Kolatier – Africa Music’s Market November, 2011 | Douala, Cameroon | www.lekolatier.org From 17 to 20 November 2010, the city of Douala (Cameroon) hosted the fifth edition of the Africa Music’s Market. Fifteen bands from Cameroon, Chad, Congo, DRC, Benin & Central Africa Republic performed at the presence of professionals from several coun- tries. Apart from performances, Le Kolatier hosts other activities such as meetings for International and African Music Council and a symposium on Regional market of music.

Les Suds, à ARLES July 11 – 17, 2011 | Suds à Arles, France | www.suds-arles.comWith a mixture of genres and both free and ticketed concerts, the Arles world music festival is sure to contain something to please everyone. Throughout one week, the city lives from 10 in the morning to the middle of the night with a warm accent and a southern sound. Every year, the Festival receives 60,000 people, more than 250 artists and some 30 trainees of dance, music or chant workshops. 16 th edition from 11th to 17th of July, 2011 : Beirut, Staff Benda Bilili, Afrocubism, Mariza, Paco Ibañez, Alireza Ghorbani & Dorsaf Hamdani, So Called and many other less known artists in France and Europe.

8 Mercat de Música Viva de Vic September 14 -18, 2011 | Vic, Spain | www.mmvv.cat Mercat de Música Viva de Vic is a professional meeting place for all of the sectors of the music industry. For four days every September since 1988, the city of Vic has brought together representatives of all areas of music from around the world to see new developments, attend concerts and forums, and buy and sell music. MMVV is an essential reference for anyone who wants to discover the sounds that are being heard, mainly in Catalonia, Spain and around the Mediterranean basin, but also in the rest of the world.

Music Meeting June 11 – 13, 2011 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | www.musicmeeting.nl Surprise and discovery, with curiosity as driving force, are the veins of music festival Music Meeting. The characteristic line-up containing highly skilful international artists from the jazz and world scene, forms its beating heart. Music Meeting offers concerts, interviews, workshops and films. In this edition: Thione Seck, Gary Lucas, Interactivo, Superrail Band, Dobet Gnahoré and many more!

Musiques Métisses’ June 10 – 12, 2011 | Angoulême, France | www.musiques-metisses.com 36th edition of the Musiques Métisses’ festival will take place from the 10th to the 12th of june in Angoulême along the Charente riverside. World, urban and folk music, literary meetings and shows for families will liven up this 3 party days. The audience will see stars like Maceo Parker, Kassav, Tiken Jah Fakoly and will discover rising artists of the new musical scene.

OFF-Fest May/June, 2011 | Skopje, Macedonia | www.offest.com.mk OFF-Fest has arisen from the Skopje Jazz Festival - en event with a much longer tradition (30 years). It has presented a large number of world music acts in the past. Basically a world music festival, OFF-Fest in its 10 years history put a special emphasis on music of Africa and South America as well as the music of the Medeterranean countries. It is happening every year in May/June period in Skopje, Macedonia.

Oslo World Music Festival November 2 - 6, 2011 | Oslo, Norway | www.osloworldmusicfestival.no The Oslo World Music Festival was founded by Concerts Norway (Rikskonsertene) in 1994. The general idea is to present a variety of music from Africa, Asia and Latin America, from classical traditions & folk music to urban & contemporary. The Festival is based on music performed by new, up-coming artists, as well as renowned artists worldwide. It is also an ambition to initiate musical projects where Norwegian and guest musicians are working together and a children festival within the frame of the Oslo World Music Festival. For 6 days concerts & other activities with hundreds of artists take place at churches, concert halls, shopping malls, cafés and clubs.

9 Pirineos Sur July 14 – 31, 2011 | Huesca, Spain | www.pirineos-sur.es Pirineos Sur is a festival specialising in so-called popular music or world music. The festival began its journey in 1992 and it is held annually around the second half of the month of July in the Aragonese Pyrenees (Huesca). Its main objective is to serve as a meeting point for the different cultures of the world and to build bridges of tolereance and mutual respect through music. 1994 was de year that the festival was definitively recognised as a showcase for ethnic music. Pirineos Sur has every year a monographic subject. 2011 will be dedicated to the Iberian Tribes.

Sfinks Mixed July 29 - 31, 2011 | Boechout, Belgium | www.sfinks.be Sfinks Mixed offers a vibrant view on what’s moving musical and other artists from all over the world today. Three days of passionate worldwide music, enchanting circus, compelling dance, and documentary films. Sfinks mixes tradition with new expressions, acoustic with electro. Discover a colorful festival in a rural area just outside Antwerp (Bel- gium) offering quality world kitchen, a huge kidz village, and a fascinating international market.

THE International Oud Festival Jerusalem November, 2011 | Jerusalem, Israel | www.confederationhouse.org The 2010 Jerusalem International Oud Festival was characterized by outstanding variety in both its performances and the Jewish and Arab audiences attending. Thanks to a growing cooperation with foreign embassies and cultural institutions worldwide, the diverse program began with a reunion of the Night Ark ensemble, brought together Ottoman music and Western classical music, introduced the Iranian art song and the Kurdish music and ended with a concert that brought together traditional Georgian polyphonic vocals with Georgian dance and instrumental traditions in a marvelous performance by the Shin ensemble. Uppsala International Sacred Music Festival November 3 – 6, 2011 | Uppsala, Sweden | www.ukk.se The Uppsala International Sacred Music Festival is a festival which ignores genre boundaries and looks for other points of intersection in our inward musical being, a festival devoted to spiritual music and the spirituality of music, whether sacred or profane, a festival open to music from all religions, cultures and ages.

Viljandi Folk Music Festival July 28 - 31, 2011 | Viljandi, Estonia | www.folk.ee Viljandi Folk Music Festival is held every year on the last weekend of July in Viljandi and it is one of the largest of its kind in the Baltic and Northern countries. 4 days of traditional music performances on 5 outdoor and 3 indoor stages, 200 performers, 100 concerts, more than 20 000 visitors. XIX Viljandi Folk Music Festival takes place on July 28-31, 2011. This year’s theme is “Rhythm and Pulse”. This Festival will focus on rhythmic qualities. It is important to find the rhythm on the instruments in order to inspire the audience to listen and dance.

10 Members 2011

The current board, elected at the AGM in March 2010, consists of

Hilde Bjorkum – Norway (Chair) 20 years of Erasmo Treglia – Italy (Secretary) Patrick De Groote – Belgium (Delegated Director) worldwide Benjamim Taubkin – Brasil Oliver Belopeta – Macedonia music festivals

In 2011 the European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals will celebrate its 20th anniversary. The network started as a small club of enthusiastic festival organisers and has now become one of the driving forces of the European and Global World Music scene. The EFWMF gathers an eclectic but adventurous group that is crucial in introducing new acts and projects for a European audience. The network has recently opened up to the rest of the world, challenging the opportunities that a true global collaboration brings. Members from Asia, the Pacific, Africa and Latin America are opening new horizons for the EFWMF.

efwmf OFFICE Sarah Vereycken - Patrick De Groote c/o Sfinks Heuvelstraat 63a 2530 Boechout, Belgium T +32 3 455 69 44 F +32 3 454 11 62 [email protected] www.efwmf.org

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INTERNATIONAL GIPSYFESTIVAL FESTIVAL MUNDIAL ROSKILDE FESTIVAL FESTIVAL 29 May 2011 18 - 19 June 2011 30 June - 3 July 2011 MEMBERS Stichting Alfa Mundial Productions Foreningen Roskilde Festival Prog. Dir.: Albert Siebelink Prog. Dir.: Erwin Schellekens Prog. Dir.: Peter Hvalkof Telefoonstraat 14 Noordstraat 111 Havsteensvej 11 5038 DM Tilburg, The Netherlands 5038 EH Tilburg, The Netherlands DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark Tel:+31135801424 Tel:+31135431335 Tel:+4546366613 Fax: +31 13 5801 425 Fax: +31 13 535 74 89 Fax: +45 46 32 14 19 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.gipsyfestival.nl www.mundialproductions.nl www.roskilde-festival.dk

STANSER MUSIKTAGE WELTNACHT FESTIVAL 1 - 7 May 2011 OFFEST May - September 2011 THE WORLD-DAY OF MUSIC June 2011 Verein Stanser Musiktage Welthaus Bielefeld e.V. 21 June 2011 Skopje Jazz Festival Prog. Dir.: Christophe Rosset Prog. Dir.: Michael Lesemann Petofi Csarnok Kht. Prog. Dir.: Oliver Belopeta Postfach 1020 August-Bebel-Strasse 62 Prog. Dir.: Lajos Fogarasi Maksim Gorki 5 6371 Stans, Switzerland 33602 Bielefeld, Germany Petofi Csarnok 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Tel:+41416120588 Tel+49 5219864831 Zichy Mihály str 14 Tel:+38923131090 Fax:+41416120586 Fax +49 521 63 789 1146 Budapest, Hungary Fax: +389 2 322 50 33 [email protected] [email protected] Tel+3612225954 [email protected] www.stansermusiktage.ch www.welthaus.de Fax +36 1 363 37 29 www.offest.com.mk [email protected] DRUGA GODBA www.petoficsarnok.hu 7 May - 20 June 2011 BRAVE FESTIVAL 23rd INTERNATIONAL AFRICA 1 - 8 July 2011 Zavod Druga Godba Ljubljana FESTIVAL Brave Festival Association Prog. Dir.: Bogdan Benigar 2 - 5 June 2011 FESTIVAL TIMITAR Prog. Dir.: Grzegorz Bral Kersnikova 4 Afro project e.V. 22 - 25 June 2011 ul Purkyniego 1 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Prog. Dir. : Dr. Stefan Oschmann Association Timitar PL-50-155 Wroclaw, Poland Tel:+38614308260 Sterenstrasse 17 Prog. Dir.: Brahim El Mazned Tel:+48 (71) 3418878 Fax: +386 1 430 82 65 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany 172 Av Hassan II Fax: +48 (71) 3441816 [email protected] Tel:+49 931 15 060 Immeuble Faizia [email protected] www.drugagodba.si Fax: +49 931 15 080 80000 Agadir www.bravefestival.pl [email protected] Marocco MASALA WELT-BEAT FESTIVAL www.africafestival.org Tel: +212 528 82 03 38 FØRDE FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL 18 - 29 May 2011 Fax: +212 528 84 81 75 7 - 10 July 2011 Masala Welt-Beat Festival [email protected] Stiftinga Førde Internasjonale Folke- Prog. Dir. : Christoph Sure & Gerd www.festivaltimitar.ma MUSIQUES MÉTISSES musikkfestival Kespohl 10 - 12 June 2011 Prog. Dir. : Hilde Bjørkum Lister Meile 4 Musiques Métisses AMSTERDAM ROOTS FESTIVAL P.O. Box 395 30161 Hannover, Germany Prog. Dir.: Christian Mousset 23 - 26 June 2011 6802 Førde, Norway Tel:+495112355550 BP 244 Stichting Amsterdam Roots Tel:+4757721940 Fax: +49 511 23 55 55 55 16000 Angoulème, France Prog. Dir.: Frans Goossens Fax: +47 57 72 19 41 [email protected] Tel :+33545954342 Lijnbaansgracht 234a [email protected] www.masala-festival.de Fax : +33 545 95 63 87 1017 PH Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.fordefestival.no [email protected] Tel:+31205318181 DUNYA FESTIVAL www.musiques-metisses.com Fax: +31 20 531 81 99 29 May 2011 [email protected] GLATT & VERKEHRT Ducos Productions www.amsterdamroots.nl 27TH MUSIC MEETING 9 - 31 July 2011 Prog. Dir.: Claudia Raven 11 - 13 June 2011 Nö Festival - Ges.m.b.H. P.O. Box 13108 FESTIVAL COULEUR CAFÉ Stichting Music Meeting Prog. Dir.: Jo Aichinger 3004 HC Rotterdam, The Netherlands 24 - 26 June 2011 Prog. Dir.: Wim Westerveld Minoritenplatz 4 Tel:+31104048422 Zig Zag ASBL PO Box 1535 3500 Krems a.d. Donau, Austria Fax: +31 10 404 96 30 Prog. Dir.: Patrick Wallens 6501 BM Nijmegen, The Netherlands Tel :+432732908030 [email protected] Av. E. Claes 4 Tel:+31243608813 Fax : +43 2732 90 80 31 www.dunya.nl 1160 Brussels, Belgium Fax: +31 24 322 26 58 [email protected] Tel:+3226724912 [email protected] www.glattundverkehrt.at Fax: +32 2 672 12 91 www.musicmeeting.nl [email protected] www.couleurcafe.be

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STIMMEN THE JERUSALEM FESTIVAL LA MAR DE MÚSICAS FIESTA DES SUDS 9 July - 7 August 2011 21 - 31 July 2011 2July 2011 October 2011 Burghof Lörrach GmbH Yabous Productions Ayuntamiento de Cartagena Latinissimo Prog. Dir.: Helmut Bürgel Prog. Dir.: Rania Elias Khoury Prog. Dir.: Francisco Martín Peñas Prog. Dir.: Bernard Aubert Herrenstrasse 5 2 Ibn Jubair Str., P.O. Box 54874 Centro Cultural Ramón Alonso Luzzy Docks des Suds, 12 rue Urbain V 79539 Lörrach, Germany Jerusalem, Palestine C/ Jacinto Benavente 7 - 2° 13002 Marseille cédex 20, France Tel:+4976219408988 Tel:+97226261045 E-30203 Cartagena, Spain Tel : +33 4 91 99 00 00 Fax: +49 762 19 40 89 84 Fax: +972 2 626 13 72 Tel:+34968128813 Fax : +33 4 91 91 73 85 [email protected] [email protected] Fax: +34 968 12 89 05 [email protected] www.stimmen.com www.yabous.org [email protected] www.dock-des-suds.org www.lamardemusicas.com KAUSTINEN FOLK MUSIC RE:ORIENT FESTIVAL LES NUITS ATYPIQUES ESPERANZAH October 2011 11 - 17 July 2011 26 -31 July 2011 5 - 7 August 2011 Re:Orient Folk Music Foundation Kaustinen Les Nuits Atypiques Esperanzah ASBL Prog. Dir.: Cecilia Hörnell Prog. Dir.: Jyrki Heiskanen Prog. Dir.: Patrick Lavaud Prog. Dir.: Jean-Yves Laffineur Box 4215 P.O. Box 24 8, place des Carmes 8 rue Général Piron SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden 69601 Kaustinen, Finland 33210 Langon, France 5590 Ciney, Belgium Tel: +46 8 702 15 99 Tel:+3582072911 Tel:+33557980845 Tel:+32 83 668347 Fax: +46 8 702 15 99 Fax: +358 207 29 12 00 Fax: +33 5 56 76 29 69 Fax: +32 83 668348 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] http://www.reorient.se/ www.kaustinen.net www.nuitsatypiques.org www.esperanzah.be ULSAN WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL LES SUDS À ARLES VIDOR FESTIVAL October 2011 11 - 17 July 2011 VILJANDI FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL 26 August - 2 September 2011 Prog. Dir.: Lee Junghun SUDS , á Arles 28 - 31 July 2011 Móricz Zsigmond Theater 7F KT&G B/D Prog. Dir.: Marie-José Justamond Estonian Traditional Music Center Prog. Dir.: Marina Pommier Shinjung 3 Dong, Nam Gu 680-822 Maison des Suds Prog. Dir.: Ando Kiviberg Bessenyei tér 13 Ulsan, 66 rue du 4 Septembre Tasuja pst. 6 4400 Nyíregyháza, Hungary Tel: +82 52 260 75 44 13200 Arles, France 71011 Viljandi, Estonia Tel : +36 42 432 267 Fax: +82 52 260 75 03 Tel :+33490960627 Tel:+372 43 42 050 Fax : +36 42 432 267 [email protected] Fax : +33 490 96 79 48 Fax: +372 43 43 051 [email protected] www.cheoyong.or.kr [email protected] [email protected] www.happyartfestival.hu www.suds-arles.com www.folk.ee OSLO WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL 9th IMAGES FESTIVAL - My 2 - 6 November 2011 COLOURS OF OSTRAVA SFINKS MIXED World IMAGES Rikskonsertene 14 - 17 July 2011 29 - 31 July 2011 August - September 2011 Prog. Dir.: Alexandra Archetti Stølen Colour Production, spol.s.r.o. Sfinks Animatie VZW Danish Center for Culture and Develop- P.O. Box 4261 Nydalen Prog. Dir.: Zlata Holusova Prog. Dir.: Patrick De Groote ment 0401 Oslo, Norway Lomená 349 Heuvelstraat 63a Prog. Dir.: Jens Kare Rasmussen Tel: +47 22 02 59 00 Dolní Lhota 74766, Czech Republic 2530 Boechout, Belgium Nytorv 17 Fax: +47 22 02 59 72 Tel:+42 420 608 972 908 Tel:+32 3 455 69 44 DK-1450 Copenhagen K, Denmark [email protected] Fax: +42 05 96 121 342 Fax: +32 3 454 11 62 Tel:+4533179700 www.osloworldmusicfestival.no [email protected] [email protected] Fax: +45 33 24 40 10 www.colours.cz www.sfinks.be [email protected] UPPSALA INTERNATIONAL www.dccd.dk SACRED MUSIC FESTIVAL FESTIVAL OF WORLD CULTURES 3 - 6 November 2011 PIRINEOS SUR July 2011 MERCAT DE MÚSICA VIVA DE VIC Uppsala Konsert & Kongress AB 14 - 31 July 2011 Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County 14 - 18 September 2011 Prog. Dir.: Magnus Backstrom Diputación de Huesca Council Ajuntament de Vic Uppsala Konsert & Kongress Prog. Dir.: Luis Calvo Prog. Dir.: Jody Ackland Prog. Dir.: Lluis Puig 75375 Uppsala, Sweden Porches de Galicia 4 Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Historiador Ramón Abadal i Vinyals, Tel: +46 18 727 90 90 E-22002 Huesca, Spain Council 5, 2a Fax: +46 18 727 90 95 Tel :+34974294151 Marine Road E-08500 Vic, Spain [email protected] Fax: +34 974 29 41 50 Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland Tel: +34 93 883 31 00 www.ukk.se [email protected] Tel +353 1 271 95 55 Fax: +34 93 883 26 26 www.pirineos-sur.es Fax +353 1 236 02 17 [email protected] [email protected] www.mmvv.cat www.festivalofworldcultures.com

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ETNOSOI! LA ZAMPOGNA INTERNATIONAL Ben Mandelson Luc Yatchokeu 8 - 13 November 2011 FESTIVAL 89 Clissold Crescent ‘Le Kolatier’ Marché des Musiques Global Music Centre January 2012 London N16 9AS, Great Britain d’Afrique(November 2011) Prog. Dir.: Jaana-Maria Jukkara Archivio Aurunco - Finisterre Tel/fax: +44 20 72 54 22 34 50 Rue hotel de Ville Hämeentie 34D Prog. Dir.: Erasmo Treglia [email protected] BP12113 Douala, Cameroon 00530 Helsinki, Finland Via Macedonio Melloni 9 Tel: +237 99932489 Tel: +358 96 96 27 90 00146 Roma, Italy Tel: +237 33427825 Bertrand de Laporte Fax: +358 96 96 27 910 Tel: +39 06 646 907 14 [email protected] 17, rue Emile Redor [email protected] Fax: +39 06 646 907 14 www.lekolatier.org 44 400 Reze, France www.etnosoi.fi [email protected] Tel: +33 2 40 75 72 60 http://www.lazampogna.it/ Fax: +33 2 40 75 72 60 Simon Raynor AFRICOLOR [email protected] Australasian World Music Expo (17 - 20 November - December 2011 November 2011) Association Accent Aigu 218 Adderley Street Associate Carles Sala i Marzal Prog. Dir.: Philippe Conrath Melbourne 3003, Victoria, Australia Director de Cooperació i Relaciones 5 rue Arthur Grossier members Tel: +61 3 9329 1533 Sectorials 75010 , France Tel: +61 3 9329 1537 Institut de Cultura de Barcelona (ICUB) Tel : +33 1 47 97 69 99 [email protected] Palau de la Virreina - La Rambla 99 Fax : +33 1 47 97 65 44 www.awme.com.au E-08002 Barcelona, Spain [email protected] Tel : +34 93 316 11 01 www.africolor.com Fax: +34 93 316 10 60 Teresa Kerasidis [email protected] Inter Show Productions INTERNATIONAL OUD FESTIVAL www.bcn.cat/cultura Athinas 10 JERUSALEM 546 34 Thessaloniki, Greece November 2011 Tel: +30 23 10 968 909 Alain Courbis Dennis Winter Confederation House Fax: +30 23 10 248 257 Pôle régional des musiques actuelles de Nehrusingel 190 Prog. Dir.: Effie Benaya [email protected] la Réunion 3066 VN Rotterdam, Holland P O Box 7218 6 bis rue Pasteur Tel: +31 646 194 946 91071 Jerusalem, Israel BP 1018 [email protected] Tel: +972 2 624 52 06 97481 Saint-Denis Cedex, Ile de la Fax: +972 2 623 74 56 Réunion Dubi Lenz [email protected] consultants Tel: +262 262 90 94 60 18 Amnon Vetamar www.confederationhouse.org Fax: +262 262 90 94 61 46417 Herzliya, Israel [email protected] Tel: +972 9 9588179 www.runmusic.com Fax: +972 9 9589349 26th FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL [email protected] DE FOLK DE GETXO Anne Moberg December 2011 Head of International projects Hans Hjorth Aula de cultura de Getxo Rikskonsertene/Norwegian Concert For Exclusive Artist Representation Prog. Dir.: Marta Herrera Institute FEAR C/ Villamonte, A-8 bajo P.O. Box 4261 Nydalen Hyttgatan 28 48991 Algorta-Getxo, Bizkaia, Spain Derek Andrews NO-0401 Oslo, Norway SE-791 62 Falun, Sweden Tel: +34 94 431 92 80 Global Cafe Tel : +47 22 02 59 34 Tel: +46 70 59 242 59 Fax: +34 94 431 92 84 502 - 680 Queens Quay West Fax : +47 22 02 59 72 [email protected] [email protected] M5V 2Y9 Toronto - Ontario - Canada [email protected] www.fearmusic.se www.getxo.net Tel: +1 41 62 60 66 55 www.rikskonsertene.no [email protected] Juana Burillo LE VOCI DELL’ ANIMA Benjamim Taubkin December 2011 El Espiritu Del Sur Instituto Cultural Casa Via Magia Av. Menéndez Pidal 19, Officina 1 Princigalli Produzioni R. Henriqueta Catarino n° 123 E-22004 Huesca, Spain Prog. Dir.: Antonio Princigalli Zip 40 222-180 - Federação, Salvador Tel : +34 974 23 20 43 Via Nazario Sauro 13 Bahia, Brasil Fax: +34 974 23 07 97 70121 Bari, Italy Tel: +55 71 331 27 59 [email protected] Tel: +39 80 55 59 987 Fax: +55 71 261 60 52 www.espiritudelsur.com Fax: +39 80 55 59 987 [email protected] [email protected] www.princigalliproduzioni.it

14 NEW MEMBER Timitar, the International Amazigh (berber) Feast Agadir, Morocco June 22 – 25, 2011

Timitar, the Amazigh & world music festival, was born stages, located in different venues of Agadir city, the in July 2004 in Agadir, capital of Souss Massa Drâa audience is invited to structure their own experience of Region (Morocco). the diverse musical experience on offer.

Since its inception, the audience’s passion for the The events of each evening commence with an artists and programme of this prominent event has Amazigh traditional group, exhibiting the dynamic grown to form an intense spirit distinct to this festival. artistry of the Souss Massa Drâa Region.

The quality of invited artists, both Moroccan and The diverse line up of the Timitar festival 2010 (Julien international, along with the extremely warm welcome Marley, Amazigh, Ali Campbell, Hindi Zara, Mounira of the audience and the media are evidence that what Mitchala, Tres Coronas…etc.) holds strong to spirit was at first an adventure has now become a notable of plurality inherent in world music and the Amazigh event, which celebrates today its 8th year of existence. musical tradition.

The 2010 edition was held from July 7 till 10 and was More info: a focal point in the cultural and festive life of Agadir and the South of Morocco. www.festivaltimitar.ma Every year, Timitar festival presents the best of International Media contact: traditional and contemporary repertoires from different parts of the globe. Held at three open-air [email protected]

15 KAMS-EFWMF Tour Grant results 2010 By Patrick De Groote

KAMS-EFWMF Tour Grant supports international With KAMS-EFWMF Tour Grant, KAMS seeks that touring of Korean traditional performing arts groups. the high quality of Korean traditional performing The grant is presented by Korea Arts Management arts are internationally acclaimed and build networks Service (KAMS) and co-organized by European Forum with their international counterparts for future of Worldwide Music Festival (EFWMF) since 2010 collaborations and exchanges. under the auspices of the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. More info: The EFWMF‘s member-festivals can apply for this www.gokams.or.kr grant to present Korean performing arts groups, and the invited Korean performing arts groups will be Results of the 2011 grant applications supported for airfare and freight. will be published shortly.

Be-Being Dulsori invited by invited by Uppsala International Colours of Ostrava(Czech Republic) Sacred Music Festival (Sweden) The International Petra Festival(Greece) International Heraklion Festival(Greece) Roskilde festival (Denmark)

16 © Paul Verstreken © Jordi Bover

Ahn Sook-Sun invited by Sfinks mixed 2010 (Belgium) & Brave festival (Poland)

Brave Festival’s audience was delighted by Ahn Sook- Sun performance in Wroclaw Opera. Polish viewers with gratitude attend the events which can expand their knowledge about other distant cultures. KAMS-EFWMF Tour Grand financed round trip airfare for Mrs. Ahn Sook-Sun and her group members. That truly helped us arrange her visit. Weronika Szota (Artists liaison of Brave festival, Poland)

Gut Performance - Mr. Dong-ho Choi invited by Sfinks mixed 2010 (Belgium) As the Ritual is really special we believe it has serious potential in European markets. It stands out from regular performances and is therefore easy to communicate, and generates big audience and media interest. Patrick De Groote (Artistic director of Sfinks mixed 2010 ,Belgium)

Sonagi Project invited by Festival Glatt & Verkehrt (Austria) Sonagi Project was assigned to play with Okkyung Lee and Hahn Rowe, both with Korean background but living since many years in New York. In all time of our festival’s existence, I’ve never experienced such rapturous enthusiasm of our audience as expressed for “Sonagi Project featuring Okkyuing Lee & Hahn Rowe.” Josef Aichinger (Artistic director of Festival Glatt & Verkehrt, Austria)

17 UNESCO prize to the Førde Festival’s Talent project

The “Talent 2008” project has received the UNESCO Innovative project title “Young artist for intercultural dialogue Between In the motivation for the price, Unesco says that the the Arab and Western worlds.” The title is an honor Talent 2008 is an innovative project and an example to young artists for their efforts to promote dialogue of excellent work to increase public understanding and between Arab and Western culture. cultural exchange through music: “This distinction honors your outstanding endeavour’s to further mutual The Talent project is a collaboration between The understanding and cultural exchange through music, Førde Festival and the Concerts Norway with support as demonstrated by your innovative project.” from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project has been held every year since 1995. Each year, In 2008, the participants in the Talent project came three musicians aged 18-25 from three countries (one from Egypt, Palestine and Norway. The young of them is Norway) meet and live close to each other musicians met both at the Førde Festival and the a week during the Førde Festival and create music following year in Egypt. together under the guidance of two artistic leaders. The year after, they meet again in one of the participating - A great honor countries. One of the young musicians from Norway, singer Ingebjørg Harman Bratland is excited over the prize: More info “It is a great pleasure for us that the Talent project - This is a great honor! It’s quite a title we can from 2008 have been chosen out of getting such an adorn ourselves with! We had a fantastic, successful [email protected] important honor. This hits the core of our project! cooperation with young people from Palestine www.fordefestival.no That is exactly what we want with it; to create meeting and Egypt. I have many fond memories of this Tel. (+47) 57 72 19 40 places across national and cultural borders, says the cooperation. I even have one of the songs we recorded Førde festival’s artistic director, Hilde Bjørkum and in Cairo out on myspace my page, and it has about Fax (+47) 57 72 19 41 Concerts Norway’s project leader Anne Moberg. 20 000 playback! This suggests that other think our cooperation is successful, says Bratland.

The UNESCO title will be awarded at the Unesco headquarters in Paris on 13 April.

18 we are more a Europe-wide arts advocacy campaign

Whether at local, regional, national or European level, cultural policies and funding have to reflect the needs of all those who enjoy and produce today’s and tomorrow’s culture. We believe that it is necessary to re-imagine public investment to we are more (2010-2013) is a Europe-wide arts contribute to developing human, cultural and social advocacy campaign set up by Culture Action Europe. capital – Europe’s most precious assets. The concrete It will use the upcoming EU political and financial goals of the campaign are to increase support for negotiations for the period 2014-2020 as a timely cultural activities that benefit all European citizens opportunity to develop and sharpen the arguments and stimulate their enjoyment of the arts. used when advocating for arts and culture. The ultimate goal of the campaign is to contribute to a strengthened recognition of the role of arts and culture in the development of our European societies. The concrete campaign objectives focus on improving the quality and quantity of support that the sector receives from 2 key EU policies (the Culture Programme – providing direct support to cultural co-operation projects, and EU regional development policies – supporting cultural interventions as key contributions to social, economic and territorial development). The aim is for the campaign to function both as an eye-opener for policy-makers at local, regional and national level, and as a mobilisation and professional development tool for the sector.

More info: www.wearemore.eu

19 APAP 2011 Inaugural of Artist Fellows Program

NYC, USA By Benjamim Taubkin January 4, 2011

Here I am in Sao Paulo’s airport waiting for my flight. And I had some worries: Will people from all sides of The first question aroused in me is: What the hell am I this business really be interested in our points of view? doing leaving a Brazilian summer for a New York City Could we really challenge them? winter? So we’re a group of 12 artists-musicians, dancers, writers for theatre… all of them with some (or a lot) One of the reasons is, as always, the possibility of experiences also, organizing concerts, running festivals, meeting a lot of people who eat, breathe, sleep, walk curating, etc.. on the same specific, crazy and beautiful field. Just writing this article, I realized, one obvious thing- is We had three meetings to know each other, talk freely that, maybe not all of us, but most of us, travel a about our views, and then present the summit of it in lot. Probably motivated by the same reasons.. meet a talk as part of the conference program. people, listen to new music, be aware of what’s going on in the field of music and life, in all different places. In that special case, that included the possibility of meeting my companions of the Artist Fellows program.

This very interesting initiative from the APAP reunited artists from different fields and places to exchange and collaborate on something we usually don’t have a lot of opportunities to discuss, in such a focused way : our expectations and relations with the whole structure of the arts and cultural industry. The idea was to see from an artist point of view, how each one of us is creating, surviving, growing. And then we could bring some of these reflections to the other professionals who are part of the APAP|NYC 2011 conference.

20 Basically 3 main points emerged, as a representative of In the last years some very interesting parallel events the group thoughts, accomplishments and worries. started, besides the usual and sometimes too much commercial showcases, taking advantage of the fact 1. Be small: that thousands of professionals from all around the Try to get out of the sickness of only thinking “grow.” world come to APAP. That is: playing for big crowds, expecting always the big success. For most of us, small means the Two of them are Winter Jazz Fest (www.winterjazzfest. independent freedom of creation, of making choices com) that happens in clubs, and jazz houses, around regarding all stages of the process such as where to two or three blocks, in the Village and Global Fest perform and how to present yourself, with whom (globalfest-ny.org), a one night event, that brings in connect, being honest, not trying to please possible three stages of Webster Hall , a great set of music from facilitators, being critical when needed and knowing all over the world. when not to be. 2. Real communities. The Artist Fellows shared some good histories about To know more about this initiative you can go to various initiatives in this field. On the programmers’ side, the general idea was not to create dependence this link- and also get some review on the Global on big names, but to forge a strong concept and Fest Festival: http://www.giantstep.net/index. quality that can function as enough reason to make an audience come to the venue. The idea was basically, be php/2011/01/celebrating-cultural-activism-in- creative as a programmer. Take risks..do not go to the nyc-apap-vision-2021-and-globalfest-2011/ obvious choices.. be sometimes on the edge. 3. The identity of an artist. Some of the artists were from Haiti, to Cambodia, from Rwanda to Ethiopia, and yet most of them are living in U.S. Some concerns where focus on the usual expectations professionals and consequently audiences may have labelling their art and projects. Two of us live outside the U.S., myself in Brazil and Alvaro Restrepo in Colombia. The remarks of a lot of those immigrants is that media and programmers would always expect something “haitian” from an Haitian singer, so the frame for most of them would be very narrow.. anyway, those are challenges you may face now days, and the best thing may be to accept this challenge and fight it creatively.

21 PAST _ PRESENT _ FUTURE

where to go

Azalay Festival Rainforest World Music Festival Transahara 2011 April 21-23, 2011 July 8-10, 2011 April 22 – 26, 2011 Ouarzazate, Morocco Borneo, Malaysia Sahara Desert at Merzouga, Errachidia, A brand new festival in the wonderfull The Rainforest World Music Festival is a Morocco town of Ouarzazate (famous for his scenery unique festival that brings together on the 6th Edition of the Transahara desert festival used in many movies). Azalay focuses on same stage renowned world musicians from & gathering African music, hence the name derived all continents and indigenous musicians 4 nights of electronic music in a spectacular from the trans-sahara trail. from the interiors of the surrounding with an ambitious artistic More info: mythical island of Borneo. and cultural concept. Their long-run goal www.festivalazalay.com More info: is to set the scenarios for a very unique www.rainforestmusic-borneo.com and enriching experience thru visuals and cultural connections. Gnaoua Festival More info: June 23-26, 2011 Womad www.nomadstribe.com Essauoira, Morocco From Thursday evening performances A festival in a magical place presenting the through to Sunday night delights best of Gnaoua music, and home to many dates are July 28 – 31, 2011 in Charlton collaborations with international artists. Park 2011, UK More info: More info: www.festival-gnaoua.net www.womad.org

22 Like to join?

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An application form can be found on www.efwmf.org under membership

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COLOPHON EFWMF International Newsletter # 24

March 2011 Compiled and edited by Sarah Vereycken en Patrick De Groote Layout by Zeppo Copyright by the authors & EFWMF All other photos archive (unless otherwise noted) The international newsletter is published twice a year by the European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals. It is distributed for free by the Forum members to world music professionals. To get your regular copy, contact your next EFWMF member or the: EFWMF Office Sarah Vereycken - Patrick De Groote c/o Sfinks Heuvelstraat 63a 2530 Boechout, Belgium T +32 3 455 69 44 F +32 3 454 11 62 [email protected]

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