International Newsletter Number 18 • March 2008

1 1 Oslo World Music Festival – Balkan Beat Box (Photo by Lars Opstad) 2 Oslo World Music Festival – Bajofondo Tango Club (Photo by Lars Opstad) 3 Oslo World Music Festival – Cesaria Evora (Photo by Lars Opstad)

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Dear members,

3 Introduction By the time you read this Newsletter, As members, we welcome such cross- 4 the 2008 festival season will be upon fertilisation as a key facet of one of our The Jerusalem us and, once again, I will be asked what fundamental tasks; to showcase talent International Oud festival are the main advantages of belonging from across the globe and watch artists 5 to the efwmf. formerly unknown outside their local Africolor area develop into household names. Two fundamental reasons immediately 6 I believe we are right to be proud of our come to mind: Etnosoi! festival celebrated well-known success in this regard. 1 2 its 20th anniversary The mere experience of working and As we prepare the 2008 festival pro- 3 7 interacting with different individuals gramme, it seems particularly fitting More from and nationalities on something which to dedicate this issue of the Newslet- the Northern lands interests and binds us all – Music from ter to those artists – past, present and 8 different cultures – is, in itself enrich- future – who we have enjoyed and from efwmf news ing.This interaction is also invaluable whom we have learnt so much. They 9 from a practical point of view, with are the very essence of the efwmf. efwmf contacts, experience, ideas etc. shared Members List 2008 between members. After all, these are Wishing you all an enjoyable and 13 the seeds from which festivals and successful 2008 Sete Sóis Sete Luas & Talento programmes develop. 14 Sauti za Busara 15 Juana Burillo Festival in the desert 16 efwmf festivals to come 19 Colophon

2 3 The Jerusalem International Oud festival Africolor 2007

8 – 24 November 2007 24 November – 23 December 2007 By Effie Benaya The success of the eighth Jerusalem International The artistic program of the ninth Festival will With 5000 spectators and concert halls filled at composers were staged as well: Titi Robin worked Oud Festival was guaranteed from the opening continue to expand the Festival tradition. We 86%, Africolor maintains its attendance from on the Sufi poems of Rumi and Jean-Rémy concert. Barry Sacharof, one of the most popular plan to open it with a performance featuring the 2006. Many of the concerts were sold out and the Guédon took Beninese Voodoo as inspiration. rock musicians in Israel, performed 12 songs popular Israeli rock musician Ehud Banai with three Ethiopiques nights were especially crowded. This exceptional 19th edition has given a lot of that he composed to the words of Ibn Gabirol, lyrics by another poet of the Spanish Golden Age, They were indeed the highlight of the festival energy to prepare the 20th Africolor in 2008. An a Jewish poet of the Spanish Golden Age. The Moses Ibn Ezra. The Festival will also include a since they affirmed the Africolor mobility in the anniversary edition that has a lot of potential. audience gave him a standing ovation. Critics tribute to three of the great 20th century artists Seine-Saint-Denis department north of Paris 1 Artists in 2007: heaped praise upon this performance (“... rare of the Arab world--Sabah Fakhri (Syria), Um (Pantin/La Dynamo, Saint-Denis/Théâtre Gérard 2 Mahmoud Ahmed, Badume’s Band, Le Tigre des are those concerts at which the beating of the Kalthum and Abd al-Halim Hafez (Egypt). Also Philipe, Blanc-Mesnil/Le Forum). Ethiopian stars Platanes, Eténèsh Wassié, D’ de Kabal, Hélène wings of history finds its way into the score”), featured will be performances by a flamenco Mahmoud Ahmed and Etenesh Wassié were Labarrière, Dgiz, Etran Finatawa, Archimusic, & and the way was paved for the other Festival ensemble from Spain, musician Nabil Khalidi accompanied by French musicians from Bretagne Jean-Rémy Guédon, Dobet Gnahoré, performances, including those of the songs of the from France, an ensemble led by Greek lyra and Toulouse (Badume’s Band and le Tigre des Fakoly Percussion, Fanta Disco, Hassan Boussou great Egyptian vocalist Um Kalthum performed player Sokrates Sinopoulos playing Greek folk Platane). They confirmed brilliantly that, 18 years Djelimady Tounkara, Juan Carlos Cáceres, Négoce by Dalal Abu-Amnah; the performance by music, and a Turkish ensemble led by Erkan after the first festival, young musicians embrace et Signature, Cyrille Daumont & Adoumanman Armenian-American musician Ara Dinkjian; the Ogur, that will perform songs of the wandering without hesitation all the musical styles of the Pewkisyon, The Ex + Getatchew Mekuria, Titi fine performance by the French bass player Joel troubadours of Anatolia. African continent programmed since 1989. Robin, Ali Reza Ghorbani, Mamani Keita & Leandre; and numerous other performances by The ninth Festival will be yet another milestone Each year provides discoveries and blows of Nicolas Repac, Dédé Saint-Prix, Mimi Barthélémy fine artists from Israel, Turkey, France and other in our journey following the oud, its influences, heart, some even from new directions, as the Sufi Lindigo, La Fous’ Ousanousava, Ramata Diakité countries. and the impact of Islamic culture upon world night with Ali Reza Ghorbani who captivated the Renata Rosa, Sakésho, Séga Sidibé, Stay Calm!, However, despite our great pride at the culture, from the Middle East to Europe and audience with Rumi’s poetry. Some concerts left Tata Pound, Apkass, Abbèbè Feqadè, Jean Sangally 1 Barry Sacharoff (Photo by Nir achievements of the Festival’s artists, the greatest beyond. a very strong impression like that of the Slam Shanani) achievement by far, from our perspective, was the trio D’ de Kabal, Dgiz and double bass-player Info: www.africolor.com 2 Dalal Abu Amna (Photo by expansion of the Festival beyond the boundaries Info: www.confederationhouse.org Hélène Labarrière. The Reunion band Lindigo, Nir Shanani) of Jerusalem and the performances in the city of [email protected] invited for the second year in a row confirmed Nazareth – one of the most important and vibrant the expectations. The homage to maalem Amida Arab cultural centers in Israel. These received Boussou by his son Hassan was particularly extensive coverage in the Arabic media in Israel vibrant, same as the solo performance of and beyond (including Iraq and the US). In our Mandingo guitar player Djelimadi Tounkara. opinion, bringing performances to Nazareth is His first ever solo show showed his un equalled merely the beginning of a greater aim. We hope to talent. bring performances of the ninth International Oud Another revelation was Nigerian Etran Finatawa, Festival, which will be held from 22 November to an improbable meeting between Peul and tuareg. 4 December 2008, to this other Arab population Brazilian Singer Renata Rosa, Sakesho with Mario centers in Israel as well. Canonge on piano and Andy Narell on steel pan were highly appreciated as well. Two remarkable

4 5 Etnosoi! festival celebrated More from

its 20th anniversary the Northern lands by Hans Hjorth 1 1 7- 11 November 2007 Not all musicians came from far away – also Associate member Magnus Bäckström (Sweden), al-Adawiyya. Divna, head of the ‘Melodi Ensemble’, 2 Finnish folk music was represented at the jubilee ceo & Artistic Director of the new Uppsala Concert an ensemble which dedicate itself to sacred, For already 20 years the Etnosoi! festival, organised year festival. Musicians and event promotors and Congress Hall, reports that the first edition of spiritual, ancient and contemporary works, will by Helsinki-based Global Music Centre, has gathered together at Etnosoi! theme seminar in the Uppsala International Sacred Music Festival perform a programme of Byzantine chants. brought Finnish world music lovers artists to order to brainstorm tour and concert activities on last year proved very successful. So successful in listen to from almost all the populated parts of the Stiftinga Førde Internasjonale Folkemusikk- the folk music field. After the seminar was released fact that a second edition is already announced to world. The aim of the festival has always been to festspel (Norway) will at the next edition of Førde contemporary folk music group Sanna Kurki- take place on October 30th – November 2nd 2008. encourage people to get to know music unfamiliar Folk Music Festival on July 3rd -6th 2008 focus on Suonio Trio’s album Huria. to them before, with curious and open-minded Uppsala International Sacred Music Festival says dialogue as 2008 is The Year of Intercultural Dia- attitude. The festival has brought to Finland many The festival culminated on the Day of the Human in its’ mission statement: ‘The spiritual dimension logue in unesco and eu, and The year of Cultural artists that have rarely or never before given Voice, which was organised in collaboration with in music is and always has been a powerful Diversity in Norway. A special project will be Gypsy concerts in Finland or elsewhere in Europe. Also, the Finnish Throat Singing Society, celebrating its force – throughout the ages and in all religions. Kings and Queens featuring Fanfare Ciocarlia, the event has definitely done its part in bringing 10th anniversary. The double jubilee concert of the The music, the song, the dance, the rites and the Esma Redzepova, Ljiljana Buttler and others. some entire genres into the knowledge of wider evening was starred by Vietnamese singer Huong prayers are as one’. String Sisters – the group featuring six famous audience in Finland, for example the visit of fado Thanh with Japanese koto player Mieko Miyazaki Re:Orient (Sweden) recently announced that the female fiddlers, namely Annbjørg Lien (Norway), singer Mísia in 1998 started a whole fado boom in and Mongolian throat singer Hosoo with his band main event on their busy agenda, the Re:Orient Emma Härdelin (Sweden), Catriona Mcdonald Finland. Transmongolia. The concert, filled with sharp Festival,will be moved in time and is now an- (Shetland), Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (Ireland), Liz contrasts, gained furious applause. Critic Harri The 20th Etnosoi! festival was organised in nounced for October 3rd – 5th 2008. Meanwhile Carroll and Liz Knowles (us) – is finally back Römpötti wrote that the concert was probably the November 2007. The main theme of the festival another major Re:Orient event as continue they to on stage. Their appearance at Førde Folk Music best concert in this genre ever seen in Finland. was the human voice. The artistic director of the plunge into contemporary issues, relations between Festival will be their first performance in three festival, Jaana-Maria Jukkara had collected a range And this was not the end – there was still Etnosoi! East and West along with questions of tradition years folling the initial successes at Celtic Connec- of interesting and very different voices from Asia, for Children which was organised on Father’s Day. and modernity is scheduled for August 8th – 10th tions and consequent tour in the late nineties. Africa and Europe. In addition to the concerts the The drawing card was the international guest, 2008 in the medieval town Vadstena, famed for Sten Sandahl from Concerts Sweden reports 1 Aly Bain program included clubs, lectures, exhibitions, master of traditional Neapolitan puppetry, Bruno its churches and monestaries. The event, titled 1 Boubacar that amongst the tours for the next season will 2 String Sisters 2 Erkan Ogur & a throat singing workshop, a theme seminar and Leone, who performed with troubadour Vincenzo “Love’s fools” – mysticism in judaism, christianity 3 Ale Möller be specially produced ensemble from Bulgaria, Ismail Hakki Demircioglu a separate event for children. Granato and, of course, his Pulcinella puppet. The and islam will be the fifth edition of Re:Orients’ 4 Bruce Molsky 3 Hosoi Ja Kumppanit Debashish Battacharya. Another tour will present 5 Esma Redzepova children’s event included also different kinds of own Sacred Music festival which in a series of Once again the festival introduced the audience the well known master musicians Aly Bain (uk), workshops. concerts and seminars explore mysticism in the artists that hadn’t been seen or heard in Finland Ale Möller (s) and Bruce Molsky (us) I a unique three abrahamitic religions; judaism, christianity before, for example masters of Turkish stringed The planning of the 21st Etnosoi! is already in collaboration. Expected to perform in more than and islam. The theme of 2008 is “Female Mystics” instruments, Erkan Ogur and Ismail Hakkı progress. The program will be released in the fifeteen different cities all over Sweden are also a with focus on mystics like Rabía al-Adawiyya and 3 Demircioglu, and a dream come true for many summer 2008. Greek/Turkish project called Letter from Istanbul, Hildegard of Bingen. Amongst ththe confirmed blues and African music lovers; Boubacar Traoré. “3 Ma” presenting three musicians from artist are renowned female vocalists such as Divna The charisma of Traoré captivated the audience Info: www.globalmusic.fi respectively Morocco, Mali and Madagascar and Ljubojevic, Savina Yannatou and Reem Kamal. and the critics. Critic Pirkko Kotirinta wrote: the female vocal group, “Actores Alidos” from Yannatou will present her programme “Virgin ‘From the first minute the communication worked Sardinia. Sten Sandahl also announces that he will Maries of the World”. Reem Kamal, soloist at the at both onstage and between the audience and the retire from his position at Concerts Sweden in the the Cairo Opera´s National Arab Music Ensemble musicians. There were nuances, imagination and summer but will hang around until a replacement and one of the foremost holders of the repertoire of interpretation: vivacious music making’. is in place. Oum Khaltum, will sing poems of Rabía 2 3 5 4

6 7 efwmf news Members 2008

in memoriam projections along with cooperation between Billy Kelly countries and territories. As well as, I have tried to place the mmvv on the privileged cultural We were saddened to hear of the death, following markets map.” a short illness, of Billy Kelly, who was a driving Mr. Manel Montañés is replaced as Artistic force in Scotland’s live music industry. His Director by Mr. Lluís Puig whose main goals reputation as one of the most hardworking men are to reinforce the participation of promoters in the business was built up over a lengthy career, and artists of the Catalan region and to initiate a which included a spell as general manager and coproduction focused on the Catalan market. On music programmer of Glasgow’s Mayfest, a top of that Mr. Puig will work on the international forerunner for the current Celtic Connections reputation of mmvv as important meeting point festival. In 1995 he set up his own company, for professionals who wish to collaborate in the Soundsfine Ltd, a long time efwmf member various musical projects in Cataluña. which promoted live roots music from around the world at venues in Scotland. Big Big World, a festival featuring up-and-coming acts, and Big Staff changes at dccd Big Country – a festival of Americana before it became a popular expression - were two of the Mr Olaf Gerlach Hansen recently resigned from many events Soundsfine produced. his position as Director of efwmf member the The current board, elected at the agm in March The European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals (efwmf) is a Danish Center for Culture and Development His energy, drive and enthusiasm will be sorely 2007, consists of: network of festivals sharing the vision that the world is a patch- (dccd). New Director of dccd is Mr. Jens Kåre missed by all. We would like to extend our work of a multitude of local traditions and music, each different Rasmussen whom comes from the Danish Juana Burillo - Spain (Chair) sympathy to Billy’s wife Anne and their two in expression and content yet equal in value. Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he has been Bogdan Benigar - Slovenia (Secretary) children. responsible for humanitarian aid and ngo Patrick De Groote - Belgium (Delegated The primary concerns of the efwmf are artistic and artistically cooperation. Director) related issues. Membership is invited for all festival organizers Hilde Bjorkum - Norway with a worldwide, or at least a clear trans-national approach, Staff Changes at mmvv dccd organises the Images festivals which aim Erasmo Treglia - Italy presenting music in the area of world, ethnic, traditional, folk towards promoting awareness of cultures and Mr. Manel Montañés, the Artistic Director of and roots music. continents outside the Western hemisphere, and Mercat Música Viva de Vic (mmvv) since 2004, efwmf is a founding member of The European Although interaction between members – including sharing of establish contact between Denmark and these left his position at the end of 2007. In a brief Live Music Forum (elmf), an association of information, experiences and contacts – is the core activity, efw- continents. Previous festivals include Images statement Mr Montañés extends his thanks to national and international music organisations mf pursues an array of other activities. The efwmf continuously of Africa (1991, 1993, and 1996), Images of the the efwmf members for the support he has with legitimate and direct interests in the seeks to facilitate and intensify links to non-European festivals World (2000), Images of Asia (2003) and Images enjoyed during his stunt as artistic director and various issues of the European live music and other networks within the world music community in addi- of the Middle East (2006). The theme of the next the various collaborations he has shared with communities. tion to maintaining lines of communication with organizations edition of Images festivals, scheduled to take many of them. He adds: “It has been intense dealing with general issues of impor tance to event organizers. place in 2010, is presently under development by four editions and four years at mmvv that made dccd. me aware of the creative realities of my country efwmf OFFICE and the world. During these years I have tried Sarah Vereycken to contribute towards musicians’ and musics’ J.F. Willemsstraat 10a 1 2530 Boechout, Belgium T +32 3 455 69 44 F +32 3 454 11 62 [email protected] 1 Lluís Puig www.efwmf.org www.efwmf.org

8 efwmf • Festival list 2008 efwmf • Festival list 2008

festival members druga godba the world-day of music viljandi folk music festival la mar de músicas sfinks festival mercat de música viva de vic oslo world music festival 19 - 27 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 04 - 26 July 2008 24 - 27 July 2008 17 - 21 September 2008 4 - 9 November 2008 stanser musiktage Zavod Druga Godba Ljubljana Petofi Csarnok Kht. mtü eesti pärimusmuusika-keskus Ayuntamiento de Cartagena Sfinks Animatie vzw Ajuntament de Vic Rikskonsertene 31 March - 5 April 2008 Prog. Dir.: Bogdan Benigar Prog. Dir.: Lajos Fogarasi Prog. Dir.: Ando Kiviberg Prog. Dir.: Francisco Martín Peñas Prog. Dir.: Patrick De Groote Prog. Dir.: Lluis Puig Prog. Dir.: Alexandra Archetti Verein Stanser Musiktage Kersnikova 4 Petofi Csarnok Posti 1 Centro Cultural Ramón Alonso J.F. Willemsstraat 10a Historiador Ramón Abadal i Stølen Prog. Dir.: Christophe Rosset 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Zichy Mihály str 14 Viljandi 71004, Estonia Luzzy 2530 Boechout, Belgium Vinyals, 5, 2a p.o. Box 4261 Nydalen Postfach 1020 T +386 1 430 82 60 1146 Budapest, Hungary T +372 43 55 253 C/ Jacinto Benavente 7 - 2° e-08500 Vic, Spain 0401 Oslo, Norway T +32 3 455 69 44 6371 Stans, Switzerland F +386 1 430 82 65 T +36 1 222 59 54 F +372 43 55 258 E-30203 Cartagena, Spain T +34 93 883 31 00 T +47 22 02 59 00 F +32 3 454 11 62 T +41 41 612 26 26 [email protected] F +36 1 363 37 29 [email protected] T +34 968 12 88 13 F +34 93 883 26 26 F +47 22 02 59 72 [email protected] [email protected] www.drugagodba.si [email protected] www.folk.ee F +34 968 12 89 05 [email protected] [email protected] www.stansermusiktage.ch www.petoficsarnok.hu [email protected] www.sfinks.be www.mmvv.cat www.world-music.no 14. Masala welt-beat festival kaustinen folk music festival www.lamardemusicas.com weltnacht festival 21 May - 1 June 2008 festival latinoamericando July 2008 les nuits atypiques re:orient africolor May - June 2008 malsala Welt-Beat Festival June - August 2008 Folk Music Foundation Kaustinen pirineos sur 24 - 27 July 2008 3 - 5 October 2008 21 November - 24 December 2008 Les Nuits Atypiques Welthaus Bielefeld e.V. Prog. Dir. : Christoph Sure & Latinoamericando srl Prog. Dir.: Jyrki Heiskanen 10 - 26 July 2008 Re:Orient Association Accent Aigu Prog. Dir.: Patrick Lavaud Prog. Dir.: Michael Lesemann Gerd Kespohl Prog. Dir.: Franca De Gasperi p.o. Box 24 Diputación de Huesca Prog. Dir.: Cecilia Hörnell Prog. Dir.: Philippe Conrath 8, place des Carmes August-Bebel-Strasse 62 Lister Meile 4 Viale F. Baracca, 40 69601 Kaustinen, Finland Prog. Dir.: Luis Calvo Box 4215 se-102 65 Stockholm, 5 rue Arthur Grossier 33602 Bielefeld, Germany T +358 207 29 11 Porches de Galicia 4 33210 Langon, France Sweden 75010 Paris, France 30161 Hannover, Germany Arona (No), Italy T +49 521 98 64 80 T +49 511 23 55 55 24 F +358 207 29 12 00 e-22002 Huesca, Spain T +33 5 57 98 08 45 T +46 8 702 15 99 T +33 1 47 97 69 99 T +39 03 22 47 679 F +49 521 63 789 F +49 511 23 55 55 55 [email protected] T +34 974 29 41 51 F +33 5 56 76 29 69 F +46 8 702 15 99 F +33 1 47 97 65 44 F +39 03 22 24 03 97 [email protected] [email protected] www.kaustinen.net F +34 974 29 41 50 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.weltnachtfestival.de [email protected] [email protected] www.nuitsatypiques.org www.reorient.se www.africolor.com www.masala-festival.de førde folk music festival www.latinoamericando.it www.pirineos-sur.es offest 20th international africa 3 - 6 July 2008 les méditerraneennes fiesta des suds international oud festival www.masala-festival.de May - June 2008 festival Amsterdam roots festival Stiftinga Førde Internasjonale August 2008 10 - 31 October 2008 jerusalem Skopje Jazz Festival 22 - 25 May 2008 14 - 21 June 2008 Folkemusikkfestspel colours of ostrava Azimuth Production Latinissimo November 2008 Prog. Dir.: Oliver Belopeta Afro project e.V. Stichting Amsterdam Roots Prog. Dir. : Hilde Bjørkum 10 - 13 July 2008 Prog. Dir.: Bernard Batzen Prog. Dir.: Bernard Aubert Confederation House Maksim Gorki 5 Prog. Dir. : Dr. Stefan Oschmann Prog. Dir.: Frans Goossens p.o. Box 395 Colour Production, spol.s.r.o. 14 rue Bleue bp 81 Prog. Dir.: Effie Benaya 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Sterenstrasse 17 Lijnbaansgracht 234a 6802 Førde, Norway Prog. Dir.: Zlata Holusova 75009 Paris, France 13908 Marseille cédex 20, France p.o. Box 7218 T +389 2 313 10 90 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany 1017 ph Amsterdam, Holland T +47 57 72 19 40 Lomená 349 T +33 144 79 00 36 T +33 4 91 99 00 00 91071 Jerusalem, Israel F +389 2 322 50 33 T +49 931 784 08 88 T +31 20 531 81 81 F +47 57 72 19 41 Dolní Lhota 74766, Czech Republic F +33 144 79 00 34 F +33 4 91 91 73 85 T +972 2 624 52 06 [email protected] F +49 931 784 08 89 F +31 20 531 81 99 [email protected] T +42 05 96 121 342 [email protected] [email protected] F +972 2 623 74 56 www.offest.com.mk [email protected] [email protected] www.fordefestival.no F +42 05 96 121 342 www.lesmediterraneennes.fr www.dock-des-suds.org [email protected] [email protected] www.confederationhouse.org musiques métisses www.africafestival.org www.amsterdamroots.nl roskilde festival festival of world cultures etnosoi! www.colours.cz 22 - 24 August 2008 7 - 11 May 2008 international gipsyfestival festival mundial 3 - 6 July 2008 November 2008 la zampogna international Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Musiques Métisses 24 - 25 May 2008 14 - 15 June 2008 Foreningen Roskilde Festival les suds à arles Global Music Centre festival Council Prog. Dir.: Christian Mousset Stichting Alfa Mundial Productions Prog. Dir.: Peter Hvalkof 14 - 20 July 2008 Prog. Dir.: Jaana-Maria Jukkara January 2009 Prog. Dir.: Jody Ackland bp 244 Prog. Dir.: Albert Siebelink Prog. Dir.: Erwin Schellekens Havsteensvej 11 suds, á Arles Hämeentie 34D Archivio Aurunco - Finisterre Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County 16000 Angoulème, France Telefoonstraat 14 Noordstraat 111 dk-4000 Roskilde, Denmark Prog. Dir.: Marie-José Justamond 00530 Helsinki, Finland Progr. Dir.: Erasmo Treglia Council T +33 545 95 43 42 5038 dm Tilburg, Holland 5038 eh Tilburg, Holland T +45 46 36 66 13 Maison des Suds Tel: +358 96 96 27 90 Via Macedonio Melloni 9 Marine Road F +33 545 95 63 87 T +31 13 58 01 424 T +31 13 543 13 35 F +45 46 32 14 19 66 rue du 4 Septembre Fax: +358 96 96 27 910 00146 Roma, Italy Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland [email protected] F +31 13 5801 425 F +31 13 535 74 89 [email protected] 13200 Arles, France [email protected] T +39 06 646 07 14 T +353 1 271 95 09 www.musiques-metisses.com [email protected] [email protected] www.roskilde-festival.dk T +33 490 96 06 27 www.globalmusic.fi F +39 06 646 07 14 F +33 490 96 79 48 F +353 1 236 02 17 [email protected] 24th music meeting www.gipsyfestival.nl www.mundialproductions.nl stimmen international oud festival [email protected] [email protected] www.lazampogna.it 10 - 12 May 2008 dunya festival festival couleur café 2 - 27 July 2008 jerusalem www.suds-arles.com www.festivalofworldcultures.com Stichting Music Meeting 25 May 2008 27 - 29 June 2008 Burghof Lörrach GmbH November 2008 images festival festival internacional de folk Prog. Dir.: Wim Westerveld ducos productions Zig Zag asbl Prog. Dir.: Helmut Bürgel the jerusalem festival Confederation House August - September 2010 de getxo p.o. Box 1535 Prog. Dir.: Ole Jorgensen Prog. Dir.: Patrick Wallens Herrenstrasse 5 20 - 28 July 2008 Prog. Dir.: Effie Benaya Danish Center for Culture and September 2008 6501 bm Nijmegen, Holland p.o. Box 13108 Av. E. Claes 4 79539 Lörrach, Germany Yabous Productions P O Box 7218 Development Aula de cultura de Getxo T +31 24 360 88 13 3004 hc Rotterdam, Holland 1160 Brussels, Belgium T +49 762 19 40 89 88 Prog. Dir.: Rania Elias Khoury 91071 Jerusalem, Israel Prog. Dir.: Hanne Tornager Prog. Dir.: Marta Herrera F +31 24 322 26 58 T +31 10 404 84 22 T +32 2 672 49 12 F +49 762 19 40 89 84 2 Ibn Jubair Str., p.o. Box 54874 Tel: +972 2 624 52 06 Nytorv 17 C/ Villamonte, A-8 bajo [email protected] F +31 10 404 96 30 F +32 2 672 12 91 [email protected] Jerusalem, Palestine Fax: +972 2 623 74 56 DK-1450 Copenhagen K, Denmark 48991 Algorta-Getxo, Bizkaia, Spain www.musicmeeting.nl [email protected] [email protected] www.stimmen.com T +972 2 626 10 45 [email protected] Tel: +45 33 17 97 00 T +34 94 431 92 80 www.dunya.nl www.couleurcafe.be F +972 2 626 13 72 www.confederationhouse.org Fax: +45 33 24 40 10 [email protected] F +34 94 431 92 84 [email protected] www.yabous.org [email protected] www.dccd.dk www.getxo.net

10 11 efwmf • Festival list 2008 Sete Sóis Sete Luas & Talento associate members Sten Sandahl Anne Moberg Concerts Sweden Rikskonsertene/Norwegian Concert Magnus Bäckström Nybrokajen 11 Institute Uppsala Consert & Congress 11148 Stockholm, Sweden Head of International projects Sete Sóis Sete Luas Talento Cultural Association: Musikens Hus i Uppsala AB T +46 8 407 16 00 p.o. Box 4261 Nydalen by Erasmo Treglia Network of folk and world music festivals 753 75 Uppsala, Sweden F +46 8 407 16 48 no-0401 Oslo, Norway T +46 18 727 90 90 [email protected] T +47 22 02 59 34 The Festival Sete Sóis Sete Luas started in 1993 as a Talento is the coordinative network that bounds to- [email protected] www.rikskonserter.se F +47 22 02 59 72 project promoted by a Cultural Network of around gether some of the most significant Italian folk and [email protected] www.ukk.se juana burillo 30 towns of 9 different Countries: Portugal, Italy, world music festivals. The objectives are ambitious www.rikskonsertene.no Alain Courbis El Espiritu Del Sur Spain, Cape Verde, Croatia, Greece, France, Ma- and not yet realized in Italy: gathering of people Pôle régional des musiques actu- Av. Menéndez Pidal 19, Officina 1 rocco and Israel. The name is inspired by two liter- representing a festival, coordinate their common elles de la Réunion E-22004 Huesca, Spain consultants 6 bis rue Pasteur T +34 974 23 20 43 ary characters, Baltazar and Blimunda, of a great work to make the net an instrument able to be a rep- bp 1018 F +34 974 23 07 97 Derek Andrews novel by José Saramago, ‘Memorial of the convent’. resentative body of the whole folk and world music 97481 Saint-Denis Cedex, Ile de la [email protected] Global Cafe Baltazar seven-moons and Blimunda seven-suns field in Italy. New to Italy! The festival is meant as www.espiritudelsur.com Réunion 502 - 680 Queens Quay West are involved in the construction of the Passarola – ideal container of all the problematics and dynamics T +262 262 90 94 60 M5V 2Y9 Toronto - Ontario - Dennis Winter a machine to fly – idealized and projected for the of this musical sector, a neutral work field for eve- F +262 262 90 94 61 Nehrusingel 190 Canada [email protected] 3066 VN Rotterdam, Holland Tel: +1 41 62 60 66 55 Pe. Bartolomeu Dias. The Passarola is a metaphor rybody who takes part to this project. Talento until www.runmusic.com T +31 646 194 946 [email protected] for freedom and the logo of the Festival. now has organized the common presence of Italian Hans Hjorth [email protected] festivals at Womex, Babel Med, and other world mu- Sete Sóis Sete Luas makes its projects in the sec- fear/ For Exclusive Artist Carles Sala sic fairs since its birth in 2006; it created a website Representation tors of folk, ethnic and traditional music, street Institut de Cultura de Barcelona (www.talentonetwork.it), in addition to the improve- Hyttgatan 28 (icub) - Direccio D’Acció Cultural theatre, plastic arts and of literature, always se-791 62 Falun, Sweden ment of relationships with Institutions, and provides Palau de la Virreina - La Rambla 99 involving in its activities great European culture’s T +46 70 59 242 59 E-08002 Barcelona, Spain legal and job counseling and has a continuative www.fearmusic.se figures. The Festival already won the European T +34 93 316 11 01 secretarial activity. 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12 13 Sauti za Busara Festival in the desert The Sounds of Wisdom. 1 2 7 – 10 February 2008 in the crowd who wore American-style business 8th Edition – 10, 11 and 12 January 2008 clans and their camel-riders set up camp with By Arno Kopecky outfits. Ranting on, this time about the important their herds. The Festival in the Desert, which is organised by courtesy www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs role language plays in keeping a culture alive, he the Tuareg associations efes and aitma, is one The Festival has taken place every January, swooned: “Tanzania, you have set an amazing The tropical island of Zanzibar, formerly an of the finest showcases of the diversity of global over three days and nights, for the past eight example by holding on to your native language of Arab slaving port and now home to the aging, music and culture, with particular emphasis on years. The daylight hours are filled with low-key Swahili. Don’t ever let it go.” labyrinthine city of Stone Town, survived a close the Sahara. traditional performances, camel parades and brush with World Music in February when it With some forty acts to accommodate, not races, the tindé (traditional woman’s singing It began back in 2001 as an itinerant event hosted its fifth annual Sauti za Busara festival. many people got more than half an hour in the and drumming), crafts shows, workshops and was launched with the help of the French limelight. Rarely enough, but it would have to and discussion forums aimed at the nomads Well-tailored musicians and wrinkled hippies, group Lo’Jo and the Festival of Chalon dans la 1 do. Sauti za Busara was a musical buffet whose themselves. After nightfall, on a stage erected in travelers and tourists, muslims and rastas, black Rue. Since 2003, however, The Festival in The maitre-d’ refused to let the guests overeat on any the dunes under the full moon, music take pride Zanzibarians and pink Europeans — for four Desert has settled in Essakane, which is situated particular dish. of place, with concerts dedicated primarily to days, thousands of us squeezed between the about sixty kilometres north west of Timbuktu desert music, but also to music from all over the ramparts of Stone Town’s Old Fort to nod and Too many fine acts to mention came on, one after in Northern Mali. A stone archway deep in world. shake and whistle at a continental assortment of another: Bring the Noise, ten countries worth of the middle of the southern Sahara carries the musicians. hip-hop with a classic east/west Africa rap battle emblem of the Festival: the key to the desert. The Festival has welcomed many artists local half way through; Nako2Nako, an all-Tanzanian The Festival is likewise the key to the music and and international such as Vieux Farka Touré et The show in Stone Town gave the lie to any such sensation (hip-hop once again) - humble despite culture of the desert. les Amis d’Ali, Haïra Arby, Imarhane, Super phrase as World Music. For how could you box in, their recent outrageous success; Kenya’s Yunasi, khoumaissa, Horguere, Guina Dogon, Artcirq say, Afrodynamix, a group that blended Austrian The natural beauty of the site at Essakane is another genre-bending funk compilation of (Inuit) from Canada, Electric Dharma from oompa (bass supplied by tuba), with Senegalese legendary but it is also an ideal place for the singers, guitarists, drummers and rappers who Spain, Tiken Jah Fakoly from Ivory Coast. Also 2 jazz and American hip-hop? The eight piece different Touareg, or Tamashek, communities of deserve special mention for bringing half a dozen Tinariwen, loyal visitors of the festival, surprised ensemble came out of nowhere on Saturday Mali, Mauretania, Niger and Algeria, to meet. of the crowd’s most beautiful women on stage the audience with a set on the stage. night, three days into the festival, blowing minds At the end of the 1990s, in the wake of the and letting those girls upstage them by shaking (this one, at least) with smooth lyrics and raucous rebellion, the Touaregs revived the ancestral their seemingly triple-jointed booty. Info: www.festival-au-desert.org trombones, melodious rapping, and a closing tradition of the great annual gatherings of [email protected] beat-box session in which one member traded his From time to time through these and other acts, desert people. After the season of nomadism, mic for a giant sea shell. you could spot a regal figure sitting tall in the vip the various disparate clans would get together to section. Bi Kidude has been singing taarab music debate the great questions of the moment, resolve bbc World Music Album of 2007 Winner, Bassekou since the twenties. World War ii, the Beatles, half conflicts between groups or individuals and have Kouyate is from Mali. His ngoni is a traditional lute the ozone layer and colonial Africa have come fun. 3 with about seven hundred years of history inside 3 and gone, but Kidude still stands when she sings. it, every moment of which Bassekou coaxed out The Festival’s hosts are the nomads of the region. The whole crowd sat through her performance – and compressed into a half-hour set that started They mix with festivalgoers who have travelled that way, everyone could see. Kidude swayed, and deceptively slow, then rose to a frenetic pitch in from the four corners of the globe to take part sang, and finally stepped off the stage. When she which his fingertips became indistinguishable in this extraordinary event. The accomodation disappeared from sight, we rose slowly and, with from the strings they plucked. Later, near the end takes the form of a nomad camp. Tents are placed the greatest reluctance, fought our way back to of Sunday night, Nigerian Afrobeat Academy’s Ade around the festival site. Guests, audiences, artists, the twenty-first century. Bantu would stand in front of the crowd in a two- technicians and organisers are all accomodated piece purple body suit and berate those Africans Info: www.busaramusic.org ‘Touareg style’. All around them, various Touareg 4 4 6

1 Ade Bantu (Photo by Anthony Turner) 1 Guina Dogon 2 Bi Kidude (Photo by Masoud Khamis) 2 Tiken Jah Fakoly (Photo by Desjeux) 3 Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Photo by 3 Artcirq – Inuit Canada Masoud Khamis) 4 Imarhane, traditional Toeareg band 4 Yunasi

14 15 1 Viljandi Folk Music Festival – Antti Järvelä (Finland), Fernando Stern (Chile) & Maarja Nuut (Estonia) 2 Colours of Ostrava – Sinead O Connor efwmf festivals to come 3 Colours of Ostrava – Jan Garbarek 1 1 off-fest brings attention to the issue of global poverty and Stimmen – Listen to the real Voices On top of that you will encounter worldly music 24 – 29 May 2008 • Skopje, Macedonia delivers a structural contribution to attainment 2 – 27 July 2008 • Lorräch, Germany circuses and a full documentary program in our Artists: Gang of Four, Juan Carlos Caceres, Seun of the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. Stimmen’s program will be focussed on new cabaña. Kuti, Orchestre Baobab, Señor Coconut & his Roots and Rock, World and Funk, Reggae and music from the alpine region and from the Info: www.sfinks.be Orchestra. Salsa, Hiphop and Urban from all corners of Mediterranean south. “Transalpin” will present Info: www.offest.com.mk the world underline the power of culture in new world and ethnic influenced music from viljandi folk music festival 2008 contemporary fashion. the top of the mountains and from hidden ‘plucked instruments’ 24th edition Music Meeting Info: www.festivalmundial.nl valleys. Confirmed artists: Christian Zehnder 24 – 27 July 2008 • Viljandi, Estonia 10 – 12 May 2008 • Nijmegen, Holland (Stimmhorn – ch), Noldi Alder (ch), Nadja Raess Artists: Flook (uk), Alexei Zubkov (Russia) Balalaika, Since 2006 the festival Music Meeting takes Colours of Ostrava (ch), schnittpunktvokal (Austria), Logos feat. guitarist Paco Serrano (Spain), Bruce Molsky (usa) 2 place during the weekend of Pentecost * Pente 10 – 13 July 2008 • Ostrava, Czech Republic Dhafer Youssef, Christian Muthspiel & Rebekka Banjo, Guitar & fiddle, Helsinki Mandoliners (Fin- Costa * Pentecôte * Pfingsten * Pinksteren * Artists: Sinéad O´Connor, Happy Mondays, Bakken (A, Nor, Tun.), eCHo feat. Christine land), Toy Vivo (Israel), Vägilased (Estonia), Tomas Pentecostés * Pingst – this year 2008 on May 10, Habib Koité, Jan Garbarek Group and Trilok Lauterburg and Corinne Curschellas (ch), Kocko (Chech Republic), Ro:Toro (Estonia) etc. 11 and 12. The festival is welcoming, among many Gurtu, Koop, Daby Touré, Sergent Garcia and Kummerbuben (ch), Wenzel (Ger), Aterballetto Info: www.folk.ee many others, three very special projects: Either/ more than 100 bands and DJs. 11 stages with & Assurd (i), Tarantapower (i), Fratelli Mancuso Orchestra & Mulatu Astatke (US/Ethiopia), music, theatre, dance, films, discussions, (i) Lila Downs (Mex.), Mayra Andrade (Por./ Les Méditerranéennes Avishai Cohen Roots Project (Israël/US) and workshops + 20.000 friendly young people from Kapverd.), Puppini Sisters (gb), Neville Brothers 6 – 7 August 2008 • Leucate, France Caito Marcondes Connecting Orchestra (Brazil/ all around the Czech Republic (and Poland, (us) and many others. Part of the program Beautifully situated in a nature reserve by the Italy/Holland). Slovakia...) + peace, sun, trees and river! are the workshop-series “Sommer Werkstatt Mediterranean beach of Leucate, and easily Info: www.musicmeeting.nl Info: www.colours.cz Gesang”, where the participants may experience accessible (a40 motorway, Perpignan airport and different vocal techniques and styles, taught by train station) between the cities of Perpignan 2 International Gipsyfestival Førde Folk music Festival extraordinary singers and vocal teachers. and Narbonne, the festival Les Méditerranéennes 1 Music Meeting – 25 May 2008 • Tilburg, Holland 3 – 6 July 2008 • Forde, Norway Info: www.stimmen.com has, 12 editions long, become one of the most Mulatu Astatke The Top of the Gipsymusicians from all over the festival will present more artists than important summer festival in France. 2 Stimmen – Bennato Europe will gather in Interpolistuin, Tilburg, ever before. 330 artists from 41 countries are Sfinks Festival Renowned for its warm welcome, its ‘green’ 3 Festival of World Cultures – • Kila 6 (Photo by Declan Giles) to make their performance and to play at the invited to the 19th. edition. This year’s focus is 24 – 27 July 2008 Boechout, Belgium policy, and quality programming, with on 2 stages 12th International Gipsy Festival. There will be intercultural dialogue, and the festival presents a With Sfinks you can expect a fine festival with a clever mix of rock, pop, world, reggae and flamenco, balkan-brass, gipsy-jazz, Hungarian number of concerts and proejcts where dialogue startling encounters, a cosy atmosphere and chanson, the festival is now ready with his brand czardas and much more. and connection between musicians and culture lots of musical surprises. An exciting trip with new site to welcome larger crowds giving more info: www.gipsyfestival.nl are central. Headlines this year: The Gypsy cool drinks, fine exotic meals and of course comfort to the audience (approx. 10.000) and the Queens and Kings - Fanfare Ciocarlia, Esma fascinating music. Traditional and up-to-date artistes. Festival Mundial Redzepova a.o., String Sisters - Annbjørg Lien, styles, ritual and trance music, acoustic and Info: www.lesmediterranéennes.fr 13 – 15 June 2008 • Tilburg, Holland Catriona MacDonald a.o., Savina Yannatou, modern, classic and new sounds from all over the The 21th Edition of Festival Mundial taking place Alireza Gorbani, Trio Chemirani, Trio Joubran, world. A sparkling melting-pot surprising you on 13, 14 and 15 June in Tilburg’s ‘Leijpark’ will Frifot, Maria Kalaniemi, Valkyrien All Stars, again and again, teasing and touching. open up new horizons. Reason enough for a Ragnhild Furebotten Trio and many more.... Next to the concert and club stage, Sfinks programme under the slogan of ‘Music Beats info: www.fordefestival.no continues this edition to work with young Poverty’ that will surpass anything else in the www.myspace.com/fordefestival international and local hip hop artists combining … history of Festival Mundial. Festival Mundial it with stand up comedy. 3 3

16 17 1 La Zampogna – Zampognari (Photo by Ferruccio Frigerio)i 2 Babel Med 2007 – Oumar Kouyaté (Photo by Julien Anselme) 3 Babel Med 2007 – Tradefair (Photo by Julien Anselme) 4 Fiesta 2007 (Photo by Julien Anselme) 1 5 La Zampogna – Actores Alido (Photo by Ferruccio Frigerio) 6 Fiesta 2007 – Passerelle (Photo by Julien Anselme) … Re:Orient Love’s Fools’: mysticism in Judaism, Festival of World Cultures Christianity and Islam 22 - 24 August 2008 • Dun Loaghaire, Ireland 8 -10 August 2008 • Vadstena, Sweden The Festival of World Cultures in Dun Laoghaire, In a street in Sevilla year 1180, the 15 year-old Ibn Dublin (Ireland), held between the 22nd-24th coloPHon al-Arabi received a device from Sufi freethinker of August, is a celebration of World Music, al-Sharafi: don´t be afraid to be love fool!” In street theatre, dance, workshops and markets. efwmf International Newsletter # 18 like to join? sufism, being a fool is somewhat of a honorary Last years festival attracted an audience of over March 2008 title, same idea can also be found in, for instance, 250,000 people to the three day event. Featuring Christianity where a Holy fool was someone who top international artists from over 50 countries The efwmf consists of festival organisers Compiled and edited by Sarah Vereycken en 1 was greeted with the deepest respect. To meet and and hosting over 150 events in 40 venues it is a (represented by their artistic director) pro- Patrick De Groote 2 unite with God has been described as both folly, weekend not to be missed! ducing regular events that fulfil a specific Lay-out by Joke Gossé intoxication, passion and eroticism. Here, music Info: www.festivalofworldcultures.com artistic and quality profile. If you want to Copyright by the authors & efwmf. plays a natural role. be part of this network, you need to fill Since four years back Re:Orient presents a festival Mercat de Música Viva de Vic Cover: Imghrane at Babel Med 2007 (photo by Julien in an application form and send it to the of Sacred Music in Vadstena, Sweden. This 17 – 21 September 2008 • Vic, Spain Anselme) efwmf office. pittoresque town is also the pilgrimage site of St. The Mercat de Música Viva de Vic is a point of Back Cover: Womex Please also include the program of your Brigid of Sweden. Amongst the artists that have reference for musical industry from all over All other photos archive (unless otherwise noted). festival over the last three years for added visited us in Vadstena are Marie Keyrouz, Ghada the world. The best proposals in a meeting that background. Do not hesitate to add any Shbeir, Sheikh Hamza Shakkur and Sarband. promotes the exchange between programmers The International Newsletter is published twice a relevant information. 2 Through a series of concerts and seminars, this and musicians, between cultural promoters and year by the European Forum of Worldwide Music 3 year’s edition set out to explore mysticism in the performers, between business agents and public. Festivals. It is distributed for free by the Forum An application form can be found on three abrahamitic religions; judaism, christianity Each September, and during 4 days, the Mercat members to world music professionals. www.efwmf.org under membership and islam. Theme for the festival 2008 is “Female de Música Viva de Vic welcomes more than Mystics” with focus on mystics like Rabía al- 1.000 registered professionals; 100 specialized To get your regular copy, contact your next If you have any further questions, Adawiyya and Hildegard of Bingen. journalists; and near 80 performances in several efwmf member or the: do not hesitate to contact: Artists: stages around a millennial, warm and modern city. Divna Ljubojevic, Savina Yannatou and Reem Info: www.mmvv.cat efwmf Office efwmf Office Kamal. Yannatou will present her programme Sarah Vereycken - Patrick De Groote Sarah Vereycken “Virgin Maries of the World”. Reem Kamal, c/o Sfinks c/o Sfinks 3 soloist at the Cairo Opera´s National Arab Music Jan Frans Willemsstraat 10a Jan Frans Willemsstraat 10a Ensemble and one of the foremost holders of the 2530 Boechout, Belgium 2530 Boechout, Belgium 4 repertoire of Oum Khaltum, will sing poems of T +32 3 455 69 44 T +32 3 455 69 44 Rabía al-Adawiyya. Divna, head of the “Melodi F +32 3 454 11 62 F +32 3 454 11 62 Ensemble”, an ensemble which dedicate itself to [email protected] [email protected] sacred, spiritual, ancient and contemporary works, www.efwmf.org www.efwmf.org will perform Byzantine chants. Info: www.reorient.se [email protected]

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1 Re:Orient & Forde Folk Music Festival – Savina Yannatou (Photo by Marco de Luca) 2 Re:Orient – Reem Kamal 3 Re:Orient – Divna 3 Mercat de Música Viva de Vic 18 19 womex_ad_efwmf.indd 1 29.01.2008 7:09:32 Uhr