International Newsletter Number 21 | October 2009 Content 3 Introduction 4 Member meeting 2009 in Corsica 6 Les Etats Généraux 7 PAMS 8 Vidor Festival 1 9 EFWMF memberslist 2009-2010

13 2 Roskilde festival world music Award 14 Africa-Caribbean-Pacific 15 Indian Ocean Music Network 16 Euromed Music Festival II 17 4 Events to come 19 Colophon

1 Théâtre Antique - Suds à Arles © Florent Gardin 3 2 3-gong Myoung - Førde Folk Music Festival © Knut Utler 3 Kasai Allstars - Roskilde Festival © Nanna Kreutzmann 4 Ngoni-player Mamah Diabate during interview& small set at Music Meeting ‘09 5 Dub Colossus-Festival of World Cultures ‘09

2 5 Introduction

A clear head and a warm heart....

The majority of festival organizers are now planning No doubt, it is important to reach out towards as for next year’s event having to make choices with many as possible and to make the most out of the reference to artists, program ideas, venues and new means one has available. However a major task is also productions. This is an exciting and important time to measure quality, memories and experience. How do of the year. How to peak last year’s program? How we quantify the significance of the experiences that the to expand and develop in a way that makes people audience have, experiences that make them come back curious and eager to attend our festival once again? every year? And how do we measure the square meters of goose bombs on people’s arms or the numbers of During this phase we need to consider offers and sparkling eyes after a concert? demands coming from many directions. In the international setting that we all are a part of, Womex Through reports in the press and through specific is one of the essential get-togethers. This is where we audience surveys we are to some extend able to get meet vendors and become aware of artists and exciting a feeling for some of this very important part of the new productions. This is where we exchange ideas and festival and maybe the most essential aspect of the experience among colleagues and professionals within festival’s success and future. a worldwide music industry. In this perspective, the artistic festival director has a At the same time we are all positioned in a local and big responsibility. It is our duty to remain clearheaded national context where we are to thrill a local but while dealing with all kinds of expectations and to multifaceted audience and also visitors and music keep the heart warm while upholding the festival’s key experts from all over the country. Furthermore we need creative and artistic aims and profile. Showing courage to stay focused on sponsors, municipal politicians and and having the nerve to stick to our ideas at the same national political guidelines. One and all involved have time as we are ready to develope and proceed in new expectations about the festival’s form and contents, directions is a challenging but exhilarating exercise. expectations that often pull in different directions. Maybe it is within our heads and hearts that we find the prime risks for both stagnation and progression? Both by the media, by sponsors and through public funding partners the festival’s success is frequently And maybe this is what makes the work of a festival measured in numbers; quantity of audience and director so thrilling, so overwhelming and so visitors, amount of tickets sold and events arranged mesmerizing..... Good luck with the programming! and calculations of how much financial support we get from our sponsors. Hilde Bjørkum president EFWMF (and artistic & managing director Førde Folk music Festival, Norway)

3 The future began in Calvi

by Helmut Buergel Stimmen Festival Loerrach/ Germany

Members Meeting in Corsica September 17 – 20, 2009

It was in 1999, when A Filetta came for the first time the familiar atmosphere. When we all left the island a to perform at Stimmen-Festival in Lörrach, that I’ve few days later everybody felt that we not only started heard of their own festival “Les Rencontres de Chants to discuss some basic festival and world music- Polyphoniques” in Calvi. Ever since several people matters but also shared one of the most intense and reminded me again and again of this “wonderful vocal communicative member meetings ever - despite the festival” in Corsica, which I absolutely should attend. mixed weather conditions. It took me nearly 10 years, until 2008, that I managed to go there and to experience that everything I’ve heard The festival itself is inspired by the magnificent citadel, all these years was absolutely right. the old town of Calvi, situated on a massif rock overviewing the entrance of Calvi bay. Every evening “Les Rencontres” are what we might call a small, but at around 6 pm the “afficionados”, some of them fine and precious pearl in the contemporary festival attending the festival since more than 10 years, meet landscape, something which becomes more and more at “Place des Armes”, situated between the cathedral missing under the crazy maxims of our over-speedy and the small, intimate oratorium, to join one of the times. “Les Rencontres” have nothing in common concerts in the two main festival locations. At every with the cynical “bigger-faster-broader”-demon. It’s a concert the A Filetta singers welcome their musical familiar way of sharing music and emotions, expressed guests introducing them with one or two own “chants” by the voices of the A Filetta-singers and their musical of their huge and varied repertoire. It is really like A friends which they invite for a few days to enjoy their Filetta is not only being the host, but the personal musical adventures. It’s much more than just another dooropener for singers coming from all over the world festival –it’s A Filetta’s festival, a gathering for friends to the island and it sounds much better than just and lovers of their way of interpreting, exploring and saying “Hello” and “Thank you for coming”. developing polyphonic music in the wide open space between tradition and contemporary. This year they sang their warm welcoming chants to Ablaye Cissoko from Senegal, the Bulgarka It was “A Filetta” and “Les Rencontres” to invite the Quartet from Bulgaria, Ensemble Tirana from Forum members to hold the Annual Member Meeting Albania, the Ensemble Irkutsk from Russia-Siberia, 2009 during their festival in Calvi. Receiving this Assurd, their old friends from Naples, Huong Thanh, message I was happy about having the chance to return the France-based Vietnamese singer, Su Cuncordo e to Calvi so quickly. I just felt that it would be the right Tenore de Orosei, their neighbours from Sardinia and place not only to become inspired again personally, Alba from Corsica and Houria Aichi & L´Hijaz´Car but that this member meeting would receive some (Algeria/ France). They all stayed for the whole festival inspirations of this magnificent festival location and in Calvi.

4 To me “MISTICO”, A Filetta´s newest adventure and collaboration, was one of highlights. It is a sublime musical research between polyphonique singing, Daniele di Bonaventura´s earthy, but nonetheless more than traditional bandoneon sounds and Paolo Fresu´s fearless explorations and trumpet improvisations beyond the borders of jazz or any other style. Trying to categorize this concert would mean to domesticate it. It was near the state of the art of polyphonic singing, haunting, touching, inspired music, broadening the score of vocal music between traditional and contemporary. This project will be recorded in January next year. So all of you, who have missed it in Calvi, will get another chance to listen to it. Don’t miss it next time!

We also enjoyed the “big hearts” and the hospitality  Ensemble Tirana of our hosts in- and outside of “La Poudrière”, where number of free events not considering the ‘quality of U Svegliu Calvese is based, the cultural organisation things’ (mental corruption), etc. directed by Valerie, Dominique and their friends who care for a warm and friendly atmosphere and the Looking forward, the main question seems to be: How “soulfood” not only for us -festival attendees- but for the do Forum members deal with the challenges of the More info: Calvenesi people all year long. Warmest thanks to them! future? Within this perspective we agreed, that one www.myspace.com/ I’ve been writing so much on the festival and our hosts chapter of the planned publication should consist of rencontrescalvi in Calvi that I nearly forgot to mention our two-day descriptions of the most interesting projects members Annual Members Meeting whereas it was much less organized in the last years. www.l-invitu.net/ influenced and determined by formal regularities as svegliu.htm other meetings before. Stimulated by the idea of a With these ideas in mind, we nearly got lost in the publication linked with the 20th anniversary celebration Corsican wilderness the last day, but finally managed of our network, the European Forum of Worldwide to spend some relaxing hours at the seaside, sharing Music Festivals (EFWMF), in 2011, reflecting the good food and drinks. changes not only in the field of world music, but in Hope to meet all of you and even all the members communication, distribution and organisation of live who could not make it to Corsica at Babelmed in concerts and festivals in general, Patrick De Groote’s Marseille and hopefully continuing these inspiring and idea of a controversial approach received a good support productive discussions. by the attending members.

For the first times since years we discussed intensively some general and provocative issues like ‘New perspectives after the end of world music’, ‘Worldwide Music Festivals in Crisis?’, ‘demographic change in western societies, and in world music audiences as well’, ‘technical overload in organizing world music  The board concerts’ or ‘New world music concepts’ - some of in a meeting these topics being from fundamental interest for most of the members attending the meeting. Some of them reported on substantial problems on finding private sponsors, losing public funding, being seen as social not as cultural or artistic initiative (‘politically world culture is not considered as art anymore’). We experienced lively discussions on the situation in Serbia, Britain, Norway, The Netherlands, Germany, France and different approaches: how to define quality levels in world music, media influence and audience building, growing

5 expressions towards the public” could be. Matters Les Etats that seemingly does not only transcend the musical fields but indeed any field which rational citizens conceivably would address. A third topic is stated Généraux to have been “What are the political stakes of the creolisation of the world”, a matter that raises more questions than it can possibly answer. A Google-search of the actual term used to the original French press statement, namely “créolisation” indicate that the term generally refers to “un processus socio-ethnique identique du processus de pidginisation”. Google translational tools state that in English this would mean a process of socio-ethnic similar to pidginization. Further research indicates that this is related to the term Creole which is explained – in English translation – as “a regional dialect, which differs from one language by spelling the lack of cash”. Whether it is the translation or the

from left to right: concept itself which is quite out of the rational world Ray Lema: On September 11th and 12th Zone Franche, as we know it remains a mystery. The sum of it all, musician & composer Mondomix and Sciences Po organised a meeting, according to the report “Discussions followed after Antoine Hennion: Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation an account of which was published under the title certain recommendations in particular” seemed to (CSI), Ecole des Mines of “Les Etats généraux des musiques du monde”. The have been that someone should “organise a well aimed Jean-Michel Lucas: phrase ‘Les Etats Généraux’ is generally regarded action to the European Parliament and fight the obstacles Dr. d’Etats sciences économiques, Maître de conférences à l’université as having been introduced in 1789 referring to an artistes have to travel”. Having some experience with Rennes 2, Président de l’association assembly of three levels (clergy, nobility and the Third public transport in the republic of France one can only Trempolino Estate) called by the king to discuss the country’s sympathise with the latter. Consensus also seemed to Catherine Humblot: problems. Presumably the inference is that the have been reached that work needs to be done on “an Journalist, Co-writer of “Medias et diversité, de la visibilité aux meeting was convened to discuss the state of world increased presence of world music and cultures in the contenus: E´tat des lieux en France, music and possible problems currently faced in this media”. Who and how said work is to be undertaken au Royaume-Uni, en Allemagne et aux E´tats-Unis” regard. The account states that the meeting is to be is not entirely clear. In conclusion the account states Alain Weber: regarded a success with almost 650 music professionals that the meeting is to be regarded as being “the first step Producer, Artistic Director of festival of the live music sector and media attending a debate in a process of reflection which will enlighten the field of Les Orientales, Saint-Florent-le- Vieil, Artistic Consultant Cité de la held at the Theatre Rue Saint-Guillaume. According world music and hopefully bring a new dynamism”. Musique and Salle Pleyel to the report themes far exceeding the musical Jacques Toubon: fields were raised, an opinion one can only agree Former Minister, President of wholeheartedly to when reading a short list of issues More info: Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, former European touched upon. Apparently attention was paid to the www.zonefranche.com Deputy matter of “the possible future of cultural ecosystems [email protected] versus globalisation” and the question of what “the esthetical stakes of the circulation of cultural Tel: +33 1 48 13 16 04

6 PAMS 2009 - Performing Arts Market in Seoul

October 12 – 16, 2009 By Patrick De Groote

Autumn in Seoul, Korea’s vibrant capital and experiments. The mixing with pop, rock, minimal megapolis, is wonderful. It’s the finest season and music, electro or jazz is not always interesting for a the city celebrates this with many festivals. A unique western market, but some of it is really promising. The opportunity to travel and discover, and this is exactly level of musical education is very high, and the overall what PAMS proposes. This coincides with SIDance, artistic quality of the work is excellent. While the pure an international dance festival, the Seoul Performing tradition might gain easier access to western stages, Arts Festival, and much more. Since last year KAMS some of the professionals were very excited about the (the Korea Arts Management Service) also presents contemporary experiments. a specific World music program for international delegates. This year’s Pams was a major improvement to the 2008 edition, and looks The market starts off at the National Theatre of Korea to be one of the more where a series of Theme Sessions are held, alongside promising performing with various networking events such as speed dating, arts markets in Asia now. lunches, forums and academies. At the same site Korea is eager to export daytime showcases are held presenting short and their culture and willing to carefully selected shows and concerts. At night time support organisations that Pams spreads out over the city proposing a wide variety have an interest in their of performances in Seouls cultural centres and concert productions. So if you like halls. to look east, this is one to watch out for. World music professionals for Europe and North America were treated with a 5 day hand-picked tour, More info: confronting them with a wide variety of Gugak (Korean traditional and contemporary music). Many www.pams.or.kr of these concerts were held in very special places, a www.gokams.or.kr real treat. Traditional solo-performers played in a traditional private house, court music was presented in a royal palace and ancient rituals performed on the very same spot as 600 years ago. Other artists were staged in state of the art concert halls and the coolest clubs in town.

Korea traditional music (Gugak) is being rediscovered now. The Korean Universities and academies offer a wide range of courses in Korea Traditional Music and the best performers are listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage. Although Koreas, just as any other country of the world, is taken over by western-style popmusic, it was exciting to see how even very young musicians are deeply connected with their culture. Their work ranges from pure tradition to a wide variety of

7 Frontier music? By Erasmo Treglia

 Oumou Sangaré Photos: Ersebet Nagy

Hungary itself or from the neighbouring countries, confirming the fact that the music scene in the whole of central Europe is certainly alive and kicking. Among the Festival’s most original proposals this year we wish to mention the Olàh Gypsy All Stars group who, stemming from the nucleus of the  Bollywood Brass Band historic Romano Drom group, has attracted some of Nyìregyhàza, Hungary the most interesting voices and instrumentalists on the Hungarian Gypsy scene, all bent on getting the Is world music a genre we might define as “frontier”? 5,000-strong audience to dance in the packed Kossuth If that is the case, then the Vidor Festival is one of its Square. ideal homes, as Nyìregyhàza, the lovely Hungarian town where the week-long festival is held, lies in the For the entire week, the town becomes an open-air centre of the Magyar putsza wedge bordering Rumania stage offering shows and exhibitions, from morning  Canteca De Macao (40 km south), the Ukraine (40 km east), Slovakia (40 till the early hours, so much so, that one might safely  Szilvia Bognár km north) and Poland, only a few kilometres further say that, alongside Budapest’s Sziget Festival, the and Her Band north. Vidor Festival is undoubtedly the most prestigious worldmusic event held in Hungary. It is here that for the past 8 years the Festival, held between the end of August and the beginning of Next year’s edition will be held from August 27 till September, besides hosting films, puppets, art September 4, 2010, dates you should mark into your exhibitions, literary symposia and an important agenda so as to guarantee a front-row place in the competition featuring several theatrical and street- audience and the possibility of enjoying an entire week theatre groups who stage their latest plays especially for of excellent music as well as the chance of visiting the occasion, also invites numerous original musical the colourful flea-market full of Soviet memorabilia, bands and soloists to perform. The groups are often held every morning on the outskirts of the town, the promoted by the Festival itself, and the venue attracts opportunity of wandering through the hills where prominent, first-class, international world-music Tocai wine is produced, of slipping across one of those artists.The 2009 edition of the Festival hosted, on the borders surrounding Nyìregyhàza, with the echo of main stage situated in the central Kossuth Square, the Vidor Festival in your ears, of a venue which the artists like Turkish clarinet virtuoso Selim Sesler, the Hungarian magazine Magyar Narancs, defines “… a fantastic Rosenberg Trio, Ba Cissoko, Malian star role model festival because it would easily stand up Oumou Sangare, the ironic Acquaragia Drom, Juan anywhere in the world.” Carlos Càceres and the eccentric Bollywood Brass Band alongside numerous groups and artists from More info: www.happyartfestival.hu

8 Members 2009 - 2010

The current board, elected at the AGM in March 2009, consists of

Hilde Bjorkum – Norway (Chair) Erasmo Treglia – Italy (Secretary) The European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals (efwmf) is a network of festivals sharing the vision that the world is a patchwork Patrick De Groote – Belgium (Delegated Director) of a multitude of local traditions and music, each different Benjamim Taubkin – Brasil in expression and content yet equal in value. Oliver Belopeta – Macedonia The primary concerns of the efwmf are artistic and artistically related issues. Membership is open to all festival organizers with a worldwide, or at least a clear trans-national approach, presenting music in the area of world, ethnic, traditional, folk efwmf is a founding member of The European and roots music. Live Music Forum (elmf), an association of Although interaction between members – including sharing of national and international music organisations information, experiences and contacts – is the core activity, efwmf pursues an array of other activities. The efwmf continuously with legitimate and direct interests in the seeks to facilitate and intensify links to non-European festivals various issues of the European live music and other networks within the world music community in addition to maintaining lines of communication with organizations communities. dealing with general issues of impor tance to event organizers.

efwmf OFFICE Sarah Vereycken - Patrick De Groote c/o Sfinks Jan Frans Willemsstraat 10a 2530 Boechout, Belgium T +32 3 455 69 44 F +32 3 454 11 62 [email protected] www.efwmf.org

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AFRICOLOR DRUGA GODBA 26TH MUSIC MEETING FESTIVAL 13 November - 20 December 2009 20 - 25 May 2010 22 - 24 May 2010 MEMBERS Association Accent Aigu Zavod Druga Godba Ljubljana Stichting Music Meeting Prog. Dir.: Philippe Conrath Prog. Dir.: Srecko Meh Prog. Dir.: Wim Westerveld 5 rue Arthur Grossier Kersnikova 4 PO Box 1535 75010 Paris, France 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 6501 BM Nijmegen, Holland Tel: +33 1 47 97 69 99 Tel: +38614308260 Tel: +31243608813 Fax: +33 1 47 97 65 44 Fax: +386 1 430 82 65 Fax: +31 24 322 26 58 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.africolor.com www.drugagodba.si www.musicmeeting.nl

FIESTA DES SUDS 16 - 24 October 2009 LE VOCI DELL’ ANIMA OFFEST DUNYA FESTIVAL Latinissimo December 2009 May 2010 May 2010 Prog. Dir.: Bernard Aubert Princigalli Produzioni Skopje Jazz Festival Ducos Productions BP 81 Prog. Dir.: Antonio Princigalli Prog. Dir.: Oliver Belopeta Prog. Dir.: Ole Jorgensen 13908 Marseille cédex 20, France Via Nazario Sauro 13 Maksim Gorki 5 P.O. Box 13108 Tel: +33 4 91 99 00 00 70121 Bari, Italy 1000 Skopje, Macedonia 3004 HC Rotterdam, Holland Fax: +33 4 91 91 73 85 Tel: +39 80 55 59 987 Tel: +38923131090 Tel: +31104048422 [email protected] Fax: +39 80 55 59 987 Fax: +389 2 322 50 33 Fax: +31 10 404 96 30 www.dock-des-suds.org [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.princigalliproduzioni.it www.offest.com.mk www.dunya.nl

OSLO WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL 3 - 8 November 2009 LA ZAMPOGNA INTERNATIONAL 14th MASALA WELT-BEAT INTERNATIONAL GIPSYFESTIVAL Rikskonsertene FESTIVAL FESTIVAL June 2010 Prog. Dir.: Alexandra Archetti Stølen 15 - 17 January 2010 May 2010 Stichting Alfa P.O. Box 4261 Nydalen Archivio Aurunco - Finisterre Masala Welt-Beat Festival Prog. Dir.: Albert Siebelink 0401 Oslo, Norway Prog. Dir.: Erasmo Treglia Prog. Dir. : Christoph Sure & Gerd Telefoonstraat 14 Tel: +47 22 02 59 00 Via Macedonio Melloni 9 Kespohl 5038 DM Tilburg, Holland Fax: +47 22 02 59 72 00146 Roma, Italy Lister Meile 4 Tel: +31135801424 [email protected] Tel: +39 06 646 07 14 30161 Hannover, Germany Fax: +31 13 5801 425 www.osloworldmusicfestival.no Fax: +39 06 646 07 14 Tel: +4951123555524 [email protected] [email protected] Fax: +49 511 23 55 55 55 www.gipsyfestival.nl www.lazampogna.it [email protected] ETNOSOI! www.masala-festival.de 4 - 8 November 2009 FESTIVAL COULEUR CAFÉ Global Music Centre STANSER MUSIKTAGE June 2010 Prog. Dir.: Jaana-Maria Jukkara April 2010 20TH INTERNATIONAL AFRICA Zig Zag ASBL Hämeentie 34D Verein Stanser Musiktage FESTIVAL Prog. Dir.: Patrick Wallens 00530 Helsinki, Finland Prog. Dir.: Christophe Rosset May - June 2010 Av. E. Claes 4 Tel: +358 96 96 27 90 Postfach 1020 Afro project e.V. 1160 Brussels, Belgium Fax: +358 96 96 27 910 6371 Stans, Switzerland Prog. Dir. : Dr. Stefan Oschmann Tel: +3226724912 [email protected] Tel: +41416122626 Sterenstrasse 17 Fax: +32 2 672 12 91 www.globalmusic.fi Fax: 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +499317840888 www.couleurcafe.be www.stansermusiktage.ch Fax: +49 931 784 08 89 INTERNATIONAL OUD FESTIVAL [email protected] JERUSALEM www.africafestival.org THE WORLD-DAY OF MUSIC 12 - 26 November 2009 WELTNACHT FESTIVAL June 2010 Confederation House May 2010 Petofi Csarnok Kht. Prog. Dir.: Effie Benaya Welthaus Bielefeld e.V. MUSIQUES MÉTISSES Prog. Dir.: Lajos Fogarasi P O Box 7218 Prog. Dir.: Michael Lesemann May - June 2010 Petofi Csarnok 91071 Jerusalem, Israel August-Bebel-Strasse 62 Musiques Métisses Zichy Mihály str 14 Tel: +972 2 624 52 06 33602 Bielefeld, Germany Prog. Dir.: Christian Mousset 1146 Budapest, Hungary Fax: +972 2 623 74 56 Tel +49521986480 BP 244 Tel +3612225954 [email protected] Fax +49 521 63 789 16000 Angoulème, France Fax +36 1 363 37 29 www.confederationhouse.org [email protected] Tel: +33545954342 [email protected] www.weltnachtfestival.de Fax: +33 545 95 63 87 www.petoficsarnok.hu [email protected] www.musiques-metisses.com

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AMSTERDAM ROOTS FESTIVAL LA MAR DE MÚSICAS GLATT & VERKEHRT SFINKS mixed FESTIVAL 16 - 20 June 2010 July 2010 July 2010 30 July - 1 August 2010 Stichting Amsterdam Roots Ayuntamiento de Cartagena Nö Festival - Ges.m.b.H. Sfinks Animatie VZW Prog. Dir.: Frans Goossens Prog. Dir.: Francisco Martín Peñas Prog. Dir.: Jo Aichinger Prog. Dir.: Patrick De Groote Lijnbaansgracht 234a Centro Cultural Ramón Alonso Luzzy Minoritenplatz 4 J.F. Willemsstraat 10a 1017 PH Amsterdam, Holland C/ Jacinto Benavente 7 - 2° 3500 Krems a.d. Donau, Austria 2530 Boechout, Belgium Tel: +31205318181 E-30203 Cartagena, Spain Tel: +432732908030 Tel: +32 3 455 69 44 Fax: +31 20 531 81 99 Tel: +34968128813 Fax: +43 2732 90 80 31 Fax: +32 3 454 11 62 [email protected] Fax: +34 968 12 89 05 [email protected] [email protected] www.amsterdamroots.nl [email protected] www.glattundverkehrt.at www.sfinks.be www.lamardemusicas.com

FESTIVAL MUNDIAL LES SUDS À ARLES VIDOR FESTIVAL 18 - 19 June 2010 STIMMEN July 2010 27 August - 4 September 2010 Mundial Productions July 2010 SUDS , á Arles Móricz Zsigmond Theater Prog. Dir.: Erwin Schellekens Burghof Lörrach GmbH Prog. Dir.: Marie-José Justamond Prog. Dir.: Tamás Szabó Noordstraat 111 Prog. Dir.: Helmut Bürgel Maison des Suds Bessenyei tér 13 5038 EH Tilburg, Holland Herrenstrasse 5 66 rue du 4 Septembre 4400 Nyíregyháza, Hungary Tel: +31135431335 79539 Lörrach, Germany 13200 Arles, France Tel: +36 42 432 267 Fax: +31 13 535 74 89 Tel: +4976219408988 Tel: +33490960627 Fax: +36 42 432 267 [email protected] Fax: +49 762 19 40 89 84 Fax: +33 490 96 79 48 [email protected] www.mundialproductions.nl [email protected] [email protected] www.happyartfestival.hu www.stimmen.com www.suds-arles.com

KAUSTINEN FOLK MUSIC 8the IMAGES FESTIVAL - My FESTIVAL FØRDE FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL LES NUITS ATYPIQUES World IMAGES July 2010 July 2010 July 2010 26 August - 12 September 2010 Folk Music Foundation Kaustinen Stiftinga Førde Internasjonale Folke- Les Nuits Atypiques Danish Center for Culture and Develop- Prog. Dir.: Jyrki Heiskanen musikkfestspel Prog. Dir.: Patrick Lavaud ment P.O. Box 24 Prog. Dir. : Hilde Bjørkum 8, place des Carmes Prog. Dir.: Hanne Tornager 69601 Kaustinen, Finland P.O. Box 395 33210 Langon, France Nytorv 17 Tel: +3582072911 6802 Førde, Norway Tel: +33557980845 DK-1450 Copenhagen K, Denmark Fax: +358 207 29 12 00 Tel: +4757721940 Fax: +33 5 56 76 29 69 Tel: +4533179700 [email protected] Fax: +47 57 72 19 41 [email protected] Fax: +45 33 24 40 10 www.kaustinen.net [email protected] www.nuitsatypiques.org [email protected] www.fordefestival.no www.dccd.dk

THE JERUSALEM FESTIVAL VILJANDI FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL July 2010 ROSKILDE FESTIVAL July 2010 FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE Yabous Productions 1 - 4 July 2010 Estonian Traditional Music Center FOLK DE GETXO Prog. Dir.: Rania Elias Khoury Foreningen Roskilde Festival Prog. Dir.: Ando Kiviberg September 2010 2 Ibn Jubair Str., P.O. Box 54874 Prog. Dir.: Peter Hvalkof Tasuja pst. 6 Aula de cultura de Getxo Jerusalem, Palestine Havsteensvej 11 71011 Viljandi, Estonia Prog. Dir.: Marta Herrera Tel: +97226261045 DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark Tel: +3724342 050 C/ Villamonte, A-8 bajo Fax: +972 2 626 13 72 Tel: +4546366613 Fax: +372 43 42 051 48991 Algorta-Getxo, Bizkaia, Spain [email protected] Fax: +45 46 32 14 19 [email protected] Tel: +34 94 431 92 80 www.yabous.org [email protected] www.folk.ee Fax: +34 94 431 92 84 www.roskilde-festival.dk [email protected] www.getxo.net COLOURS OF OSTRAVA FESTIVAL OF WORLD CULTURES July 2010 PIRINEOS SUR 23 - 25 July 2010 Colour Production, spol.s.r.o. July 2010 Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Prog. Dir.: Zlata Holusova Diputación de Huesca Council Lomená 349 Prog. Dir.: Luis Calvo Prog. Dir.: Jody Ackland Dolní Lhota 74766, Czech Republic Porches de Galicia 4 Marine Road Tel: +420596121342 E-22002 Huesca, Spain Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland Fax: +42 05 96 121 342 Tel: +34974294151 Tel +353 1 271 95 09 [email protected] Fax: +34 974 29 41 50 Fax +353 1 236 02 17 www.colours.cz [email protected] [email protected] www.pirineos-sur.es www.festivalofworldcultures.com

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MERCAT DE MÚSICA Teresa Kerasidis Dubi Lenz VIVA DE VIC Associate Inter Show Productions 18 Amnon Vetamar 15 - 19 September 2010 members Athinas 10 46417 Herzliya, Israel Ajuntament de Vic 546 34 Thessaloniki, Greece Tel: +972 9 9588179 Prog. Dir.: Lluis Puig Tel: +30 23 10 968 909 Fax: +972 9 9589349 Historiador Ramón Abadal i Vinyals, Fax: +30 23 10 248 257 [email protected] 5, 2a [email protected] E-08500 Vic, Spain Tel: +34 93 883 31 00 Anne Moberg Fax: +34 93 883 26 26 Sten Sandahl Head of International projects [email protected] Sandahl Productions Rikskonsertene/Norwegian Concert www.mmvv.cat Handelsvagen 44 Institute Magnus Bäckström 122 38 Enskede, Sweden P.O. Box 4261 Nydalen CEO & Artistic Director Tel: +46 8 407 16 51 NO-0401 Oslo, Norway RE:ORIENT Uppsala Consert & Congress [email protected] Tel: +47 22 02 59 34 October 2010 Musikens Hus i Uppsala AB Fax: +47 22 02 59 72 Re:Orient 753 75 Uppsala, Sweden [email protected] Prog. Dir.: Cecilia Hörnell Tel: +46 18 727 90 90 Juana Burillo www.rikskonsertene.no Box 4215 [email protected] El Espiritu Del Sur SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden www.ukk.se Av. Menéndez Pidal 19, Officina 1 Tel: +46 8 702 15 99 E-22004 Huesca, Spain Fax: +46 8 702 15 99 Tel: +34 974 23 20 43 Alain Courbis [email protected] Fax: +34 974 23 07 97 consultants www.reorient.se Pôle régional des musiques actuelles de [email protected] la Réunion www.espiritudelsur.com 6 bis rue Pasteur ULSAN WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL BP 1018 October 2010 97481 Saint-Denis Cedex, Ile de la Dennis Winter Prog. Dir.: Lee Junghun Réunion Nehrusingel 190 7F KT&G B/D Tel: +262 262 90 94 60 3066 VN Rotterdam, Holland Shinjung 3 Dong, Nam Gu 680-822 Fax: +262 262 90 94 61 Tel: +31 646 194 946 Ulsan, South Korea [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +82 52 260 75 44 www.runmusic.com Fax: +82 52 260 75 03 Derek Andrews [email protected] Carles Sala i Marzal Global Cafe Hans Hjorth www.cheoyong.or.kr Director de Cooperació i Relaciones 502 - 680 Queens Quay West For Exclusive Artist Representation Sectorials M5V 2Y9 Toronto - Ontario - Canada FEAR Institut de Cultura de Barcelona (ICUB) Tel: +1 41 62 60 66 55 Hyttgatan 28 Palau de la Virreina - La Rambla 99 [email protected] SE-791 62 Falun, Sweden E-08002 Barcelona, Spain Tel: +46 70 59 242 59 Tel: +34 93 316 11 01 [email protected] Fax: +34 93 316 10 60 www.fearmusic.se [email protected] www.bcn.cat/cultura

Benjamim Taubkin Instituto Cultural Casa Via Magia Bertrand de Laporte R. Henriqueta Catarino n° 123 17, rue Emile Redor Zip 40 222-180 - Federação, Salvador 44 400 Reze, France Bahia, Brasil Tel: +33 2 40 75 72 60 Tel: +55 71 331 27 59 Fax: +33 2 40 75 72 60 Fax: +55 71 261 60 52 [email protected] [email protected] Ben Mandelson 89 Clissold Crescent London N16 9AS, Great Britain Tel/Fax: +44 20 72 54 22 34 [email protected]

12 Roskilde Festival Founds World Music Award Facts: The Roskilde Festival Charity The Roskilde Festival World Music Award will be Society is the organisation presented in connection with the international market, behind Roskilde Festival. All conference and festival for world music, WOMEX, that profits from Roskilde Festival takes place in Copenhagen in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The each year are donated to Award comes with € 30,000. humanitarian, cultural and non- profit projects, benefiting people all over the world. Roskilde Festival once again focuses on world music. This time with a newly founded Award. It is called Roskilde Festival World Music, comes with € 30,000 and will be presented the coming three years in connection with the international market, conference and festival for world music, WOMEX, held in In 2009 Roskilde Festival presented the Copenhagen in 2009, 2010 and 2011. following world music acts: “For many years we have had the pleasure of presenting world music to a great audience at Roskilde Festival. Therefore, it is an obvious thing for us to use Tony Allen (Nigeria), Amadou & Mariam the event to give something back. That’s why we have (Mali), Alamaailman Vasarat (Finland), Analogik founded this award,” says Peter Hvalkof, booker of (Denmark), Issa Bagayogo (Mali), Bomba Estéreo world music at Roskilde Festival. (Colombia), Dub Colossus (UK/Ethiopia), El Hijo de la Cumbia & Anasol MC (Argentina), Award for Musical and Cultural Development: Gangbé Brass Band (Benin), Gogol Bordello The Roskilde Festival World Music Award can be (USA), Groundation (USA), Hanggai (China), presented to societies or organisations that work Imam Baildi (Greece), Kasai Allstars (DR Congo), with creating musical development in locally based Kassav’ (Guadeloupe/Martinique/France), La-33 music genres – to ensure a cultural stepping-stone for (Columbia), Labrassbanda (Germany), Magnifico children and young people in third world countries. (Slovenia), Novalima (Peru), Pablo Moses & The Award is presented by the Roskilde U-Roy (Jamaica), Shastriya Syndicate (India), Festival Charity Society on the background of Socalled (Canada), Rokia Traoré (Mali), Zizek Club recommendations from Roskilde Festival, WOMEX (Argentina) and EFWMF (European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals). It is not possible for societies/organisations to apply for the Award. “We’re looking much forward to presenting this More info : award – and we already have several exciting projects Mr. Peter Hvalkof to choose between,” says Dan Hacke, chairman of the Roskilde Festival Charity Society. [email protected] The Award will be presented at WOMEX by the Lord Tel: +45 46 36 66 13 Mayor of Copenhagen, Ritt Bjerregård, on Sunday 1 November around noon. www.roskilde-festival.dk

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Pacific By Alain Courbis

A European Support Programme to cultural industries

 Mazaher Structuring the local network, favouring professionalization, mobility and exchanges within and between the ACP and EU, structuring the economy of the sector, improving the local and international visibility of ACP professionals; these are the results to be expected of the various actions undertaken within this project.

By associating partners from different horizons, Anglophones, Francophones and Portuguese-speakers from regions in West, East and Central Africa as  Cali at Sakifo well as the Indian Ocean, Pacific and Caribbean,

this project is creating, supporting and consolidating exchanges and cooperation between these regions and the professionals grouped in a network.

The project will take place during festivals in seven regions: Tanzania (East Africa), Gabon (Central Africa), Burkina Faso and Cap Verde (West Africa), Reunion (bringing together players from the Indian Ocean), Vanuatu (Pacific), Jamaica (the Caribbean).

The partners are: Zone Franche, international network (leader of the project) Fest’Napuan Association (Vanuatu), Piranha Womex (Germany), Busara Promotions (Tanzania),Harmonia (Cape Verde), Umane Culture (Burkina Faso), Sakifo Production (Reunion), Afrik’aktion (Gabon), Contact: Conseil Francophone de la Chanson, international network, Media, Sport Zone Franche and Entertainment (MSE, Jamaica). Sophie Guénebaut The project is supported by all the partners, OIF, Tel: +33 (0)1 48 13 16 04 Special Diffusion Spectacle, Wallonie Bruxelles [email protected] International, Scènes Australes.

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Johannesburg, South-Africa By Alain Courbis

Music industry operators announce formation of Continent that would form the Board of the IOMN. the indian ocean music network Among others, appointed to the Board of the Indian On 1st and 2nd May 2009, music industry operators Ocean Music Network are: from the Indian Ocean region announced their —— Yusuf Mahmoud (Sauti za Busara / Zanzibar, intention to form the Indian Ocean Music Network. President IOMN) The gathering was filled with much enthusiasm as —— Dan Chiorboli (Music Mix Durban / South 40 representatives from 12 different countries and Africa, Vice-President IOMN) islands (South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, —— Alain Courbis (Pôle Regional Musiques Actuelles Zanzibar, Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte, / Reunion Island, Secretariat IOMN) Mauritius, Rodrigues, Reunion...) connected to the live music and festivals sector met at Ashanti Hotel in Johannesburg’s central business district.

Five years ago, music promoters Alain Courbis (Reunion Island) Yusuf Mahmoud (Zanzibar) and Dan Chiorboli (South Africa) developed the idea of a music network for the Indian Ocean region. Confirming the value of this initial idea, the intention of those present this weekend was to investigate possible means to enhance cooperation, networking, skills development and cultural exchange among live music industry operators and practitioners of the Indian Ocean region.

Of particular importance and because of its potential to not only enhance job creation and pool resources, but also ensure vibrancy and cultural exchange, was the N.B. This meeting was held at the occasion of a  Makuya Festival, need to develop the live music sector at this regional Reunion Island Season in South Africa supported by Tanzania level. In this context, the occasion informed a number IFAS (French Institute in South Africa) and French of key objectives for the Indian Ocean Music Network Embassy, with financial help by European Union, (IOMN). The network identified the imperative to Reunion Regional and Departmental councils and create and sustain viable circuits for musicians and French Government. Further than only promoting artists, promote economies of scale, respect cultural Reunion Island, these partners wanted to help to diversity and share resources in a mutually beneficial establish a long term cooperation project in that region way. for local actors of cultural development. During its deliberations, the network also committed to launching a website that would include a diary More info: of festivals and contact details of music festival programmers located within and around the Indian www.iomn.org Ocean. Anticipated is for festivals and venues to [email protected] communicate their programming and identify ways in which they could benefit from sharing various Yusuf Mahmoud at Busara Promotions: programming costs. [email protected] The meeting elected six representatives from the or Alain Courbis at Indian Ocean islands and another six from the African [email protected]

 Neera 15 EuroMed Music Festival II Budapest, Hungary By Dubi Lenz June 26 – 28, 2009

Music is the common multicultural. The invited musicians came from twelve language to all the different countries to Budapest, in order to spend 5 citizens of the “Blue days sharing their experiences in a variety of traditional Ball” – our global village. and modern musical genres. They used Arab, Jewish, Music is an international African, Balkan and jazz musical elements for the language helping creation of nine new world music products that building bridges among were first staged during the three-day festivals closely traditions, countries, following each other in Budapest, Belgrade (Serbia) cultures, rhythms and and Katowice (Poland). genres – music doesn’t The artistic production is a result from a collective recognize boundaries creation, thus supporting new European identities, and fences. Music cultural pluralism and enforcing mutual enrichment connects people. of contemporary cr eations between Europe and its This is the idea standing Mediterranean neighbors. The aim of the festival is also behind an outstanding to show how music can be a mediating tool between musical meeting in cultures, and how a point can be reached where the Budapest – Hungary – different cultures join, creating new, universal values. EuroMed Music Festival. CREMM – Common Routes of Euro-Mediterranean Music is organized by two young very enthusiastic and competent guys – Zoltan Katay and Said Tichiti, who are building an internet net among European and Mediterranean musicians, and looking for “spies” in all those countries, namely, festival organizers who can recommend them talented marvelous musicians who are willing to jump into the unknown waters of an international musical unique collaboration experience. The origin of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership reaches back to the process initiated by the European Union in Barcelona in 1995 inspired by the global processes to enhance co-operation between the EU countries and the eastern and the southern countries of the Mediterranean Sea. The primary aim was the protection of the safety of the two regions and the economic development of the Mediterranean region. The Barcelona Declaration emphasizes the strategic importance of the Mediterranean region and of the co- operation and solidarity based on neighborhood and shared history. The Anna Lindh Foundation has been established in order to enhance the dialogue between the cultures, ideologies and religions. The second edition of the EuroMed Music Festival took place this year from the 26th to the 28th of June in Gödör Klub in the center of Budapest, the most popular students and young people gathering place. The Festival wishes to respond to current social problems, when gaps continue to exist between More info: civilizations and cultures, when the individuals have to face with a society that becomes more and more www.cremm.com/gl/

16 Australasian World Music Expo 2009 Melbourne, Australia Events to come November 19 - 22, 2009

Showcasing traditional and contemporary Indigenous, roots and world music from Australasia and beyond. From solo to collaborative, traditional to contemporary, from the lush highlands of West Papua through the Pacific to the vast arid deserts of Australia and its major cities, our region is home to some of the most unique cultures, voices and sounds this planet has to offer. Now in it’s second year, the Australasian World Music Expo 2009 will bring together musicians, industry representatives and festival audiences from across Australia and around the globe for three days of the finest Indigenous, roots and world music from the Australasian region. AWME LINEUP 2009 includes: Blue King Brown, Archie Roach, The Pigram Brothers, Toguna (Reunion Islands/France), Batucada Sound Machine (NZ), The Bamboos, Mad Professor (UK), The Red Eyes, Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, San Lazaro, Rhombus (NZ), Dubmarine, OKA, Dya Singh, Djan Djan featuring Jeff Lang (Australia), Mamadou Diabate (Mali) and Bobby Singh (India/Australia), Little Bushman (NZ), Tumi (South Africa), Shakura Stringband (Vanuatu), Grace Barbe (Seychelles/Australia), Mihirangi (NZ/ Australia), Tama Waipara (NZ), George Telek with the Moab Stringband (PNG), Noreum Machi (South Korea), Laya Film Project (India), Narasirato Pan Pipers (Solomon Islands), Way Out West, Kamerunga, Zulya and the Children of the Underground, Ria Soemardjo, Valanga Khoza, Injinoo Dancers & MORE!

More info: Australasian World Music Expo Simon Raynor mail: [email protected] tel: 613 9314 0272 www.awme.com.au.

A delegation of EFWMF members will be present to stimulate the Australasian-European collaboration.

17 Events to come

Mercado Cultural da Bahia - 9th edition Salvador de Bahia, Brazil December 1 - 12, 2009

The Northeastern Brazilian Music Festival, which runs from December 1st - 12th, 2009 will open with a special presentation in Salvador, followed by a tour of the Bahian countryside. It will culminate in Bahia itself, where a full and varied program of music and festivities will take place. Each year Mercado Cultural has a central theme. In 2009, “...Passage...”.will be the motif and the IX Mercado Cultural throws itself through paths to Bahia’s countryside, contemplating cities from the Médio Rio de Contas. The journey taken throughout the region, with processes including youngsters and children as highlights, meeting with popular manifestations such as reisados, sambas de roda, bumbas-meu-boi, has been surprising. Since then, the desire to foster the exchanges between worldwide cultural productions and local cultural movements has been established. Musiccurator Benjamim Taubkin puts together a program of national and international artists from Spain, Guinea Bissau, Korea, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil bringing traditional and contemporary music. Next to that the festival organizes other activities such as artistic residence, conferences, workshops, exhibitions, film screenings and theatre organized by the artistic director Ruy César. The music line up includes among other artists Narf (Spain/Galicia), Manecas Costa (Guine Bissau), Barca (Brazil), Juan Pablo Villa (Mexico), Sonagi Project (Korea) and Bongar (Brazil). The festival attracts as well a general audience, music professionals, such as journalists, promoters and agents.

More info: www.mercadocultural.org

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1 Les Tambours de Brazza-Festival of World EFWMF International Newsletter # 21 Cultures 2009 2 Afrisinia - Sfinks Mixed Festival 2009 October 2009 © Jordi Bover Compiled and edited by 3 Japanese Buddhist monk choir KASHÔKEN - Sarah Vereycken en Patrick De Groote Stimmen 2009 © Juri Junkov. Layout by Zeppo Copyright by the authors & EFWMF Cover: GUT – Sfinks Festival 2009 - photo by Jordi Bover Back Cover: 3 Womex 2009 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 Jan Frans Willemsstraat 10a 2530 Boechout, Belgium T +32 3 455 69 44 F +32 3 454 11 62 [email protected]

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