{"id":1011,"date":"2019-08-20T14:15:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T14:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2020-04-23T14:14:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:14:05","slug":"14-august-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/newsletter\/14-august-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #14 August 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I<\/span>\u00a0am Araceli Tzigane. Welcome to\u00a0Mapamundi M\u00fasica<\/a>‘s August’s monthly newsletter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This week is specially thrilling for me…\u00a0Why?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Our Mari Nieto, the female singer of\u00a0Vig\u00fcela<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(in the picture), settled in a village of less than 2000 inhabitants, mother of 4 and\u00a0grandmother of 4, told me once\u00a0that she had two dreams: to visit Norway, and we got it, attending F\u00f8rdefestivalen, and to visit Samarkand! She will have to renew her list of dreams…\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Next Saturday I travel with <\/span>Vig\u00fcela to Sharq Taronalari, in Samarkand.<\/strong>\u00a0We both cry of joy thinking about it… By the way, I will celebrate\u00a0my birthday <\/strong>there, that is on 26th of August. Compliments will be welcome! \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

In Mapamundi M\u00fasica we are not fullfulling dreams of our collaborators everyday but I believe we are provinding some beauty, brightness and understanding<\/strong>\u00a0to our community and to the world. I can’t hide my gratitude to the ones that trusted us and joined us in their goals and visions.<\/p>\n

Find below some\u00a0useful infos<\/strong>, including the new period to\u00a0apply for grants<\/strong>\u00a0from Acci\u00f3n Cultural Espa\u00f1ola, the main insights after our first edition of\u00a0Transiberia Mundi\u00a0<\/strong>and, for the first time, an interview with a festival director for the USA:\u00a0Tom Frouge, from Globalquerque<\/strong>. And much much more.<\/p>\n

Feel free to resend this newsletter to your friends\u00a0if you like it. Subscription\u00a0is available here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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If you have any suggestion of contents for the next editions, let us know. Thanks for your attention.<\/div>\n
Araceli Tzigane – info@mundimapa.com +34 676\u00a030 28 82\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Summary<\/strong>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00b7 Mini interview\u00a0with festival manager: Tom Frouge from<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Globalquerque\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(USA)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00b7 Post insights of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Transiberia Mundi<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00b7 Open call: Acci\u00f3n Cultural Espa\u00f1ola,\u00a0<\/span>mobility grants<\/span>\u00a0application open in September
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\n\u00b7 And Mapamundi’s concert calendar for September includes the\u00a0<\/span>premiere of an awesome Turkish artist in Portugal<\/span>. Check below!<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n
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**** Do you have a world music\u00a0festival and you want to be included in our mini interviews?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Contact us.<\/a>\u00a0****<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This newsletter is open to sponsorship. Feel free to ask for details.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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CURRENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR FESTIVALS\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

If you haven\u00b4t read them, you can find the previous interviews clicking on the names:\u00a0Michal Schmidt<\/a>\u00a0(Folk Holidays, CZ) –\u00a0Jun-Lin Yeoh<\/a>\u00a0(Rainforest WMF, MY) –\u00a0Luis Lles<\/a>\u00a0(Pirineos Sur, ES) –\u00a0Amitava Bhattacharya<\/a>\u00a0(Sur Jahan, IN) –\u00a0Nicolas Ribalet<\/a>\u00a0(Sukiyaki Meets the World, JP) –\u00a0Sergio Zaera<\/a>\u00a0(Poborina Folk, ES) –\u00a0Per Idar Alm\u00e5s<\/a>\u00a0(F\u00f8rdefestivalen, NO) –\u00a0Bo\u017cena Szota<\/a>\u00a0(EthnoPort, PL) –\u00a0Ken Day<\/a>\u00a0(Urkult, SE) –\u00a0Mads Olesen<\/a>\u00a0(5 Continents, CH) –\u00a0Karolina Waszczuk & Bartek Drozd<\/a>\u00a0(Jagiellonian Fair, PL) –\u00a0Alkis Zopoglou<\/a>\u00a0(Mediterranean Music Festival, GR\/CH)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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MINI INTERVIEW WITH TOM FROUGE FROM GLOBALQUERQUE<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
Globalquerque! is New Mexico’s Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture. It is held each September in Albuquerque (New Mexico), at the\u00a0National Hispanic Cultural Center<\/a>. This year 2019 it will celebrate its 15th edition. Check the details\u00a0at the website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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It is\u00a0very heartening to know that also at the USA there is people like\u00a0Tom and his partner Neal Copperman that work with\u00a0the vision of\u00a0building bridges, crossing borders and\u00a0tearing down walls. Thank you, guys, an much success for the 15th edition!<\/div>\n

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MM – What do you search in an artist when you create the programme?\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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TF:\u00a0<\/strong>That is a question we get a lot! \u00a0We program music from the very traditional to the very NOT traditional (check out our first announced confirmed acts<\/a>!), so what is our criteria? The best answer I can give is that the artists that we select to perform on our stages, aside from being fabulous musicians and ready to perform on the festival circuit, must have at least a couple of toes artistically and creatively in the culture from which they come, regardless of how contemporary or cutting edge they may be. For example, you can be a hip hop artist from Palestine or an electronica artist from Argentina, but when your set is finished, we want our audience to say that was a killer ARGENTINE electronica artist or a fantastic PALESTINIAN hip hop artist and not simply, oh, that was a really good electronica artist that sings in Spanish or, I liked the hip hop group that sang in Arabic. \u00a0It is about being a great artist AND representing your culture.<\/p>\n


\nMM – Which are the global objectives of your festival?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

TF:\u00a0<\/strong>This ties in somewhat to the answer to the first question.\u00a0\u00a1Globalquerque! is all about cross-culture understanding through the arts. All our programming, from the music, to the outreach, to the films, to our international dance lessons, to our school program, right down to the food served in our Global Village Of Craft, Culture & Cuisine – todo – is about recognizing our similarities while exploring and celebrating our differences.\u00a0It may sound cliche, but we believe the more you understand other cultures, the harder it is to bomb them!At \u00a1Globalquerque! we believe in the power of community and the power of the arts to build bridges. We strive to create a space where no person is \u201cthe other\u201d.\u00a0It\u2019s a trip around a peace-filled, inclusive world. On top of all that, it is an adventure full of discovery and a monster 3-stage, 2-day, music party!<\/div>\n

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MM – What are the most complicated or difficult issues to deal with in your festival?\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
TF: \u00a0<\/strong>The new tax regulations in the US for visiting artists have been challenging. Some groups have postponed US tours in order to get a handle on the new realities, so we lost some we were in discussions with this year. Visas are always a potential issue, particularly in the unfortunate political climate we find ourselves in. Another challenge we sometimes run into that may be a bit unique to us is routing issues. New Mexico is a bit off the beaten track and sometimes it results in groups skipping us due to travel costs or logistics. The possible silver lining there is it has pushed us to look at creative solutions and alternate routing scenarios, such as acts coming up through M\u00e9xico from the south, and that has yearly made our line up somewhat different than other festivals in our time period.<\/div>\n

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MM – Which are currently the main challenges for this kind of cultural proposals like yours?<\/strong>TF:\u00a0<\/strong>First and foremost: funding.\u00a0\u00a1Globalquerque! is a festival put on by a couple of guys.\u00a0It is not put on by a city or university or big institution that has a yearly budget, set funding and a staff that are getting weekly paychecks. We rise or fall on our own.\u00a0Each year we need to go out and procure funding from different sources to make the festival happen. It is truly a labor of love!Secondly, it is attracting new audience.\u00a0The thing we hear over and over again from first time \u00a1Globalquerque! attendees is \u201cI had no idea this festival was THIS!\u201d\u00a0It is a challenge to explain the scope of the festival on paper as it is such an experiential event. Once people experience it though, they are hooked. It\u2019s moving the fence-sitters off the fence that we work hard at trying to accomplish.<\/p>\n

MM – In one sentence, summarise the reason\/s to go to your festival.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

TF:\u00a0<\/strong>It’s our Quincea\u00f1era! And \u00a1Globalquerque! is all about culture, identity, inclusion, diversity, discovery, building bridges, crossing borders, tearing down walls – and kicking up dust and howling at the harvest moon to some of the best music on the planet as the smell of lavender and roasting green chiles float on the New Mexico desert air.<\/p>\n

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