{"id":1339,"date":"2019-11-13T14:36:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T14:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2020-04-23T14:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:07:29","slug":"newsletternovember19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/newsletter\/newsletternovember19\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #17 November 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mini-interview with Park Jechun, from Sori Festival, congratulations, resurrections and much +<\/h1>\n

<\/strong>I<\/span>\u00a0am Araceli Tzigane. Welcome to\u00a0Mapamundi M\u00fasica<\/a>‘s November’s newsletter, with exciting news for us, the community of world \/\u00a0folk \/ traditional music all over the world.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

I write you\u00a0from the office. A few days\u00a0after a enjoyable edition of\u00a0WOMEX<\/a>, after the trip to Portugal for the\u00a0Harmonia Polska<\/em>\u00a0magic concert at Acorde\u00f5es do Mundo<\/a>\u00a0Festival,\u00a0by\u00a0Janusz Prusinowski Kompania<\/a>\u00a0(check\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0here<\/a>) and before leaving to\u00a0Folkelarm<\/a>\u00a0in Oslo next Thursday.<\/p>\n

Some relevant dates for our community, before the Christmas break, that I am missing and that take place this month are\u00a0Visa for Music<\/a>\u00a06th edition and\u00a0Mundial Montreal<\/a>\u00a09th edition. And the last days it took place the\u00a0first edition of\u00a0Musafir<\/a>\u00a0Ethnic music forum in Ufa, Russia.\u00a0Wishing all of them fruitful results, I invite you to check the contents below. Ah, what is the\u00a0resurrection\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>of the subject? Discover it, below. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

And, remember: if you have any suggestion of contents for the next editions, let us know. And if you like it, share it!<\/p>\n

Thanks for your attention.<\/p>\n

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Araceli Tzigane – info@mundimapa.com – +34 676\u00a030 28 82\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Subscription is available here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Summary<\/strong>:<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00b7 Mini interview\u00a0with festival manager:\u00a0<\/span>Park Jechun<\/span>\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span>Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival <\/span>(South Korea)<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00b7 Signing announced for<\/span>\u00a0Cosmopolis Festival direction<\/span>: Alkis Zopoglou
\n\u00b7 Welcome to a\u00a0<\/span>new magazine<\/span>: Berlin Bazzar, by Robert Rigney
\n\u00b7 Resurrection of what? Yes!\u00a0<\/span>Babel Med<\/span>. Viva!
\n\u00b7 News of\u00a0<\/span>our signings<\/span>\u00a0after WOMEX.
\n\u00b7 Find me at…<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\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>****<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
This newsletter is open to sponsorship. Feel free to ask for details.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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CURRENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR FESTIVALS\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\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>(Jagiellonian Fair, PL) –\u00a0Alkis Zopoglou<\/a>\u00a0(Mediterranean Music Festival, GR\/CH) –\u00a0Tom Frouge<\/a>(Globalquerque, US) –\u00a0Braulio P\u00e9rez<\/a>\u00a0(M\u00fasica en el Parque, ES) –\u00a0Bojan Djordjevic<\/a>\u00a0(Todo Mundo, RS)<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n
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MINI INTERVIEW WITH PARK JECHUN FROM\u00a0JEONJU INT’L SORI FESTIVAL<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n
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Park Jechun is the artistic director of the festival since 2014. He is also percussionist and he has a duo with his wife, the pianist Miyeon. This interview was possible thanks to other of the hearts of the festival, Ji-Young Han, known by many people of our community of world music around the world, as she is usually the one present in the fairs and other professional meetings.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The festival combines perfectly in its program\u00a0the ancestral and unique Sori repertoire, performed by old and by young artists, the new trends from Korean music and a bunch of high quality international proposals, including also activities for kids.\u00a0Apart of hosting the festival, Jeonju is the paradigm city about\u00a0Korean traditional cooking. If you still don\u00b4t find reasons enough to wish to visit the festival, Park will give you one more at the end of the interview.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Park\u00a0and Ji-Young!<\/p>\n

MM – What do you search in an artist when you create the programme?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

PJ:\u00a0<\/strong>In externally way, we have set the subject (the topic) of the year in order of drum, dance, wind instrument, string instrument and vocal music. It was\u00a0wind instrumentS this year and\u00a0string instrument Snext year. It will be\u00a0vocal music in 2021, the 20th anniversary of the festival. And, on the other side, we see the “attitude” of an artist doing his\/her\u00a0art. It is very important whether they are young musicians or masters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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

PJ:<\/strong>\u00a0I’ve never thought of the word ‘global goal’. Our goal is the happiness of artists and audiences who participate in the festival through a legacy given to us in the areas leading to the world – Asia – Korea – Jeonju. I am grateful for this cultural environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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M<\/strong>M – What are the most complicated or difficult issues to deal with in your festival?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

PJ:\u00a0<\/strong>It is difficult to distinguish between tradition and modern, classic and contemporary. Is it really tradition that is being passed down from the past? Is evolution novel? It is difficult to judge such a thing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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MM – Which are currently the main challenges for this kind of cultural proposals like yours?<\/strong><\/p>\n

PJ:\u00a0<\/strong>As we prepare for the big festival, there are growing concerns about the environment every year. I tried to run an environment-friendly festival this year, but it was not easy. We will make continuous efforts.
\nAnd with the changing tendency of leisure life and culture, I always think about what the role of festival is in this era.
\nWe consider the consideration and cultural heritage for the next generation a priority.<\/p>\n

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

PJ:\u00a0<\/strong>If you want to see how the old customs of East Asia exist in modern society, come to the Sori Festival!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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