{"id":1573,"date":"2020-01-14T10:21:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T10:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2020-04-23T14:00:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:00:11","slug":"newsletterjanuary20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/newsletter\/newsletterjanuary20\/","title":{"rendered":"Magazine #19 January 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mini-interview with Leo Li\u010dof from Okarina, Blogfoolk and much more<\/span><\/h1>\n

Welcome to Mapamundi M\u00fasica<\/a>‘s magazine, with contents for us, the community of world \/\u00a0folk \/ traditional music all over the world.\u00a0<\/span>I<\/span>\u00a0am Araceli Tzigane.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the festivities, at that time of reflections, a disturbing idea was in my mind many times. I share it below. But the beginning of the new year brought some very nice news that made me reconcile with the world,\u00a0like our first collaboration with\u00a0Svetlana Spajic Group<\/a>, with who we are working in touch with Bojan Djordjevic. Many more will come.<\/p>\n

In this issue I have the pleasure to put the spotlight in two initiatives that I appreciate wholeheartedly:\u00a0Blogfoolk<\/a>, by Salvatore Esposito and Ciro de Rosa, who is also member of Transglobal World Music Chart, and\u00a0Festival Okarina<\/a>, by\u00a0Leo Li\u010dof.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Once more, I invite you to read this contents with\u00a0the soundtrack of our\u00a0<\/strong>playlist in Soundcloud<\/a>. You’ll find those awesome artists\u00a0in our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Remember:\u00a0any suggestion of contents for the next editions? Let us know.\u00a0And if you like this, share it and tell it to your friends!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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Summary<\/strong>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n
\u00b7 Mini interview\u00a0with festival manager:\u00a0<\/span>Leo Li\u010dof<\/span>\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span>Festival Okarina<\/span>\u00a0(Slovenia)<\/span>
\n\u00b7 In deep with\u00a0Ciro de Rosa & Salvatore Esposito<\/span>\u00a0from Blogfoolk<\/span>
\n\u00b7 Our latest addition<\/span>
\n\u00b7\u00a0Open call\u00a0not to miss
\n\u00b7 What will come in\u00a0next issue? In deep with\u00a0Birgit Ellinghaus\u00a0from\u00a0alba Kultur<\/span>
\n\u00b7 Find me at…<\/span><\/h6>\n
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This newsletter is open to sponsorship. Feel free to ask for details.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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YEAR’S END REFLECTION<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

During the last years I have seen how bands are rejected because they are from Israel, because they are from Catalonia, because they sing in Castilian, because of any other politic reasons, because the artist is Catolic or because is Muslim, because the artist has albums in a specific record label… All those people think they are right. All those people think their reason to ban artists is a good reason. And all those people think the reasons of the others for banning artists are not right. So, these people book a band that other would ban for any other reason.<\/p>\n

If you try, you can find reasons to ban almost anybody. Moreover, those criteria to ban the artists are not public. You finally know, just by chance, after many tryings to put an artist there, what was the real reason. Until very recently I though our community of music was mostly fair and that almost everybody were frank. The most minimun sign of respect to the people you are supossed to make business with, is to make clear your red lines.<\/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) –\u00a0Tom Frouge<\/a>\u00a0(Globalquerque, US) –\u00a0Braulio P\u00e9rez<\/a>\u00a0(M\u00fasica en el Parque, ES) –\u00a0Bojan Djordjevic<\/a>\u00a0(Todo Mundo, RS) –\u00a0Park Jechun<\/a>\u00a0(Jeonju Int’s Sori Festival) –\u00a0\u00a0Jarmila Vl\u010dkov\u00e1<\/a>\u00a0(World Music Festival Bratislava – SK)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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MINI INTERVIEW WITH\u00a0LEO LI\u010cOF\u00a0FROM\u00a0FESTIVAL OKARINA<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Leo\u00a0Li\u010dof is the director of the Festival Okarina and owner of the restaurant Okarina, both in Bled, Slovenia (34ks far from Ljubljana airport),\u00a0both of them awesome and 100% enjoyable. I had the pleasure to be there in 2019 with Vig\u00fcela. It was one of the top moments of the year for all of us.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Leo’s smile radiates his charm all around and it is the charm that you feel in everything related to the Festival. The landscapes there are a prodigy, with the castle up in the rock and the turquioise lake between the mountains. It takes place around the last week of July and beginning of August and this year\u00a0it will become 30 years old!<\/p>\n

My questions found Leo in India, the country that has been so inspiring for him and\u00a0that he visited before the festival was even a prospect. Even from there, Leo took a moment to answer the questions. If you are interested in learning more about the history of the festival and Leo’s own biography related to it, I recommend you\u00a0this interview<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Davy Sims<\/a>\u00a0who is also the owner of this nice portrait of Leo that you see here above, where you’ll know this story of devotion and generosity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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MM – What do you search in an artist when you create the programme?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nLL:\u00a0<\/strong>Artistic value! Diversity!<\/div>\n

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MM – Which are the global objectives of your festival?<\/strong>
\nLL:<\/strong>\u00a0Expanding listener\u2019s horizons!<\/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>
\nLL:\u00a0<\/strong>First problem is turning down so many good musicians showing desire to perform at our festival. And second obstacle is dealing with some agents offering unrealistic financial proposals.<\/div>\n

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MM – Which are currently the main challenges for this kind of cultural proposals like yours?<\/strong>
\nLL:\u00a0<\/strong>The only challenge is how to get rid of all challenges. Peaceful romantic festival is created and this is what I want to stay.<\/div>\n

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MM – In one sentence, summarise the reason\/s to go to your festival.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nLL:\u00a0<\/strong>Enjoy unspoiled nature supported with pleasant sounds – all for free.<\/div>\n

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