{"id":2978,"date":"2022-02-15T14:22:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2022-03-15T18:57:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T17:57:23","slug":"feb22-talk-with-sabina-schebrak-many-new-open-calls-news-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/newsletter\/feb22-talk-with-sabina-schebrak-many-new-open-calls-news-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb&#8217;22. Talk with Sabina Schebrak, MANY new open calls, news &#038; + #44"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; background-color: #990606;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Summary\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt;\">Brief news from the media, charts and sister projects<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt;\">Flash news:\u00a0new batch of festivals &amp; clubs in\u00a0MOST Music\u00a0\u00a0+ Mapamundi renews the collaboration with\u00a0Reforesta<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt;\">Talk with\u00a0Sabina Schebrak, from Culture Works<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt;\">Open Calls and Professional Events\u00a0\ud83d\udcbc\u00a0Many new ones!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2980\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/molinocircle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/molinocircle.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/molinocircle-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/>Hello, how are you? I hope well!\u00a0I am well. We got to complete the series of 3 concerts at the Museu de Oriente in Lisbon without further postponements (and with the intention of repeating it), with the concert by the Afghan master Daud Khan on 4th of February, Vig\u00fcela is presenting the new album on the stages (by the way, you can listen to it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lB6UKLrkWFdLplfsCKX_iPOvbMOA8b_YA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>), some programmers are even considering to bring Hudaki Village Band to Spain next Summer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Things are starting to move again even though the incidence of the covid remains high in some areas. And during the process of writting this, an artist collaboration of mine has told me he has just known the cancelation of a concert he had for May&#8230; But WOMEX, Mundial Montr\u00e9al and some others\u00a0have opened their calls for proposals recently. And colleagues, like our protagonist of today, Sabina Schebrak, are daring to organise tours.\u00a0I hope she succeeds! You will find below more information about the specific tour I mention.\u00a0I hope you enjoy getting to know her better and that you find the news and call useful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>As always, if you have any news of interest for our community, let me know. Thank you very much for your attention.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Araceli Tzigane | Mapamundi M\u00fasica<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Do you want to share any useful experience or call relevant for our community of the world musics? Let me know.<\/strong><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnShareIconContent\" style=\"width: 10.0555%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"24\"><a href=\"http:\/\/us13.forward-to-friend.com\/forward?u=993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc&amp;id=9691463efa&amp;e=[UNIQID]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images.mailchimp.com\/icons\/social-block-v2\/outline-dark-forwardtofriend-48.png\" alt=\"Forward to a friend right from here\" width=\"67\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"mcnShareTextContent\" style=\"width: 89.7151%;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/us13.forward-to-friend.com\/forward?u=993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc&amp;id=9691463efa&amp;e=[UNIQID]\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forward to a friend right from here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnShareIconContent\" style=\"width: 9.95176%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"24\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FhUL21P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images.mailchimp.com\/icons\/social-block-v2\/outline-dark-facebook-48.png\" alt=\"Share to FB right from here\" width=\"69\" height=\"69\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"mcnShareTextContent\" style=\"width: 89.915%;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FhUL21P\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share to FB right from here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>BRIEF NEWS FROM THE MEDIA, CHARTS AND SISTER PROJECTS\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">#1 for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transglobalwmc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transglobal World Music Chart in February 2022<\/a>\u00a0is: Small Island Big Song&#8217;s\u00a0album\u00a0<em>Our Island<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mundofonias.com\/wp\/?p=5703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mundofon\u00edas<\/a>: our monthly favourites for February are the albums: Choduraa Tumat&#8217;s <em>Byzaanchy, <\/em>Kreiz Breizh Akademi #8&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Ba\u2019n da\u00f1s<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Vig\u00fcela&#8217;s\u00a0<em>A la manera artesana.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/mundofonias.com\/wp\/?p=5811\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/4e744fc8-8741-ec2d-84a7-49c184567fdf.png\" width=\"685\" height=\"257\" align=\"center\" data-file-id=\"5514098\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong>FLASH NEWS: NEW BATCH OF FESTIVALS &amp; CLUBS IN MOST MUSIC<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">On many occasions I have echoed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mostmusic.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MOST Music<\/a>\u00a0news here and I do it again. For several reasons. It is a very ambitious and interesting project that is worth following in itself, and it is also giving visibility to artists, festivals and other organisations that I find useful to know about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday they released the list of winners of the festival and club exchange programme, who are:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">ARTE<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"> Feastival (Bulgaria)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Balkan Trafik Festival (Belgium)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">B\u00e1nkit\u00f3 Fesztiv\u00e1l (Hungary)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">ESTAM World Music Festival (Serbia)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The Festival of Street Performers (Albania) DoArt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Gardens of Sounds\/ Festiwal Muzyki \u015awiata Ogrody D\u017awi\u0119k\u00f3w (Poland)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Globaltica (Poland)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Goulash Disko (Croatia)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Haapavesi Folk Music Festival (Finland)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Kvaka 22 (Serbia) club<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Lokum Fest Bitola (North Macedonia)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Music in Village \u2013 Estensioni (Italy)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Old Town Street Fest Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Resonator (Denmark)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Festival \u0218araimanic World la Brezoi (Romania)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Sargfabrik (Austria) club<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u0160pancirfest (Croatia)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Tivat World Festival (Montenegro)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Trefpunt (Belgium)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Viljandi p\u00e4rimusmuusika festival \/ Viljandi Folk Music Festival (Estonia)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">I hope it will ease their path towards achieving their goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong>FLASH NEWS: MAPAMUNDI M\u00daSICA\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/f523b369-27c3-0e8d-32e1-fbf0e67a3115.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"59\" data-file-id=\"5514122\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Mapamundi M\u00fasica reiterates its collaboration with\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reforesta.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reforesta<\/a>, for the second consecutive year. Reforesta is a non-profit association founded in 1991 and declared of Public Utility. It is dedicated to the promotion of sustainable development, especially through actions for the recovery of native vegetation and the fight against desertification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thus, part of Mapamundi&#8217;s profit from the sale of concerts will be dedicated to reforestation of forests, which improve air quality, absorb CO2, protect the soil, provide products and food, and are home to thousands of species of plants, fungi and animals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>AND NOW THE FLOOR IS FOR: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>SABINA SCHEBRAK<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/d56ac960-cf82-20f6-f9d9-0ce64eb55e84.jpg\" width=\"410\" height=\"376\" align=\"right\" data-file-id=\"5514042\" \/>It is impossible to look at her face and not feel overwhelming sympathy. She is Sabina Schebrak, founder &amp; owner at CultureWorks, an essential figure in the European music landscape.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Sabina is a\u00a0Tyrolean lady who loves the snow and the sun and the music. She speaks German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">She is also an experienced agent with very good taste, who works with some of the most important artists of the last decades, such as Riccardo Tesi, Renato Borghetti or Maria Kalaniemi. Yes, on top of everything else, I share with her a love for the accordion. By the way, if you are in France next week, her Portuguese accordion quartet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yvdMiEcEsgI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan\u00e7as Ocultas<\/a>\u00a0will be performing in Paris (23rd), Metz (24th) and Bordeaux (25th).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I invite you to visit her website before starting the interview, as it will provide some context as to where Sabina is at the moment professionally. Click on the logo:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cultureworks.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/e70c3f14-e193-f8f9-30d2-38ccf135c871.png\" width=\"345\" height=\"34\" align=\"center\" data-file-id=\"5514050\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Thank you, Sabina!<\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mapamundi M\u00fasica:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Which is your background, what made you become an agent for world music artists?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sabina Schebrak:\u00a0<\/strong>Probably I am a typical Austrian, more specifically Tyrolean: Grown up with a lot of classical music and a family background outside the current borders of the country (grandparents from what today is Northern Italy and Slovenia). I have always felt I belonged to this wider cultural space on the crossroads between the alpine, romanic and slavic world, and I have always had a strong interest for languages, travelling, music and the stories behind it.<\/p>\n<p>When I was young I hated the local alpine Tyrolean folk music as perverted through the Nazis first and then through mass tourism, so my first musical heroes were Italian cantautori such as Fabrizio de Andre and Francesco Guccini, Pino Daniele and Gianna Nannini. I loved Juliette Greco, Georges Brassens, Renaud, Victor Jara, Luis Llach, Maria Farantouri, Mikis Theodorakis and Astor Piazzolla, then I discovered Al di Meola, Chick Corea, Barbara Thompson and Keith Jarrett.<\/p>\n<p>As a young language student in Innsbruck I literally fell in love with a group of street musicians from Sicily &#8211; this was my first real encounter with what later on would be called world music or &#8220;nouveau trad&#8221;, and I became their friend and first agent for Austria (still at a time without internet!).<\/p>\n<p>For 15 years I worked as director of communication and international relations at WUK, a big multidisciplinary cultural center and venue in Vienna, and during that time I became a passionate international networker and curator\/organizer of international exchange projects.<\/p>\n<p>When I finally met Brazilian accordionist Renato Borghetti at my last festival in 2000, I was so blown away that I decided to quit the job, follow my real passion and set up my own agency for exquisite sounds from the borderlands between contemporary folk, jazz and chamber music.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; background-color: #ba0000;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>So the world owes Sabina&#8217;s decision to quit her job and open her own agency to Renato Borghetti. I think he deserves a few minutes of Renato&#8217;s time here.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TvwFnCn3XpU\" width=\"653\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mapamundi M\u00fasica:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0From your training, education, previous experiences, which ones of the skills or knowledge you got have been the most useful for your career as an agent of musicians?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SS:\u00a0<\/strong>My knowledge of languages, my own musical education and experience (I was a passionate choir singer and co-founded one of the craziest choirs in Vienna), my experience as a networker and international communication and project manager, my experience as a teacher and tourist guide. And I love driving and travelling in general.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; The choir that Sabina mentions is\u00a0Jedweder K\u00fcchenchor. I haven&#8217;t found any video where she appears singing but you can watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h-8mQfZgtnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a video of them here<\/a>, made on the occasion of their 20th anniversary. &#8211;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mapamundi M\u00fasica: Apart from that or those skills, which other do you think are essential to succeed in this field of work?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SS:\u00a0<\/strong>First of all you have to love the music you sell and the people who make it. As a person you have to be a paradox mix of very structured and organized and at the same time crazy enough to party with your artists, crew and promoters \ud83d\ude0a You need a lot of patience, endurance, enthusiasm and conviction about your artists&#8217; quality, even in the face of negative or no answers at all. Do not be afraid to get in touch with people you do not know. You better have a big reserve of good humour when dealing with artists as well as promoters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mapamundi M\u00fasica:\u00a0Any particular advice for a fellow newcomer or someone who wants to get started in this field?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SS:\u00a0<\/strong>Don\u2019t work with artists whose music you do not really love, you won\u2019t be able to sell it. Better start parallel to another job that allows you to pay your bills, if you are not extremely lucky you will not be able to make a living as a booking agent right from the beginning. Do not dream of working with somebody just for the good money &#8211; or switch your musical genre towards mainstream pop. Beware of super-ego artists who make you feel their secretary or personal assistant. Be clear and transparent about your own conditions right from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/9140b08a-5925-a41c-4722-6db850e75ee5.jpg\" width=\"931\" height=\"533\" data-file-id=\"5514074\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mapamundi M\u00fasica:\u00a0And now, for the artists. I&#8217;m sure you get requests from artists every day to be their manager. I am sure because it happens to me too, and many colleagues tell me the same thing. Do you have any recommendations for the artists, so that they can improve the way they communicate when they do it for this purpose?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SS:<\/strong> Oh yes! Dear artists, please check my website and artistic agency profile before you get in touch with me (No, I am not interested in Heavy Metal Bands). And do this only by email, I will not react to long messages on Whatsapp, SMS, Messenger &amp; co which I consider private channels for people I know.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Mapamundi M\u00fasica:\u00a0Do you think it makes sense for the artists to try to find an agent? Have you ever started a stable collaboration with a band or artist that approached you in their search for an agent?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>SS:<\/strong>\u00a0Difficult question. In twenty years this has happened once &#8211; I liked the album the band sent me but then it still took some years until we really started working together. Usually I prefer to discover my artists on some live occasion such as concerts or festivals, or on recommendation of people I trust. I think that young newcomers should do their own bookings at least for some time, this will make them understand the job, and they won&#8217;t have to share the fee with an agent. If the project is good enough the day will come when somebody approaches them actively, which in my opinion is far better than losing time running after people you do not know. Better develop your self marketing strategies and continue working &#8211; no matter with or without agent. And we all know that the scenario is quite the opposite with well known artists, if they approach you as their eventual agent you will feel honoured and try to make the deal (always depending on whether you like the music and what you have heard about them from your colleagues).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mapamundi M\u00fasica:\u00a0I think there will still be, at least for many years, a lot of artists and a much smaller number of agents, that is the current situation. This makes me think that we are not in a very interesting business, otherwise there would be many more agents working in world music. Nevertheless, it seems the artists require us. Something seems to be wrong, what is it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong style=\"color: #747474; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">SS:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #747474; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0I do think our business is interesting but we are working in a small niche, probably one of those with the smallest budgets of the whole music business. You have to be a passionate aficionado to work as a world music agent, and it seems there are not so many of them \ud83d\ude0a<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Mapamundi M\u00fasica:\u00a0\u00a0How could we explain briefly which is the value we, the agents, provide to the value chain?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SS:<\/strong>\u00a0We are the ones who lubricate the channels and in the best case make life easier for artists as well as promoters &#8211; we structure chaotic promotion material, deliver it on time, deal with the administrative needs of both sides, we know the people and their tastes in specific territories and know what to propose to whom, we have the overview of scheduled dates and can add more, thus increasing the artist\u2019s revenue and at the same time reducing the costs for the promoters. And of course we are nice people creating a positive working climate \ud83d\ude0a.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mapamundi M\u00fasica:\u00a0\u00a0Do you have any future plans that are especially thrilling for you and that you can share with us? (related to your work as an agent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SS:<\/strong>\u00a0My most thrilling plan at this moment are three upcoming concerts of my Portuguese accordion quatuor Dan\u00e7as Ocultas in France at the end of February &#8211; if they really happen and the French audience decide to attend and leave their black COVID hole I will offer champagne for the whole team!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>I hope these guys of Dan\u00e7as Ocultas will make a toast with Sabina next week!\u00a0\ud83e\udd42<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/742e3425-a534-0a7c-f07c-c8b8423b3ab1.jpg\" data-file-id=\"5514066\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mapamundi M\u00fasica:\u00a0Explain in one or two sentences, to the wider culture community, the reasons to book musicians from around the world that give a relevant presence to their roots.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SS:<\/strong>\u00a0This is the music that touches my heart as well as my brain, it opens up the world to me and at the same time makes me think about my own cultural identity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Portrait of Sabina, \u00a9\u00a0Christian Niederwolfsgruber<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Banner with three artists (Elina Duni, Branko Galoic and\u00a0Maria Kalaniemi with Eero Grundstr\u00f6m), from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CultureWorks-Vienna-235792606434663\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Culture Works Vienna Facebook site<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Picture of Dan\u00e7as Ocultas,\u00a0\u00a9 Pedro Claudio<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; background-color: #c20000; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Do you have a call of interest for our community that you want to share? Let me know asap<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1><strong>OPEN CALLS AND PROFESSIONAL EVENTS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/f0d0e096-dca3-bf88-715e-a5f9f1db3fb3.jpg\" width=\"149\" height=\"111\" align=\"right\" data-file-id=\"5513994\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you have anything to share in this section in a future edition, let me know.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>WOMEX, call for proposals open. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">NEW.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The expo will take place in Lisbon, Portugal,\u00a0from 19 and 23 of October.\u00a0The call is open until Friday 18th March, for conferences, showcase, club summit and films. The submission site is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.womex.com\/virtual\/piranha_arts_1\/news\/call_for_proposals_7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/876a8e3d-b43c-7d02-89b5-ee66ede26361.jpg\" width=\"133\" height=\"113\" data-file-id=\"5514002\" \/>Mundial Montr\u00e9al.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">NEW.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 12th edition will take place in Montr\u00e9al, Canada, from\u00a015th to 18th of November.\u00a0Call for artists for the 2022 edition of Mundial Montr\u00e9al is open until March 15th. The submission form is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jh04vhur446.typeform.com\/to\/wZJB2ts5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MusicAire (An Innovative Recovery for Europe). <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">NEW. &#8211; FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION AND COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN CREATIVE EUROPE<\/span><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/e2c3663d-6e9e-db0c-db22-693578da5f1c.png\" width=\"128\" height=\"210\" data-file-id=\"5514166\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">&#8220;MusicAIRE offers small grants for music organisations for projects focusing on the green, digital or just and resilient recovery of the music sector.&#8221; &#8220;In order to be eligible, proposals must be presented by a single applicant must be a public or private organisation with legal personality, e.g. not-for-profit organisations; public authorities (national, regional, local); international organisations; profit-making entities, established in one of the 27 EU member states or non-EU countries participating in the Creative Europe programme.&#8221; The deadline is on 28th of March. Learn more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/musicaire.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/0184ba69-845f-4608-89fb-b4aa7f616a18.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-file-id=\"4875262\" \/>MOST Open Call for Urban Projects.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">NEW.\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0FOR SOUTH EAST EUROPE\u00a0&#8211;<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The call is open until March 15th. &#8220;As part of the large-scale MOST project, the Urban Project Hub is looking for creative and unique projects to add colour to local cultural scenes, and connect the music sector and cities. In a bit more detail, ideas that are city-level or regional, provide exchange or networking opportunities for local musicians, provide activities that can strengthen the local music scene will be considered for funding. Selected applicants will have to pair up with a local policymaker.&#8221; The submission site is <a href=\"https:\/\/mostmusic.eu\/pillars\/urban-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/0c709d20-cb69-fd38-71b6-f4c5d6fd2113.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"78\" data-file-id=\"5514030\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>EXIB M\u00fasica. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">NEW.\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0FOR IBEROAMERICAN ARTISTS\u00a0&#8211;<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The call is open until February 21st. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exibproject.org\/convocatoria-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This<\/a>\u00a0is the site for the submissions. The 8th edition of this meeting will take place in Setubal, Portugal, from 13th to 15th of October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accioncultural.es\/en\/pice-grants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/231d129e-6e85-1f37-f220-47399da5e7e3.png\" width=\"110\" height=\"77\" align=\"right\" data-file-id=\"5336537\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Mobility grants to book Spanish artists, by Acci\u00f3n Cultural Espa\u00f1ola.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The dates and conditions for this grants have been dramatically enhanced. The official information is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accioncultural.es\/en\/pice-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\ud83d\udc49 Check the Spanish artists I offer from Mapamundi M\u00fasica,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/d5d52987daaa\/2019mayo-5965221?e=170b7c99a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. They are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.viguela.com\/en\/pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vig\u00fcela<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/entavia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Entav\u00eda<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/jako\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jako el Muzikante<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/xabi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xabi Aburruzaga<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oORsaUmgk0M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Citra Tr\u00edo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.premioandreaparodi.it\/?\/festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/11b38241-8fa9-793c-6363-23e1d387cefe.png\" width=\"104\" height=\"73\" data-file-id=\"5477249\" \/><\/a>Andrea Parodi Prize competition.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The subscription (for free) for the 15th edition of the contest is open until May 31st,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.premioandreaparodi.it\/?\/festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/dc09ce4e-304a-ded7-f325-62ccde6d8b20.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"62\" data-file-id=\"5296057\" \/><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Folk Alliance International annual conference. Hybrid event.\u00a018th-22nd\u00a0May.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More info,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/folk.org\/programs\/conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. Registration is open, both for the in person and for the only online categories,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/folk.org\/programs\/conference\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. My Vig\u00fcela are part of the official selection and they will participate with a new online showcase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WHO WE ARE AND SISTER PROJECTS<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mapamundi M\u00fasica is an agency of management and booking.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more here<\/a>. Check our proposals at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We also offer you our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mundofonias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mundofon\u00edas<\/a>\u00a0radio show, probably the leader about world music in Spanish language (on 50 stations in 18 countries). We produce\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transglobalwmc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transglobal World Music Chart<\/a>\u00a0with our partner \u00c1ngel Romero from WorldMusicCentral.com.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to request info if you wish. For further information about us,\u00a0<strong>get in touch by email, telephone (+34 676 30 28 82),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/contacto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our website<\/a>\u00a0or at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mapamundimusica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>This newsletter is open to sponsorship. Feel free to ask for details.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary\u00a0 Brief news from the media, charts and sister projects Flash news:\u00a0new batch of festivals &amp; clubs in\u00a0MOST Music\u00a0\u00a0+ Mapamundi renews the collaboration with\u00a0Reforesta Talk with\u00a0Sabina Schebrak, from Culture Works Open Calls and Professional Events\u00a0\ud83d\udcbc\u00a0Many new ones! Hello, how are you? I hope well!\u00a0I am well. 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