{"id":3061,"date":"2022-08-16T21:21:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/?p=3061"},"modified":"2022-08-16T22:03:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T20:03:02","slug":"august-22-post-viljandi-talk-with-daina-zalane-from-lauska-new-artists-calls-and-plans-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/newsletter\/august-22-post-viljandi-talk-with-daina-zalane-from-lauska-new-artists-calls-and-plans-50\/","title":{"rendered":"August 22. After Viljandi, a talk with Daina Zalane from Lauska, new artists, calls and plans #50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Summary\u00a0\ud83d\udc47<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Memories from Viljandi Folk Music Festival<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A talk with Daina Zalane from the label and culture management centre Lauska (Latvia)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Brief news from the media, charts and sister projects<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Open calls and more news from professional events.\u00a0\ud83d\udcbc\u00a0Some new news!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Brief presentation of the new collaborations for Mapamundi M\u00fasica:\u00a0Ali Do\u011fan G\u00f6n\u00fclta\u015f, Di Gasn Trio and Xurxo Fernandes&#8217; Levaino<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Meet me at\u00a0\u2708\ufe0f<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/a43b6c86-f81d-1a7a-3d1e-0ce7153cd7f4.jpeg\" width=\"298\" height=\"397\" align=\"left\" data-file-id=\"5612927\" \/>Hello, how are you? I&#8217;m fine, sending this letter from home with the t-shirt of the Viljandi Folk Music Music Festival. It is a really nice design, I&#8217;m loving to wear it. I share some more insights about the festival here below.<\/p>\n<p>I tell you that this is the 50th edition of this newsletter. It started when I had Sherezade with me. You know I lost her as an employee because of the pandemic but we are still in touch. I will meet her in person\u00a0 tomorrow. I remember well when I decided to start this newsletter as a way to be aware of interesting events, learning more about interesting people from our community and sharing all this info with many colleagues all around the world. After some time, I feel it has also helped to develop some reflections, at least on me.<\/p>\n<p>I also tell you that this is the month of my birthday, that is on 26th of August. So feel free to send me your best wishes \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>As always, if you have any news of interest for our community, let me know. Thank you very much for your attention.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Araceli Tzigane | Mapamundi M\u00fasica\u00a0|<strong> +34 676 30 28 82\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subscription\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/contacto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is available here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Do you want to share any useful experience or call <\/strong>relevant for our community of the world musics? Let me know.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnShareIconContent\" style=\"width: 8.44164%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"24\"><a href=\"http:\/\/us13.forward-to-friend.com\/forward?u=993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc&amp;id=79a119de37&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=\"51\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"mcnShareTextContent\" style=\"width: 91.3874%;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/us13.forward-to-friend.com\/forward?u=993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc&amp;id=79a119de37&amp;e=[UNIQID]\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Send this to a friend right from<\/a><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/us13.forward-to-friend.com\/forward?u=993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc&amp;id=79a119de37&amp;e=[UNIQID]\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnShareIconContent\" style=\"width: 8.4551%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"24\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2Fh8VNuz\" 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=\"67\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"mcnShareTextContent\" style=\"width: 91.374%;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2Fh8VNuz\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share to FB right from here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #daa520;\">MEMORIES FROM VILJANDI FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>I spent the last days of July in Viljandi, Estonia, for the Viljandi Folk Music Festival. This year, the festival invited several foreign disseminators. Remember I published an interview with Ando Kiviberg about the festival in the edition of May, that is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/newsletter\/may-22-talk-with-ando-kiviberg-about-the-viljandi-folk-music-festival-calls-more-47\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the music programme, which has been very varied, with options for everyone (which you can consult\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.viljandifolk.ee\/artists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>), I would like to highlight two very interesting aspects of the festival:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><strong>The average age of the audience<\/strong>, I don&#8217;t know the official data, but I would say that it doesn&#8217;t exceed 30 years old. There were hundreds or thousands of teenagers, attending the concerts at all hours. This was really exciting. In most of Europe we know that this is very different, also in festivals with very diverse programming and very affordable prices. It will be worth another future conversation with the team to try to understand what the mechanisms have been to achieve this.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><strong>The physical space where it takes place is a dream<\/strong>. I&#8217;ve made for you a gallery of pictures from the festival on my Facebook profile,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aracelitzigane\/posts\/pfbid0jngunsv138nW159pEgA9kFD7xzdN237AasQVXcv21HbkkEf7tWGrRtQn8zL9kiM1l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here in particular<\/a>. The festival takes place in a park that belongs to the city council. There are some buildings in the park and one of\u00a0them is the headquarters of the NGO Estonian Traditional Music Center. I thought it\u00a0was a municipal public body but Tarmo Noormaa told me there that it is an NGO. And in the park there are hollows, nooks and crannies, some bridges, large esplanades as well,&#8230; in a way that allows to place several stages in the open air, easily accessible to each other for the audience, and to programme the stages in a way that hardly interferes with each other&#8217;s sound.\u00a0In addition, as the organisation&#8217;s building is in the centre, it can be used as a space for the artists to leave their instruments and for the team to work, with all the comfort of being in their usual space.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Another feature that I find very interesting is that most of the bands play two times in different days, in different hours and most of them in different stages, that is very nice for the artists and also for the public not to miss a band if they play at the same time as another one of their interest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>This was the stage of the ruins, maybe the most iconic one, during the concert by\u00a0Samba Tour\u00e9:<\/strong><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/99609adf-ba45-3010-5085-9844b59e46e3.jpg\" width=\"792\" height=\"594\" align=\"center\" data-file-id=\"5612931\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The practical needs for the public are well resolved, with much offer of different kinds of\u00a0food, many toilets, fountains of fresh water for free and\u00a0places to sit.<\/p>\n<p>I will talk about the program also in Mundofon\u00edas, when we return from the holidays in September but I&#8217;d like to mention the acts that I enjoyed the most of the ones I was able to attend. Click their names to see a video (not necessarily mine or even from Viljandi, just a video that I selected from Youtube): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ugAkv-Bap4o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ak Dan Gwang Chil<\/a> (South Korea), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uquqBxirrDo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">G\u00f3b\u00e9<\/a> (Hungary), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P4fv6eNyuLs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">L\u00fc\u00fc-T\u00fcrr 10<\/a> (Estonia), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5YVB7sLP7Es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gangar<\/a> (Norway), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vRlAIcJPK5g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wowakin Trio<\/a> (Poland) and the super young trio Triuka (Estonia, see below).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The Estonian trio\u00a0Triuka\u00a0were one of my favourite acts of the festival. This year the programme favoured young folk groups from the country and these youngsters totally won me over.\u00a0I look forward to hearing from them in the near future!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S8atcpA1FS4\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/video_thumbnails_new\/116929aa2e61475a8179cc8e4ecae626.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"395\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>This was the stage II Kirsim\u00e4gi, the biggest one:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/2b7f96be-4f05-36ee-6a58-d5384abc724c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #daa520;\">AND NOW THE FLOOR IS FOR:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 28pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #daa520;\">DAINA ZAL\u0100NE, FROM LAUSKA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/4888101e-6f4f-6f3f-12ce-51c7d4ffcfb5.jpg\" width=\"684\" height=\"457\" align=\"center\" data-file-id=\"5612807\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daina Zal\u0101ne is the\u00a0Head of Label and Culture Management Centre LAUSKA in Latvia, that, according to their website &#8220;<em>is a partner for independent artists and groups active in various cultural fields. \u201cLauska\u201d helps to professionally organize and implement different projects and creative ideas&#8221;<\/em>.\u00a0She is also a member of the board of the European Folk Network, thanks to which I have been in frequent contact with her over the last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lauska.lv\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">their website<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;The Culture Management Centre \u201cLauska\u201d was founded on 29 January 2003 with the aim to support cultural processes and professional culture management in Latvia&#8221;.\u00a0I sent a few questions to Daina about their several lines of activity and here you are the answers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>General questions about Lauska:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/f4099788-f9f2-960c-8e5a-0bc0b4591e19.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" align=\"right\" data-file-id=\"5612823\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Daina Zal\u0101ne:<\/strong>\u00a0When we started, we wanted to keep the topic as broad as possible because we didn\u2019t exactly know, which route we are going to take. We were a group of friends all engaged in culture but from various angles. For example, in the beginning I was managing a small ceramics gallery and workshop in the Old Town of Riga, because the artists were friends of mine and they needed administrative help. My husband is a historian by education and he had several ideas about projects treating history, oral history and history of everyday life in particular, about collecting pictures, recordings, stories. Some of it we also realised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">But eventually we turned out to be the biggest folk label in Latvia, because that is where our strength lies \u2013 in our network in the Latvian folk scene which has broadened into an international network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Also our Ethno Music Festival grew organically from small-scale concerts at the opening events of our releases which we organised in different places in Riga and outside. Eventually we started working with different municipalities, who wanted a folk music stage in their city festivals, and then we grew into a separate, full-scale festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>MM: On your website I see you are 4 people. How do you manage to sustain the organization? Do you get any grants from the government or is it sustainable with the services and products that you provide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>DZ:<\/strong>\u00a0Our NGO Lauska is not based on membership fees. As a matter of fact we are only two active members working on the projects. The NGO is merely a body from which to initiate and administrate cultural projects. Our main funding body in Latvia is the State Culture Capital Foundation where we can hand in projects 3-4 times a year to receive funding and realise them \u2013 be they recordings, releases or concerts or workshops.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">From there we also receive an annual administrative grant to be able to pay a small salary, cover transport and office expenses.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">In addition to that we also are partners or initiators in different international projects, funded by Creative Europe or EEA Grants.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">There is also some income from the CDs, books and vinyls we sell, but it is decreasing rapidly and we mainly keep the shop so that all our releases are easily available, as our mission is to spread information about traditional culture nowadays as widely as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the festival:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>DZ:\u00a0<\/strong>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/etnosviests.lv\/\">Valmiermui\u017ea Ethno-Music Festival<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0actually grew out of a compilation that we release every other year \u2013 SVIESTS. There we collect recordings of the folk groups and projects that are currently active in the scene in Latvia. As we always organise some concert or other event on the occasion of a new release, this compilation with 18-20 groups already asked for a festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">The first five years we were located in the beautiful medieval town C\u0113sis, as part of the city celebration in the middle of the summer. But then we got a new partner \u2013 the Valmiermui\u017ea brewery, that is located in a beautiful old mannor park, so there we now have the festival at the beginning of the Northern summer, in Mid-June, just before Midsummer. Our festival is slowly growing, in 2022 we already had two stages and two nights of concerts and other events. During the day there is a crafts and farmer\u2019s market with local produce, as well as many activities for children and families, where they can learn about traditional crafts, natural materials and their use, traditional games and horse riding, etc. In the afternoon the musical programme starts with Latvian and international groups, that play what we call \u201cpost-folklore\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When inviting groups from abroad, we are always looking for some special feature \u2013 maybe they are playing music from a specific region, singing in a special local language or dialect, or playing some specific local instrument, which people haven\u2019t heard before and thus we can tell the stories about local nuances, diversity that adds colour to our global cultural landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When darkness sets, one of the high-lights of the festival each year is the burning of the fire sculpture prepared by the Valencian artist Jordi NN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">TheEthno Festival \u201eSVIESTS\u201d reflects traditional culture and its different expressions that are based on their immediate environment and tradition, and thus can be understandable also for contemporary people who live in this same environment. The music in this festival is based on folklore and tradition that has passed the test of time and sounds authentic and enjoyable also nowadays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Sviests \u2013 Butter \u2013 is a pure product, the best one can get from milk. In this time of margarine we invite to realise and return to values that have stood the test of time. Real values that we can enjoy and be proud of. It takes hard and accurate work to churn butter from milk and cream, to reach the stage when the unnecessary is separated and only the most valuable stays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">This is what the music groups in SVIESTS do \u2013 they explore and research the ancient traditional music and churn, churn until the very essence appears and the nowadays topical and unheard appears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">SVIESTS \u2013 \u201cbutter\u201d \u2013 also has a slightly ironic meaning, because \u00a0until recently we could often hear about traditional or ethno-music a certain attitude \u2013 \u201ekas tas par sviestu!\u201d meaning \u00a0\u2013 \u201cwhat is this rubbish\u201d (literally \u201cthis is butter!\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The main challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>DZ:<\/strong>\u00a0The main challenges of the festival and overall the cultural sector featuring live events is convincing the audience to attend. Especially after the pandemic, when people spent two years glued to the screen, it is very difficult to motivate them to buy tickets in advance \u2013 because the experience is that regulations can change quickly and concerts can be cancelled on short notice. Also people are not so ready to attend events where they don\u2019t know exactly, what to expect. When the music groups are not mainstream, it requires a certain risk-taking to decide to spend time and money to go to a festival where one can be surprised by the diverse music and multitude of sounds from different parts of the world. But we are determined to carry on and provide this experience to people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">In one sentence: It is sometimes difficult to exactly describe, what the sound will be like, but I want to assure, that attending Valmiermui\u017ea Ethno Music Festival will be an enriching and eye- and ear-opening experience you will not regret!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is the album &#8220;Kas J\u0101n\u012bti Iel\u012bgoja&#8221;, by the band Laiksne, that Daina mentions below:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a-sjDrk5LMg&amp;list=OLAK5uy_kt70M-Mpy7gKmucTt0yOG58SMi0J_NOI0\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/video_thumbnails_new\/672ec16d67c6cd4519c184bce5d08dfd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Label and Studio Lauska:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">We have been working and releasing music for almost 20 years now. And we have really gone the full circle \u2013 because the very first CD that we released \u2013 Summer Solstice Songs by the group Laiksne \u2013 we also had released as cassettes! Then there are years of CD publishing, both very traditional, authentic songs and music, as well as all kinds of contemporary folk and World music. It must be said that we always try to put some added value to our physical releases \u2013 be it design, be it song texts, or additional information about the music, that cannot be included in the streaming platforms. Some of our releases are really books with an additional CD. We also always translate all the information into English for international use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Gradually all the music had to be published electronically on all the major platforms. In the past years some groups \u2013 like Au\u013ci \u2013 do not publish their music in CD or other physical format anymore \u2013 instead they concentrate their effort on music video making. And recently we published our first vinyl by the legendary Latvian singer-songwriter Haralds S\u012bmanis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Our studio Lauska has become specialised in recording all kinds of traditional instruments, but at the same time our sound engineer Kaspars B\u0101rbals has now mastered the art of recording in the Dolby Atmos spatial audio technology which is the way of music listening in the future, once people will get tired of the low-quality sound experience from their phones and computer speakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">One has to be resilient and be ready to change with the times and technical developments as well as adjust to listening tendencies of the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is the piece &#8220;Pla apli&#8221;, called like the latest album by\u00a0Haralds S\u012bmanis, that Daina mentioned above:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"Pa Apli\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AfzwTNevHBc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/video_thumbnails_new\/276b2d3e0a454d92f34c20a421bff461.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #daa520;\">BRIEF NEWS FROM THE MEDIA, CHARTS AND SISTER PROJECTS\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">#1\u00a0for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transglobalwmc.com\/charts\/august-2022-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transglobal World Music Chart in August is\u00a02022<\/a>\u00a0is: Vieux Farka Tour\u00e9&#8217;s album\u00a0<em>Les Racines<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mundofonias.com\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mundofon\u00edas<\/a>: on holidays during August! But don&#8217;t miss us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mundofonias.com\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on the website<\/a>\u00a0there are hundreds of shows available!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">And&#8230; note that I already have 132 editions of Music Before Shabbat. It is a special way to enjoy music and learn about history and social dynamics associated to the migrations, identities and many other complicated issues. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbeforeshabbat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the website<\/a>\u00a0and enjoy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbeforeshabbat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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\/12230a73-e957-094f-c58c-8140f88bde3e.png\" width=\"739\" height=\"425\" data-file-id=\"5612947\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #daa520;\">OPEN CALLS AND PROFESSIONAL EVENTS<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><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><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/49509b85-f8b6-856a-20b8-c1fb895e861d.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-file-id=\"5607735\" \/>The European Folk Network&#8217;s annual meeting, open registration until\u00a0<\/strong><strong>August 26th<\/strong><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>It will take place in Manresa during the Fira Mediterr\u00e0nia. The welcome to the attendants will be on Friday 7th of October and the day of talks and meeting will be on Saturday 8th. After the activities of the network, the attendants will be able to enjoy the showcases of the Fira.\u00a0Non-members of EFN are very welcome to attend the conference and can register to access airport transfers and lunch, etc., but will pay their own hotel costs. More details and registration,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfolknetwork.com\/post\/efn-june-s-newsletter-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>As I am directly involved on this event, as part of the board of the EFN, I can tell you that this is going to be a thilling event, combining a carefully designed program by the EFN with\u00a0the usual know-how and good taste of the Fira Mediterr\u00e0nia.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/42bdc79e-29a2-72ee-fb24-4e63a9421b5c.jpg\" width=\"126\" height=\"138\" align=\"right\" data-file-id=\"5612847\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pro\/Press accreditation for Visa for Music 2022, open.<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;Accreditation requests are now open ! If you are a music professional or a journalist\/media, ask for your accreditation by filling the google form linked to the button.&#8221; It will take place in Rabat, November 16th-19th.\u00a0 To request the accreditation, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSck6v0cMZ273LSwMS19eUahxGpISBRDN8w0OkHK2y-sevzddQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/b9e87d8c-cd6c-0915-c86e-6947581b9bf0.jpg\" width=\"119\" height=\"119\" data-file-id=\"5612831\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tallinn Music Week 2023, open call.<\/strong>\u00a0Artist submission will close at 23.59 (CET) on 12 December 2022.\u00a0Dates: &#8220;Music festival: Thu, 11 May &#8211; Sat, 13 May.\u00a0Around 150 artists from various genres and scenes from all over Europe and beyond in Tallinn\u2019s best venues play to an audience of around 15,000 people and to 1,000 music industry professionals from international markets and Baltic-Nordic region.&#8221; Check their proposal and apply\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tmw.ee\/artist-applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/3ebb9fe9-e3ae-d475-ce40-1f85e9331385.jpg\" width=\"116\" height=\"116\" data-file-id=\"5612863\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mundial Montr\u00e9al, professional registration is open. Early-bird rate available,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundialmontreal.com\/en\/billetterie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;Mundial Montr\u00e9al is back for its 12th edition from November 15 to 18 in person and via its virtual networking platform from November 1 to 25!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Afro P\u00e9pites, two calls:<\/strong><strong>Call for artistic project:<\/strong>\u00a0opens till 30\/09\/22. Not just music, but almost any kind of art. Learn more,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Sao_WPHdI6enrbB2Ssyi7ZGPY-aH6V7-\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/62f0b46c-d075-4448-3e55-68165ca4a602.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"444\" align=\"right\" data-file-id=\"5610723\" \/>Call for talent-hunters<\/strong>: the Afro Pepites Show is a tool dedicated to talent-Hunters. &#8220;<em>The committee members will receive the instructions by e-mail. You will have to select 5 musical projects and 5 other projects (painting, dance, sculpture, short film&#8230;.), in the quiet of your home, between 03\/10\/22 and 23\/10\/22<\/em>.&#8221; Learn more,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lereveafricain.wixsite.com\/theafricandream\/post\/call-for-talent-hunters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Three calls from MOST, deadline:\u00a028 August (Sunday), midnight:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>For festivals and cultural venues from\u00a0any Creative Europe member state:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mostmusic.eu\/pillars\/balkan-music-export\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Festival &amp; Club Exchange<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Only for South East European countries:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mostmusic.eu\/pillars\/balkan-music-export\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Balkan Music Export<\/a>\u00a0(for musicians) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mostmusic.eu\/pillars\/management-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Management Training<\/a>\u00a0(for beginner\/aspiring managers).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><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>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>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>\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>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oORsaUmgk0M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Citra Tr\u00edo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xurxofernandes.gal\/espectaculos\/levaino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xurxo Fernandes&#8217; Levaino<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #daa520;\">NEW COLABORATIONS WITH ARTISTS<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>I will send more information about them soon but feel free to ask anything whenever you want. In the meantime, I invite you to discover (or just to enjoy them if you already know them) these artists with whom Mapamundi M\u00fasica is beginning a joint path:\u00a0Ali Do\u011fan G\u00f6n\u00fclta\u015f,\u00a0Di Gasn Trio and\u00a0Xurxo Fernandes&#8217; Levaino.\u00a0This is exciting! Click their pictures to watch a video:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; vertical-align: top;\"><a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eLTIwo_6SoI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/0fdbcd10-5708-df4b-d27c-a6ce1970a5dd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; vertical-align: top;\"><a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8xv_0acdTMc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/9417cb50-4c8e-0cdc-f221-2de2e2903fdd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"396\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tGCveZjZ4FY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/9b5479c7-2b77-91a3-9fcb-60a165112936.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"802\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #daa520;\">MEET ME AT<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Will we meet? Drop me a line!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Next Thursday 18th I will attend the festival Folk Plasencia (in Spain), where I have a concert by Entav\u00eda. On 20th, I will be in Roa (Burgos) where it will take place a festival for the 40th Anniversary of the Denomination of Origin of the wine of Ribera de Duero. There I have Entav\u00eda and Albaluna.<\/li>\n<li>On 24th August, with the Ukrainians\u00a0<strong>Hudaki Village Band<\/strong>\u00a0in Bilbao, at the Aste Nagusia.<\/li>\n<li>From 8th to 11th of September I will be in\u00a0<strong>Tavira<\/strong>, Portugal, for the Fair of the Mediterranean Diet, to which I have to joy of providing the concerts by the Croatian band Veja, the Greek Rodopi Ensemble and the Israeli Neta Elkayam Arenas Trio.<\/li>\n<li>On 16th of September I will travel to\u00a0<strong>Vienna<\/strong>\u00a0for a concert by\u00a0Ali Do\u011fan G\u00f6n\u00fclta\u015f.<\/li>\n<li>After that, I will attend, of course, the\u00a0<strong>Fira Mediterr\u00e0nia de Manresa<\/strong>\u00a0and the meeting of the\u00a0<strong>European Folk Network.<\/strong>\u00a0At the Fira, we will make the world premier of the show mujereson, with the dancer Patricia \u00c1lvarez and Vig\u00fcela. This picture below illustrates this new show:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/e2b174ae-7305-4d05-7a37-1b1adf0ce0f9.jpg\" width=\"754\" height=\"424\" align=\"center\" data-file-id=\"5612835\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>EFEx Showcase\u00a0<\/strong>in Manchester,\u00a013th Oct &#8211; 16th Oct.<\/li>\n<li>And\u00a0<strong>WOMEX<\/strong> in Lisbon,\u00a019th Oct &#8211; 23th Oct.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary\u00a0\ud83d\udc47\u00a0 Memories from Viljandi Folk Music Festival A talk with Daina Zalane from the label and culture management centre Lauska (Latvia) Brief news from the media, charts and sister projects Open calls and more news from professional events.\u00a0\ud83d\udcbc\u00a0Some new news! Brief presentation of the new collaborations for Mapamundi M\u00fasica:\u00a0Ali Do\u011fan G\u00f6n\u00fclta\u015f, Di Gasn Trio and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3061"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3075,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3061\/revisions\/3075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}