{"id":3305,"date":"2023-05-24T11:44:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T09:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2023-05-24T16:59:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:59:16","slug":"may-23-in-depth-with-music-for-identity-2-news-from-upbeat-talk-with-etnosur-festival-open-calls-and-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/newsletter\/may-23-in-depth-with-music-for-identity-2-news-from-upbeat-talk-with-etnosur-festival-open-calls-and-59\/","title":{"rendered":"May 23. In depth with Alan Ibrahim from Music For Identity, 2 news from Upbeat, talk with Etnosur Festival, open calls and + #59"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary\u00a0\ud83d\udc47<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Editorial<\/span><\/p>\n

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Talk with\u00a0Juanra Canovaca, from Festival\u00a0Etnosur\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Upbeat Platform:\u00a0Best New Talent Award +\u00a0UPBEAT Universe<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Womexicans meet…:\u00a0I’m interviewed by\u00a0Julia Olsen and Stephen Kearney on Waterwaves Radio<\/span><\/p>\n

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In depth with\u00a0Alan Ibrahim\u00a0from\u00a0Music For Identity<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brief news from the\u00a0media, charts and sister projects<\/span><\/p>\n

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More updates on the\u00a0European Folk Day:\u00a0call for musicians for a musical repository<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Open calls\u00a0and more news from professional events\u00a0\ud83d\udcbc<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reminder:\u00a0Mapamundi M\u00fasica, in charge of the Spanish participation as partnering country in the Czech Music Crossroads\u00a0\ud83d\ude80<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/strong>Hello, how are you?\u00a0I am\u00a0well. I am waiting with great interest for the results of the second round of the elections in Turkey. On the same day we have municipal and regional elections in Spain. There is a lot of uncertainty. But I think we have less at stake than the Turkish citizens.<\/p>\n

In Spain, a very important part of the budgets dedicated to the music I work with depends on the local governments (that’s the example of Etnosur, for instance, for which the city council of Alcal\u00e1 La Real provides a relevant part of the budget). Another significant part depends on the\u00a0diputaciones provinciales<\/em>, an intermediate entity between the town councils and the autonomous communities, something like a grouping of town councils to support with services the\u00a0small town councils. For example, bringing concerts to small towns.\u00a0Whatever happens, we do not expect drastic changes in Spain. And in Turkey? We shall see. To be honest, I’m on tenterhooks about this.<\/p>\n

Our protagonist today is Alan Ibrahim, a Syrian Kurdish guitarist who has been living in Germany since 2013. I talk to him\u00a0as the driving force behind the organisation Music For Identity. In the conversation with him there are profound themes. The very name of his organisation already announces some of the issues we talk about. Political issues, such as what is at stake in Turkey next Sunday, have an obvious relationship to Music For Identity’s work and increasingly to mine as well.<\/p>\n

The interview with Alan is really very interesting, as well as very long, but the deep things that are explained cannot be told in 3 words. I have put this edition of the newsletter in pdf format so you can even download it and read it on Kindle or wherever you like.<\/p>\n

I bring another very interesting content, about one of the best known world music festivals in Spain: Etnosur. A few weeks ago I coincided in the presentation of\u00a0Ja\u00e9n en Julio<\/a>\u00a0(a series of festivals of various types of music that take place in the month of July in the Andalusian province of Ja\u00e9n) with two of the people of the team that is running it and it was very interesting. Some colleagues from other countries have asked me before about the situation of the festival. So here I tell you about it.<\/p>\n

Remember: if you have any news of interest for our community, let me know. Thank you very much for your attention.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Araceli Tzigane | Mapamundi M\u00fasica |\u00a0+34 676\u00a030 28 82\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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AND NOW THE FLOOR IS FOR:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>JUANRA CANOVACA, FROM ETNOSUR<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

While you read, listen to the playlist for Etnosur 2023 curated by Juanra Canovaca,\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\ud83c\udfa7<\/span><\/p>\n

After the pandemic, the Etnosur festival, one of the best known in Spain on the world musics circuit, returned reformulated. The city council launched a call for proposals for the artistic direction and production of the festival. It\u00a0was adjudicated to Juan Ram\u00f3n Canovaca\u00a0(in the picture) and Rafael L\u00f3pez, together\u00a0in a temporary joint venture.\u00a0They carried out the 2022 edition and are repeating this 2023 edition.<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pedro Melguizo had until then been the visible face of the festival, the one who used to attend, for example, Womex. Although Etnosur\u00a0always had several directors. Canovaca had been on the team that started the festival in 1997 along with Melguizo. And L\u00f3pez has also been connected with the festival before in charge of the communication, so they both knew it very well.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the presentation of\u00a0Ja\u00e9n en Julio<\/a>\u00a0on 26th of April, that took place in Madrid at the headquarters of the SGAE (authors society of Spain)\u00a0they told me that they wanted to bring Etnosur back to the people, that the people of Alcal\u00e1 la Real themselves would attend the festival. And so, without losing the cosmopolitan spirit of the festival, they have also opted to programme artists who have a strong appeal to the local public.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Juanra Canovaca (the one who answered the questions)\u00a0is also the director of the\u00a0Imagina Funk<\/a>\u00a0festival, which takes place in the Parque Natural de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas on the last weekend of July.\u00a0In addition to this, here are some more statements by Juanra Canovaca.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong><\/span>Mapamundi M\u00fasica: How is the festival going in this new stage?<\/strong>
\nJuanra Canovaca:\u00a0<\/strong>Really very well. Last year we had little time but the results were optimal. It was the edition with more public than any other so far.<\/p>\n

MM:\u00a0What do you look for in an artist when you programme?<\/strong>
\nJC:<\/strong>\u00a0I’m looking for artists who are in line with Etnosur and specifically I’m talking about styles related to world music. On the one hand, we have to look for an artist who can be an attraction for us, like Estrella Morente this year, but what I really look for are bands that are not very well known in Spain and that are capable of surprising the audience, the surprise factor is the most important thing for us. And of course, that it is danceable, fun music, the kind that makes the soul happy.<\/p>\n

MM: What are the most complicated or difficult issues to deal with in your festival (specifically in yours)?<\/strong>
\nJC:\u00a0<\/strong>Perhaps the most complex part is the pre-production of the festival, there are dozens of activities and coordinating them is a major effort but, well, we already have a lot of experience and we try to solve it in the best possible way.<\/p>\n

MM: What are currently the main challenges for this type of cultural proposal like yours?<\/strong>
\nJC:\u00a0<\/strong>Etnosur is a free festival and we want to keep it that way. Funding is perhaps the most complex issue, but thanks to the City Council of Alcal\u00e1 la Real and the other sponsors we can continue to maintain a quality proposal open to all audiences.
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\nMM: In one sentence, sum up the reason(s) to go to your festival.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nJC:\u00a0<\/strong>For me Etnosur is a unique, international, multidisciplinary, solidarity and free festival.<\/p>\n

MM: Do you want to share any ideas?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nJC:\u00a0<\/strong>The idea I propose is that respect for others should be the main reason to go to the festival.<\/p>\n

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