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As we announced, the results of the Transglobal WMC Festival Awards are already published. The agenda of fairs and meetings goes on and I want to send a\u00a0<\/span>farewell full of gratitude to David Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez<\/strong><\/span>, now former artistic director of\u00a0Fira Mediterr\u00e0nia de Manresa<\/strong>, who trusted us and booked from us Carles D\u00e9nia in 2015 and Janusz Prusinowski Trio with Manu Sabat\u00e9 in 2018.\u00a0David, we’ll miss you and wish you the best success of the world!\u00a0<\/strong>The Fira is currently in the process of selecting the new artistic director. We will inform about the selection in our next monthly newsletter.<\/span>We continue the series of\u00a0little interviews with\u00a0festival directors<\/strong>\u00a0and in this occasion it is a festival from my own country: Poborina Folk. And below you’ll find also some\u00a0open calls<\/strong>\u00a0for you to check, including one from Mapamundi M\u00fasica.<\/p>\n If you have any suggestion of contents for the next editions, let us know. Thanks for your attention.<\/p>\n Do you like our newsletter? To sign up, click HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n TRANSGLOBAL WORLD MUSIC CHART FESTIVAL AWARDS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The results of the first edition of these Festival Awards have been published this morning. The top 10 of global results is this.\u00a0Check the website<\/a>\u00a0for the results in the different categories and some learn about the criteria, procedure and definitions.<\/span><\/p>\n Global top 10:<\/strong> Transglobal World Music Chart Festival Awards is an initiative of our sister project, Transglobal WMC and it is focused on world music \/ folk \/ traditional music festivals. Just to name a few of other festival awards that have included world music festivals in their results:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u00b7 <\/strong>Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe. There have been so far 2 editions: 2015-2016 and 2017. Will it happen again? We’ll try to find it out and, in the mean time, they also provide the\u00a0EFFE Label<\/a>, Europe\u2019s quality stamp for remarkable arts festivals and the application period is\u00a0currently open.\u00b7<\/strong>\u00a0Iberian Festival Awards<\/a>, not exclusively for world music festivals and oriented to Iberian festivals and this year the awards ceremony\u00a0 will take place on 13th of March.<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>And… what more? We are planning to make a comprehensive list to share it with the world music community. If you have any tip, let us know. If we get a bunch of awards we’ll edit a document and will share it publicly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Do you like our newsletter? To sign up, click HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7 We, I mean, Mapamundi M\u00fasica<\/strong>, have open a gathering of proposals for an intimate and little line-ups concert series. Calling for duos to quartets, able to play with no amplification. Send your info, here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n These professional fairs have applications for showcases open right now:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n FLASH NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0fRoots<\/a>\u00a0magazine is awarded with “Lifetime Achievement Award” from Folk Alliance International conference. Congratulations, Ian Anderson and team of fRoots!<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0Check here<\/a>\u00a0the list of the “50 Greatest World Music Albums of the Last Five Years” by Jo Frost and Simon Broughton from Songlines. I agree with many and I would have included some wonders like\u00a0Po Kolana W Niebie<\/em>, by Janusz Prusinowski Trio or\u00a0Angathin\u00a0<\/em>by Monsieur Doumani, but it is great to remember so many beauties like\u00a0Saz\u2019iso’s or S\u00f6nd\u00f6rg\u0151’s albums. Thank you, Jo and Simon!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n **** Do you have a world music\u00a0festival and you want to be included in our mini interviews? Contact us.<\/a>\u00a0***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Poborina Folk talks place in this little village since 1999 in the weekend most near to the Summer solstice. The program includes concerts of local and international artists, activities inspired on the tradition and the rural environment, like singing the\u00a0albada<\/em>\u00a0for San Juan, traditional cooking and workshops. Sergio is part of a big team of enthusiastic lovers of music and party.<\/p>\n MM – What do you search in an artist when you program?<\/strong> MM – Which are the global\u00a0<\/strong>objectives of your festival?<\/strong> <\/p>\n WHO WE ARE AND SISTER PROJECTS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Mapamundi M\u00fasica is an agency of management and booking.\u00a0Learn more here<\/a>. Check our proposals at\u00a0our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n We also offer you our\u00a0Mundofon\u00edas<\/a>\u00a0radio show, probably the leader about world music in Spanish language (on 46 stations in 17 countries). We produce\u00a0the\u00a0Transglobal World Music Chart<\/a>\u00a0with our partner \u00c1ngel Romero from WorldMusicCentral.com. And we lead also the\u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n para la Difusi\u00f3n de los Estilos<\/a>.<\/p>\n Feel free to request info if you wish. 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\nSummary<\/strong>:<\/span>\u00a0Festival awards. New (and still) open calls. M<\/span>ini<\/span>interview<\/span>\u00a0with festival director: Sergio Zaera, from Poborina Folk (Spain)<\/span><\/h5>\n
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\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (In a tie): Jeonju Int\u2019l Sori Festival & WOMADelaide
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 World Music Festival Bratislava
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fira Mediterr\u00e0nia de Manresa
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ethnoport Poznan
\n6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Urkult
\n7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cordas World Music Festival
\n8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rainforest World Music Festival
\n9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F\u00f8rdefestivalen
\n10.\u00a0 Lowell Folk Festival<\/p>\n
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\n\u00b7 Fira Mediterr\u00e0nia de Manresa.<\/strong>\u00a0As announced above, the artistic direction is changing but the application is open now, until 4th of March at 15h local time.\u00a0Apply here<\/a>.
\n\u00b7 <\/strong>Mercat de M\u00fasica Viva de Vic.<\/strong>\u00a0Open call for the 31st edition, until 29th of March.\u00a0Apply here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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<\/a>In this occasion we pay attention to a festival from our country. The picture of Sergio doesn\u00b4t evoke the usual image of Spain but the true is that our country is super diverse and El Pobo, in Teruel province, one of the most depopulated areas in Europe, Winter time is cold and, very often, snowy.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSZ –\u00a0 First of all, we want them to make a style of music that fits somehow in the festival and which live show was able to capture the attention of the public. And, after that, as programmers, we must consider the budget we have, as some of the bands that we explore, some times we can\u00b4t affort to pay them.<\/p>\n
\nSZ –\u00a0Poborina Folk has proved during the over time that it is a festival that has successfully adapted to the passage of time without giving up the objectives it was born with, that are to disseminate folk music, opting for providing to the public a wide variety of styles and full filling the cultural proposals with family activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![](\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/6b7947c9-8f84-4306-8b46-6474e029ae7a.png\")
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\nSZ – The fact of being held in a locality that does not exceed 50 inhabitants during the year and has limited infrastructures undoubtedly conditions the organization of the festival. For example, we do not have any type of accommodation for groups or visitors in El Pobo. Despite the economic difficulties, we want to maintain the free nature of the festival, so we must optimize resources. Note that the entire festival is organized by volunteers. However, these difficulties mean that the festival has a special charm and has managed to maintain its identity, differentiating itself from other events.MM – Which are currently the main challenges for this kind of cultural proposals like yours?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSZ – In our case, after 20 editions, the main challenge is to give continuity to the project, maintaining a varied program, with high-quality, that helps to maintain the magical atmosphere that surrounds the festival. We are proud to count year after year with a loyal audience that is accompanied by new people who discover the festival for the first time and are pleasantly surprised.MM – In one sentence, summarize the reason\/s to go to your festival.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSZ – Discover the magic of celebrating the summer solstice in Poborina Folk.<\/div>\n
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