WOMEX NEWSLETTER #22/2009
OPENING AND SHOWCASE FESTIVAL TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
MORE offWOMEX ARTISTS ANNOUNCED
ALL WOMEX CONCERTS: WHO PLAYS WHICH DAY?
TIPS FOR WOMEX 09 MENTORING SESSIONS
REGISTRATION UPDATE - AN INCREASE!
FREE ADS IN virtualWOMEX
RAMIRO MUSOTTO, R.I.P.
Dear WOMEXicans,
WOMEX Opening and Showcase tickets now on sale, scheduling
announcements... more offWOMEX artists announced.. and sad news about
Ramiro Musotto...
WOMEX OPENING AND SHOWCASE FESTIVAL TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
WOMEX concert tickets are now on sale. Delegates of course have access to all events, including the concerts, however if you want to bring friends or family or only attend certain parts of WOMEX here is your chance. Please note, there are separate tickets for the Great Nordic Night Opening concert (Wednesday night) and for the nighttime Showcase Festival (Thursday - Saturday), where all 5 stages will be open to the ticket holders.
Click here for further information.
MORE offWOMEX ARTISTS ANNOUNCED
The offWOMEX artist list is now complete. Just added...
- Alexandre Lima & Mahnimal
who was Songlines' Award winner for Best Newcomer
Find the full offWOMEX programme at: www.womex.com/realwomex/offwomex
ALL WOMEX CONCERTS: WHO PLAYS WHICH DAY?
Here's the list organised by day. A full ten more showcases than last year...
Wednesday - 28 Oct
- The Great Nordic Night concert
Thursday - 29 Oct
- Boris Malkovsky
Nordic Club:
offWOMEX:
Sounds from Spain
Friday - 30 Oct
- Chet Nuneta
Nordic Club:
offWOMEX:
Saturday - 31 Oct
- Kouyaté-Neerman
Nordic Club:
offWOMEX:
Sunday - 1 Nov
- Staff Benda Bilili
For more information:
www.womex.com/realwomex/opening
www.womex.com/realwomex/showcases
www.womex.com/realwomex/offwomex
www.womex.com/realwomex/awards
TIPS FOR WOMEX 09 MENTORING SESSIONS
To better prepare the Mentors and to make sure your 15 minute session is all the more efficient please can you provide us with the following information:
- A presentation of your organisation
conference@womex.com
More info on the Mentors:
www.womex.com/realwomex/mentoring.html
REGISTRATION UPDATE - AN INCREASE!
We continue to be very excited by the registration numbers. Like everyone working events, we were wondering if there would be the kind of loss that others have been experiencing. There hasn't. Thanks to your continued support, so far the numbers are actually up from last year's. Compared to this week last year, we have 1.8% more, over 2000.
Plus there are still 15 stands left. Act now if you want to exhibit.
www.womex.com/realwomex/register
FREE ADS IN virtualWOMEX
Are you looking for something specific at WOMEX 09? Are you coming to the fair with a particular service or product to offer? Either way, ask or promote it in the "WOMEX 09" category of the virtualWOMEX Free Ads:
www.womex.com/virtual/free_ads/
RAMIRO MUSOTTO, R.I.P.
Terribly sad news to report. Ramiro Musotto lost his battle with pancreatic cancer and passed away in a hospital in Salvador, Bahia, last week. His manager, Alexandra Casazza, contributed these words.
He was 45 years old and a master of the Berimbau. He was Argentinean, but he considered himself a true Brazilian. During his career he released 2 records as a solo artist "Sudaka" and "Civilizacao & Barbarye" and worked as percussionist with amazing artists as Daniela Mercury, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso and Lenine just to name a few. He was known as both an accomplished electronic musician and percussionist.
He called his music 'a psychedelic trip throughout and into the Afro-Brazilian and South American culture; an optimistic way of interpreting the effects of technology in our everyday life and art.'
Ramiro did a great showcase last year at WOMEX and it was part of Trouble Worldwide showcase at APAP in 2007. In the past few years we were trying to break the ice in the US. Ramiro was a truly avant- garde artist and he will be missed by many. His life will be carried on through his music. Sleep well my friend.
For more information, check here
Stay tuned and keep in touch -
Best regards from your WOMEX team in Berlin
If you want to get in contact:
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WOMEX 09 Copenhagen / 28 October - 1 November
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