MEET THE BANNED! Friday 4pm

MEET THE BANNED! Friday 4pm


Visit Freemuse @ WOMEX: Stand 7.50

And do not miss the two Freemuse conference sessions at WOMEX:

MEET THE BANNED! Music censorship in Turkey
featuring Turkish singer Ferhat Tunç.
Friday 29 Oct, 4pm

'1986: Arrested for political reasons. One week of interrogations, degradations and torture in the notorious prison camp DAL. Consequently my concerts were not permitted systematically and my records were forbidden and confiscated in many regions of Turkey.'

Ferhat Tunç, who has been banned and imprisoned several times by the authorities, will be among the speakers when Freemuse is hosting two conference sessions at WOMEX 2004.
Besides this rare chance to hear the testimony of Ferhat Tunç, the conference session will also highlight other cases of music censorship in Turkey and will discuss the prospects for freedom of musical expression.

The second Freemuse conference session on Friday 29 Oct, at 3pm: 9/11 - The world's all out of tune will present '9/11 - The world's all out of tune' Populäre Musik nach dem 11. September 2001, a brand new book dealing with the 9/11 repercussions for freedom of musical expression.
Many listeners of popular music and even musicians themselves share the experience that 9/11 has changed the meaning of a song. What does 'meaning' actually mean if history can change it so much that e.g. a song for peace can become a war song?


Freemuse - The World Forum on Music and Censorship
www.freemuse.org

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