MIMO
Brazil’s most adventurous music festival
10 years anniversary edition in PARATY, OURO PRETO, OLINDA
(23 August – 8 September 2013)
Presented by the Ministry Of Culture, Bradesco and BNDES
Mimo is a major itinerant cultural festival in Brazil. Its core is an international programme of music, from classical to jazz to world music, presented for free in some of the oldest and most beautiful settings in Brazil. MIMO's diverse series of free concerts are presented in churches, squares and courtyards around the cities. This runs concurrently with the Film Festival, with outdoor screenings, and MIMO's Etapa Educativa - the educational programme for children from local schools. MIMO presents music, cinema, visual art, workshops and master classes in a celebration of free access to all kinds of culture. PARATY, OURO PRETO and OLINDA - the hosts of MIMO 2013 are three of the most stunning towns in Brazil, noted for their Baroque architecture and historic significance.
23 AUGUST – 25 AUGUST, PARATY (RIO DE JANEIRO STATE)
MIMO begins this year's travels in the beautiful coastal town of PARATY
29 AUGUST – 1 SEPTEMBER, OURO PRETO (MINAS GERAIS)
For the second year running MIMO returns to the OURO PRETO (a UNESCO World Heritage Site)
02-08 SEPTEMBER, OLINDA (PERNAMBUCO, NORTH-EAST BRAZIL)
In 2013, marking ten years since its birth there, MIMO returns to OLINDA (a UNESCO World Heritage Site)
MIMO MUSIC FESTIVAL
2013 MIMO artists include top names from jazz, classical and contemporary music: Herbie Hancock (USA), Omar Sosa (Cuba) Stefano Bollani & Hamilton de Holanda (Italy/Brazil), Gilberto Gil & Orquestra de Sopros da Pro Arte (Brazil) Rum Tareq Al Nasser (Jordan) MadreDeus (Portugal) Ibrahim Maalouf (Lebanon) Nelson Freire (Brazil) BNegão e os Seletores de Frequência (Brazil) and more to be announced soon.
MIMO FILM FESTIVAL
The MIMO Film Festival combines feature films, animation and documentaries, shorts and feature-length movies – many of which are debut screenings. The films all have links to music and are projected onto open-air screens, in church patios, market squares and museums. The Film Festival does not have a competition strand. All screenings are free and enhanced by the beautiful contexts of the historical cities of Paraty, Ouro Preto and Olinda. The MIMO Film Festival was launched in 2004, as an integral part of MIMO in Olinda, providing a unique environment for encounters between musicians, film-makers and the public. The full programme will be announced shortly.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME
The Etapa Educativa, or Educational Programme, is central to MIMO's programme. It is an opportunity for music students and the general public to have direct contact with the artists during free master classes. MIMO has hosted over 15,000 students at master classes, talks, conducting courses, orchestra training workshops and MIMO for Kids, aimed at school-children.
MIMO in numbers (from 2004 to 2012)
500,000 spectators
200 free concerts
90 free film screenings
2,300 participating musicians
15,000 students benefitting from the Educational Programme
1,200 jobs created during the 2012 edition
MOVIMENTO MIMO/MIMO WAVE
The expansion of MIMO's activities throughout the rest of the year is known as MIMO Wave. It includes the launch of educational activities in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte; the launch of social networking platforms, talks and workshop programmes and a travelling photography exhibition commemorating 10 years of MIMO. The team has also announced the launch of new communications platforms, with exclusive content, such as a web radio with 6 channels of music and apps for the festival host cities.
PAST EDITIONS
Past editions have featured artists such as Phillip Glass, McCoy Tyner, Chucho Valdés, Gotan Project, Maria João Pires, Buena Vista Social Club, Antonio Meneses, Eliane Coelho, Richard Bona, Naná Vasconcelos, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and many more.
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