Whether playing solo or in big band, Adédéji is a true free electron of the Nigerian musical scene. There’s little that this multi-instrumentalist singer doesn’t know how to do. He has played with the Symphonic Orchestra in the Netherlands and with the Mount Holy Orchestra in the US in the African opera ‘Bode Omojola’ where …
Carine Zuber, programmer and director of the Moods club in Zurich (jazz, black and world music), ex-programmer of the Cully Jazz Festival and co-founder of the Cosmo Jazz Festival in Chamonix.Zurich, July 2020 “I’m coming out of lockdown and thinking about what a live post-COVID concert is going to look like. Strangely enough, this social …
Jean-Paul Roland has been the director of the Eurockéennes de Belfort for 19 years.Belfort, June 2020“Les Eurockéennes de Belfort is a generalist festival that attracts a large audience thanks to a variety of headliners, from Booba to The Cure. In recent years, we have witnessed a globalisation of the festival sector and popular music. Young …
Thomas Burkhalter is an ethno-musicologist, music journalist, audio-visual artist and film director based in Bern. He is the initiator and director of the music platform norient.com. He is also the author of a thesis on underground music in Beirut and co-director of the film “Contradict” about alternative music in Ghana.Bern, July 2020 “Music and musical …
Claire Henocque, Paris, june 2020Founder and manager of Tour Makers, an international booking agency specialising in world music. During the confinement period, some artists decided to play live digitally, especially on social media, and to offer us their music. In France, SACEM has signed agreements with Facebook and Instagram, which allows artists toreceive a minimal …
Claire Henocque: ” Containment has accelerated the trend of digital live consumption” Read More »
Laurent Bizot: “The only way to make things happen is to unite.” Read More »
Laurent Bizot, director of No Format Johannesburg, April 2020“I’ve been based in Johannesburg for two years now, and from here I manage the No Format label which was created in Paris in 2004. In this framework, I produce records of course, but also tours, films and documentaries. Our musical spectrum covers the different regions of …
Catherine Benainous, management of Ray Lema Geneva, May 2020 “It is clear that the digital economy represents a shortfall for artists and those around them. We are obliged to stream and manage 60-page bills to earn maybe 120 €…. In these conditions, income from the stage has become much more important. It now represents 90% …
Catherine Benainous: “We must multiply the sources of funding for the arts” Read More »
