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Showcase trailer 2009
WOMEX
is... "The
most important
international professional market of world music of every kind... It
contributes to networking as an effective means of promoting music and
culture of all kinds across frontiers." UNESCO Global
Alliance for Global Diversity
WOMEX is... Conference, Trade Fair & Showcase for World, Roots,
Folk, Ethnic, Traditional, Alternative World, Local and Diaspora music.
WOMEX is "the principal market for world music." (Le Monde)
In just 14 years, WOMEX has grown to over
- Over 2800 delegates and 1425 companies from more than 90 countries.
- Over 1000 concert and festival bookers, arguably the highest concentration of potential bookers in the same place at the same time anywhere on the planet.
- Over 750 labels, publishers and distributors.
- Over 850 managers and 450 producers.
- Over 310 national and international journalists, including 170 radio broadcasters.
- A bustling Trade Fair with 320 stands and over 650 exhibiting companies, including numerous umbrella stands of countries, regions, networks and other joint-venture structures.
- 49 Showcase acts with over 300 artists from 40 countries on 5 stages.
- Nearly 50 speakers in over two dozen Conference and Mentoring Sessions, Master Classes and the Daily News Forum.
- The festive Opening event, highlighting flamenco at its very best with concerts of Miguel Poveda and Ultra High Flamenco and a DJ set by Los Rumbers.
- The 10th Annual WOMEX Award, this year honouring Hungary’s Muzsikás and Finland’s Sibelius Academy, Folk Music Department.
- The WOMEX Top Label Award in recognition of label excellence, compiled in association with the World Music Charts Europe, this year awarded to Cumbancha.
- The WOMEX World Music Film Market with 13 film screenings, in cooperation with the International Music + Media Centre IMZ, Vienna.
- Numerous Networking Meetings, Presentations, Artists Press Conferences and Receptions.
- The Radio WOMEX broadcasting studio for live interviews and performances.
- The WOMEX TV Studio in Trade Fair Hall 1, WOMEX TV & Webcast, in cooperation with Mondomix, Paris.
- virtualWOMEX – the professional future of world music online.
All this and so much more... at WOMEX...
"... for some concert promoters, music heard at WOMEX turns
into a substantial part of the next seasons bookings. CD's change hands
nearly as fast as business cards."
Jon Pareles, The New York Times
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