World City Music Village 2012 brochure - Cultural Co

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6 - 17 JUNE 2012
OFFICIAL FESTIVAL SOUVENIR BROCHURE £3
MESSAGE FROM THE
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
CONTENTS
Cover photo/main festival image: www.simonrichardson.org
Prakash Daswani
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MESSAGE FROM THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Prakash Daswani
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LONDON WORLD CITY David Keys
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ARTISTS
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FESTIVAL WEEKENDS
Horniman Gardens 9 & 10 June
10
Clissold Park 16 & 17 June
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PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
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EVENING CONCERTS
Brady Centre 8 & 15 June; Jamboree 12 - 14 June; Gallery Café 14 June
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FESTIVAL CLUB @ October Gallery
Exhibition: Masters of the Transvangarde 31 May - 23 June
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Talks & Performances 6 - 8 & 13 - 15 June
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SCHOOLS PROGRAMME
Horniman Museum 11 - 15 June
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ARTISTS NETWORK
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RESONANCE 104.4FM ‘World City Live’ radio broadcasts
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CULTURAL CO-OPERATION
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UBUNTU is about the essence of being human. It embraces hospitality, caring about others and being
prepared to go the extra mile for the sake of another human being. I believe that a person is a person
through other persons, that my humanity is caught up, bound up with yours.
When I dehumanize you, I dehumanize myself. The solitary human being is a contradiction in terms. Therefore,
one seeks to work for the common good, because one’s humanity comes into its own through belonging.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
WELCOME TO THE Music Village - Europe’s
longest running festival of world cultures - now
in its 29th year.
This 2012 edition honours London’s special
place at the heart of two globally significant
occasions in the summer: the Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee and the long awaited return of the
Olympic Games to the capital.
The festival is a joyful affirmation of
cosmopolitan London at its creative best. It
comprises a sumptuous feast of more than
70 free admission public presentations by
over 250 highly gifted musicians, dancers,
poets, storytellers and visual artists - all of
them Londoners - selected from forty or so
of the capital’s unique mix of national and
faith communities from around the world.
This year’s Music Village also continues Cultural
Co-operation’s latest project - WORLD CITY which explores the quest for common good in
the cosmopolitan centres of world culture.
Piloted two years ago with the 2010 World City
Music Village festival at venues across London,
the project adds a further - and intentionally
topical - dimension to our broader programme
theme of Culture & Migration (2001 onwards).
Along with Culture & Place (1983-1996) and
Culture & Worship (1997-2006), this is one of
the three overarching programme themes that
have embraced all 25 Music Villages since
1983.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Since 2001 the Culture & Migration programme
has enhanced public understanding of the
driving forces behind global diasporas and
the routes they have taken across the planet
throughout history. It has highlighted how these
mass population dispersals, despite often
being deeply traumatic for those involved, also
become sources of endless creative renewal.
The programme has comprised five Diaspora
Music Villages and enabled us to launch a
number of new activity streams, including: the
creation and expansion of a unique network of
London’s diaspora artists; a major conference
on exiled writers worldwide; and a year-round
Education Programme of artist-led teaching
residencies on world culture and migration.
These, and others they have spawned, are now
central pillars of Cultural Co-operation’s public
offer (see p28).
Like the festival, these new activities have drawn
upon the transcendent qualities of the arts and
heritage to enable potentially uncomfortable
encounters between people of different origins,
cultures and beliefs to take place without fear
of ridicule, censure, or confrontation. This has
helped to create lasting bonds of affection
and trust between people who were previously
strangers to one another.
WORLD CITY now probes more deeply into how
large populations newly arriving into a city can
find and build lasting common ground with
each other and with those already resident
there, in order to co-exist peacefully and work
together to bring about new forms of human
flourishing.
Unlike the world’s new “mega-cities” that
are characterised chiefly by super-sized
populations and uncontrolled urban sprawl,
“World cities” have particular histories and
trajectories, together with an exceptional
degree of global influence and visibility.
To political economists, “World cities” are the
command and control centres of post-war
globalization, home to the headquarters of
multinational corporations, the world’s main
financial exchanges, typically the seat of
national governments and of the dominant
transnational political and cultural institutions
worldwide.
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PRAKASH PIECE
Such cities compete fiercely for pre-eminence
on the world stage, not least to secure the inward
financial investment essential for sustaining
their own domestic economies; these, in turn,
still rest on continued exploitation of the human
and material resources of more vulnerable
client populations across the globe.
For this and other reasons, many ambitious
cities use any available opportunities to
reinforce and retain their self-appointed status
as a World City, including the hosting of global
financial and political summits, and, of course,
spectacular global sporting contests and
cultural celebrations too.
Yet this self-congratulation rings hollow unless
these extraordinary sites of human settlement
also embrace more of the wider human
consequences of globalization, both in the
cities around the world to which they outsource
their wants - and their waste - and on their own
doorsteps.
That said, the complete physical and cultural
regeneration of London’s East End in preparation
for this summer’s 2012 Olympics, is a tribute to
the foresight of all those responsible for electing
to locate them in this, one of Europe’s most
socially and economically deprived areas.
For all their importance to the world economy,
however, cities like London, New York, Cairo,
Mumbai, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro
matter to us for other reasons too. They,
and others like them, have also long been
bustling cosmopolitan powerhouses, where
fundamental human concerns such as identity,
citizenship and other forms of belonging are
perpetually challenged and re-invented.
These crucibles of world culture offer tantalizing
glimpses – and countless concrete examples –
of how people of divergent backgrounds and
faiths can develop a collective commitment to
the “common good” that might also act as a
shining example for all peoples.
Whilst idealism of this kind tends to accompany
the dawning of any new form of society, how to
reconcile it with the baser side of human nature
continues to shape contemporary discourse.
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PRAKASH PIECE
In this respect, a renewed focus on ethical
rather than economic concerns - even in the
midst of the world’s deepest financial downturn
for decades - seems a compelling objective for
our times. Indeed, it is hard to see how civic
life, anchored as it must be in a dedication to
shared well-being, can blossom and endure
unless our ethical sensibilities and the sustained
practice of them are nurtured more thoroughly
in future.
This is particularly necessary where potentially
conflicting traditions of respect and conviviality
cherished over centuries in different parts of the
world come under strain, as they can do in such
densely populated spaces.
Without meaningful interpenetration between
world-views, belief systems and cultural
traditions, there remains an ever-present risk
that deep-seated cross-cultural or interfaith
tensions, rooted in mutually antagonistic
histories, can easily be re-ignited – sometimes
with devastating consequences.
An obligation by all to inter-cultural
understanding and engagement, informed
by mature, substantive and ethical discourse,
is therefore an essential pre-requisite for the
maintenance and fulfillment of a healthy
cosmopolitan community.
The arts can - and do - perform a vital function
in all this.
They enable us to enter imaginatively into the
lives of others, thereby offering invaluable
insights into how all our histories and our
distinctive cultural heritages are mutually
entangled – as they invariably have been since
the dawn of civilization. And artists, to recall
Professor Ranjit Sondhi’s observation in the
2010 festival, are “architects of an intercultural
space – physical and meta-physical - where
contradictions and tensions are constantly
being played out”.
The Music Village is precisely such an
intercultural space: a safe yet fertile contact
zone for learning about and celebrating the
specificities of the world’s diverse cultures,
along with the myriad historic and contemporary
cross-fertilizations between them.
The
festival’s
abiding
principle
of
FREE ADMISSION TO ALL EVENTS enables
everyone to attend, regardless of income,
thereby encouraging people of diverse cultural
backgrounds and religious persuasion to
engage with and appreciate each other’s
cultures.
The 2012 festival focuses on London, a modern
World City that was once a historic imperial
capital whose supremacy and influence
extended to every corner of the earth for
hundreds of years. It now embraces a dazzling
array of the world’s peoples and cultures as a
result. David Keys’ illuminating article (pp 4-5)
charts London’s unique journey in becoming
today’s supreme capital of world culture.
All this year’s artists are members of Cultural Cooperation’s free ARTIST NETWORK (pp 26-27). The
Network’s purpose is to increase participation in
public cultural life by under-represented artists,
especially those with origins in other parts
of the world. It is they who tend to be among
those most likely to suffer from discrimination,
economic hardship and denial of opportunity,
even in this year of huge cultural celebrations
citywide.
Built up from scratch since 2000 with minimal
financial resources, the Network is the largest
resource of its kind anywhere in the world: it
now includes nearly 1,000 practitioners from
80 national and faith communities in 29 London
Boroughs. It is held together by enormous
reserves of mutual respect and goodwill
between the artists and us - and amongst the
artists themselves – in our shared pursuit of the
common good.
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
We are delighted to present the first of two
FESTIVAL WEEKENDS (pp 6-13) in collaboration
with the Horniman Museum & Gardens, a
regular Music Village host partner since 1999.
Its magnificent Gardens – now gloriously
renovated following a major Heritage Lottery
Fund grant - offer panoramic views across
London and comprise a natural amphitheatre
that makes a perfect setting for the festival’s allday outdoor concerts.
For the second weekend the festival returns to
Clissold Park, located in Hackney, one of the
five Official Olympic Boroughs.
The Park and historic Clissold House have
recently been re-united as one thanks also
to an HLF award. This enhances Clissold’s
reputation as a long-cherished local amenity in
a deprived area and now as a popular East End
visitor attraction too.
The Horniman also hosts the festival SCHOOLS
PROGRAMME (pp 24-25) offering hundreds of
children from schools across South London five
days of curriculum-linked learning in arts and
global citizenship skills. It comprises: artist-led
workshops in World Storytelling, Performance
and Caribbean Carnival; matinee concerts;
and discovery trails through the Museum’s
breathtaking
worldwide
ethnographic
collections.
EVENING CONCERTS (pp16-17), at three East
End venues - Brady Centre, Gallery Cafe and
Jamboree - offer audiences opportunities to
enjoy extended performances by six festival
groups.
A lunchtime FESTIVAL CLUB at the October
Gallery (pp18-23), a valued Music Village
project partner since 1994, includes Talks by
pre-eminent speakers, enabling audiences to
engage with issues raised by the festival theme.
Storytelling and musical Performances, plus
an Exhibition by masters of Transvangarde art
complete the Club programme.
LIVE RADIO BROADCASTS in collaboration with
pioneering Radio Arts station Resonance 104.4
FM (p30) adds the final touch to this year’s
spread of festival events.
In closing, I wish on behalf of Cultural Cooperation’s Board and Patrons warmly to thank
all members of our small yet highly talented
festival team – Ledy Leyssen, Steve Pascal,
Elena Yuan, Leanne O’Boyle, Pavani Srikanda,
Robyn Donaldson and Terry Wynne – for their
vital roles in assembling this year’s event, along
with our tireless army of volunteers. Thanks are
also due to the festival’s principal funders, Arts
Council of England, London.
None of this could have been prepared without
those mentioned above. But the festival is
about you, and for you – and for all those from
around the world visiting this special city at this
special time.
Enjoy!
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LONDON WORLD CITY
David Keys
Without exaggeration, it is true to say that
London is the greatest ‘world city’ that
humanity has ever produced.
The product of hundreds of years of
world, European and British history, the
metropolis is a vibrant reflection of the
cultures of our planet and is made up
of an extraordinarily diverse mosaic of
peoples.
Some 50 major overseas-originating
communities, each with populations of
more than 10,000, give London the right
to regard itself as the de facto cultural
capital of the world, not just of Britain.
Throughout the metropolitan area with its
12 million inhabitants, there are well over
a hundred discrete districts where literally
dozens of cultures from every corner of
the globe have flourished and taken root.
Despite all the inequalities and injustices
that sadly afflict considerable sections of
the capital’s non-indigenous populations,
and a number of its indigenous ones too,
Greater London is, nevertheless, a huge
polycultural success story - a cosmopolis
in which more than 300 of the world’s
languages are spoken and virtually all
its religious traditions celebrated and
respected. Its myriad musical, artistic,
culinary and other traditions constantly
interact with each other, often creating fusions
which are uniquely metropolitan in character.
As the cultural capital of the world and the
capital of Britain, London’s population strikes
an almost perfect balance – with just over half
being of indigenous British origin and almost
half from cultures hailing from virtually every
corner of the globe - at least 13% from South
Asia, 11% from Africa or the Caribbean and
between 1.5 and 4% each from Irish, Jewish,
Brazilian, Cypriot, Polish, Arab and Chinese
origins.
Not only is London a ‘world city’ in terms of
population and culture, it’s also a product
of world history. Throughout the centuries
London has been a safe haven, a place of
refuge, for countless peoples fleeing political
persecution and war – from the Huguenots of
the 17th century and the French aristocrats and
others of the late 18th century to Jews (fleeing
late 19th/early 20th century Tsarist and 20th
century Nazi persecutions) and Hungarians,
Kurds, Chileans, East African Asians, South
Africans, Tamils, Somalis, Afghans and others
in more recent decades.
During World War II, soldiers and airmen of
many different nationalities escaped from
continental Europe as it was being overrun by
Hitler - and those communities also became
part of the cultural fabric of London.
After the war, London’s relationship with
the wider world developed still further. The
post-war economic boom saw labour being
recruited from the Caribbean and major
migrations from Ireland, India, Pakistan,
Cyprus and West Africa.
And in more recent years, the expansion
of the European Union has enabled many
young people from all over Eastern Europe
to make their futures in London. Indeed,
the capital’s population is now one of the
youngest of all cities in the western world.
Historically, London had been the capital of
an empire that contained a quarter of the
world’s population – and most of the major
inward migration flows have reflected that
historical legacy.
What’s more, much of London’s economy
depended - indeed still depends - on the rest
of the planet. Even 200 years ago – before
much of the industrialization and growth of
the metropolis – 17% of London’s imports
came from the West Indies, 9% from Eastern
Europe and 13% from South America. For
centuries, sailors and merchants from every
part of the world have made London their
home.
Of course, today, London still lies at the heart
of the empire’s successor organisation,
the Commonwealth, a family of nations
with a total population of 2.2 billion people
(almost a third of total world population) in
54 countries and six continents. And this
year, not only will Britain be celebrating the
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, but so will many
members of the Commonwealth – for the
British monarch is also the head of 15 other
Commonwealth countries worldwide.
And this year too, the Queen will also open
the Olympics, as the Head of State of the
host nation. Interestingly, London’s St.
Thomas’ Hospital was the alma mater of the
English country doctor, William Brookes, who
is usually credited with helping to inspire the
revival of the modern Olympic Games.
Quite apart from its role as the host of the
world’s greatest sporting event, London
is home to the largest concentration of
international sports personalities on earth.
The capital acts as a magnet for sporting
and cultural talent. It’s home to around
a hundred top overseas football stars,
currently playing for London clubs – and to
literally thousands of overseas-originating
artists, musicians and singers.
That’s why the capital’s long-running Music
Village festival, devised and managed by
Cultural Co-operation, is able to function,
thrive and reflect the beauty, excitement and
wonder of this unique city – the pre-eminent
cultural capital of the world.
David Keys is a distinguished author, journalist and broadcaster who specialises in world history and heritage
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HORNIMAN GARDENS SATURDAY 9 JUNE
Festival Weekends
The exquisitely restored Gardens of South London’s world-class Horniman Museum host
the Music Village’s opening weekend
GUILLERMO ROZENTHULER 4pm
ROMANY DIAMONDS 1pm
Originally from Argentina, Guillermo Rozenthuler is well known in London as one of
the finest singer-songwriters and tango interpreters on the Latin scene. In his new
programme “Brasil, Meu Amor” he finally admits to his love affair with the music of
Brazil. For 20 years now he has been cultivating a repertoire that brings together
the best of bossa nova, samba and ‘MPB’ (or post-bossa nova urban popular music)
styles.
One of the world’s finest Roma violinists, Ricardo Czureja founded Romany
Diamonds after migrating to London from Poland in 1998. The band’s music is a
whirlwind of violins played at breakneck speed, spurred along by a rhythm section
of accordion, keyboards, double bass and guitar.
Guillermo’s warmly expressive vocals and accomplished guitar playing capture
all the passion and rhythmic wealth of Brazilian songs, enhanced by some of the
finest Latin musicians in London, among them Javier Fioramonti (bass), Andres Ticino
(percussion) and John Turville (piano).
Ricardo is passionately committed to enhancing cultural awareness to reduce
the centuries-old social stigma afflicting Roma peoples. His band comprises three
generations of virtuoso musicians whose combined musical brilliance goes far to
achieving Ricardo’s vision.
He explains that since moving to London, he has found the freedom to play with
many other races and faiths, which has enriched the band’s music. He has also
formed a Roma Orchestra for children in East London.
MOSI CONDE &
KAIRA KORA AFRICA 2pm
Mosi Conde is a masterful young griot, or praise singer, from Guinea-Conakry who
leads his talented London-based ensemble Kaira Kora Afrika. Mosi’s compositions
are from a deeply traditional background, yet demonstrate a global sonic
awareness. A born crowd pleaser, his inspiring vocals and fine instrumental
technique have graced presidential visits by Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton, and
delighted audiences at WOMAD and on BBC4.
After touring with his band at the start of 2012, he has new singles planned for
online release on 7 Digital. He is also developing an excellent workshop repertoire,
building on recent work with Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital School and the
October Gallery.
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GRUPO LOKITO 5pm
Grupo Lokito fuses contemporary Congolese and Latin music, creating a modern
day cocktail of two great world musical traditions. Formed in 2006 by British Latin
pianist Sara McGuinness and Congolese singer Jose Hendrix Ndelo, Grupo Lokito’s
musicians are a mix of Congolese, Latin and British artists who have chosen to make
London their home.
In 2010 the band released their first album on CD, Esengo Ya Ko Bina, (The Joy of
Dancing) capturing the vibrancy and spirit of their stage show. Grupo Lokito have
also been included in several compilation CDs including: Latin Beat on Putumayo
(2011), Urban Africa on Cavendish Music (2010) and The Rough Guide to African
Street Party (2008).
AMEER KHAN 6pm
Qawaali mastersinger Ustad Haji Ameer Khan is the product one of the most
ancient and highly revered musical families in Pakistan. One of only a handful
of professional Qawaali singers based in Britain, Ameer has been performing for
nearly a quarter of a century across Europe, brilliantly delivering this passionate,
complex and joyous sound at South Asian community concerts, weddings and other
celebrations nationwide.
Qawaali is an intense form of Sufi devotional singing, characterized by powerful
competing and harmonizing vocals, and accompanied by explosive clapping and
thunderous tablas. The combined effect is to create a mesmerizing and heartmeltingly beautiful musical aura that is said to cleanse the soul.
BEEJA 3pm
Critically acclaimed Indian classical dance company Beeja aims to generate new
ideas, new understanding and fresh creative forms. ‘Beeja’ means ‘seed’ in Hindi
and carries a sense of transformation and the start of life. Beeja’s work is based on
Bharatanatyam, the ancient temple dance of South India, famous worldwide for its
fluid movement, energy and attack, expressive nuances and subtext.
The company performs in mainstream venues as well as less conventional dance
settings like museums, hospitals, schools, village halls and other public spaces. It
also offers workshops, residencies and regular dance classes as part of its mission
to make Bharatanatyam accessible to a wider audience and encourage greater
public interaction.
ZONG ZING 7pm
Fiston Lusambo’s band Zong Zing (or “All Stars”) is a London Congolese ensemble
playing uplifting dance music called cavacha, the core rhythm of Central African
music that has given rise to Soukous in the Democratic Republic of Congo, makosa
in Cameroon and coupez decallez in the Ivory Coast.
The band formed at The Magpie’s Nest Club (BBC “Best Folk Club of The Year” 2009)
in 2007 as an acapella group. It later evolved into a full band that has rocked
packed audiences in and around London and at some of the UK’s top mainstream
music festivals. Their sound is a product of the fusion between the pan-African and
European musical influences in the band, which creates a modern musical form that
is steeped in folkloric heritage.
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Festival Weekends
SHE’KOYOKH 1pm
Hailed as “Britain’s best klezmer and Balkan music band” (Songlines) and winners
of the Netherlands’ International Jewish Music Festival competition, the band’s
evolution spans its humble origins, from busking at East London’s Columbia Road
flower market to performing in the famous concert halls of Europe, including
Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Gasteig in Munich and London’s Purcell Room.
Two of She’Koyokh’s albums are released by ARC Music; the latest one received a
five-star review in Songlines and was described in fROOTS as “sophisticated, multilingual and where klezmer in Britain should be headed for right now”.
HORNIMAN GARDENS SUNDAY 10 JUNE
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HARARE 4pm
Harare is one of only a handful of Zimbabwean dance music ensembles in Europe
today. It was formed in 2005 by mbira player, marimba master, percussionist,
singer and composer Kudaushe Matimba, an exiled musician who was once at the
epicentre of Zimbabwean urban music. Harare’s repertoire features high-octane
urban Jit-Jive alongside the hypnotic rhythms of mbira (traditional thumb piano).
In the 1980s, Kudaushe worked with the legendary Bhundu Boys, one of Zimbabwe’s
leading groups at the time. Harare’s song lyrics in Shona confront the pressing
social issues of band members’ Zimbabwean homeland, yet also celebrate the
band’s new musical friendships in London and point to a promising future here for
Zimbabwean dance music.
YUSUF MAHMOUD 5pm
Son of maestro Ustad Asif Mahmoud, Yusuf Mahmoud is from the most famous family
of tabla players in Afghanistan, one that boasts a lineage of distinguished musicians
dating back to the 18th century.
MODESTE HUGUES 2pm
Yusuf’s boundless musical curiosity has led him to collaborate brilliantly with other
pre-eminent world musicians in London and South Asia, including vocalists Ustad
Salamat Ali Khan and Ustad Fateh Ali Khan.
Modeste is a Malagasy singer-songwriter and guitarist whose music is rooted in
his hometown of Betroka, Madagascar. His music is a unique blend of traditional
Malagasy sounds influenced by softer South African dance rhythms, creating
beautiful melodies and rhythms with hypnotic guitar playing and sweet vocals.
Yusuf was born in Kabul in 1974, where he studied vocal music with several revered
teachers. Now an outstanding tabla master, who teaches tabla to music students
in London himself, Yusuf is also an excellent singer. He has recently extended his
repertoire to include Sufi devotional singing, which will feature in this year’s festival.
Modeste has been featured on numerous BBC radio programmes, including the
World Service and Radio 3. He has performed at many venues and festivals across
the UK and abroad, including the Royal Festival Hall, the London Jazz Festival, the
London African Festival and WOMAD in the UK, as well as in Italy and Singapore.
THE FONTANELLES 3pm
The Fontanelles are a new band made up of established musicians from the world
of jazz, African and reggae music. Collectively, the band have played with the likes
of Johnny Clarke, Soothsayers, Jazz Jamaica, Jerry Dammers, Spatial AKA, Keziah
Jones, Chartwell Dutiro, Courtney Pine and Dele Sosimi, to name but a few.
The band formed for the production of the hit musical Fela! at London’s National
Theatre in 2001, but over the last year have forged their own distinctive identity as
The Fontanelles. This has seen them create an original, powerful and compelling live
show of instrumental dance music.
Musical influences draw on the great Fela Anikulapo Kuti, as well as dub, funk
and jazz and iconic other creators such as Mulatu Astake, Sun Ra, James Brown,
Scientist, and Steve Reich.
CHEB NACIM 6pm
Born in Algeria, Cheb Nacim showed a deep passion for Raï music from an early
age. He studied it at the prestigious El Mouhsiliya School in Algeria before travelling
to France to develop an original and inspired musical niche, a rhythmic fusion of
Raï, blues, funk, reggae, flamenco, salsa, rumba, and hip-hop.
After moving to England, Cheb Nacim enhanced his reputation as a gifted live
performer with an appearance at the Carnival d’Algerie and a televised gig at
the Hammersmith Irish Centre. Now established as a compelling original singersongwriter, he recently opened for L’Orchestre National de Barbes in the Queen
Elizabeth Hall and for Faudel at the Hammersmith Palais.
KASAÏ MASAÏ 7pm
Affectionately nicknamed the “Voodoo King”, Nickens Nkoso is KasaÏ MasaÏ’s
charismatic front-man and djembe (hand-drum) virtuoso. He describes this
Congolese band’s music as emanating from the soul of Africa’s most remote village,
now electrified by the bustling intensity of 21st century London.
Nickens is a celebrated Soukous musician who has played with Koko Kayinda’s
soukous Kumbele, Robert Maseko’s Congo Beat and Kanda Bongoman. Since
performing at the 2005 Diaspora London Music Village and later Cultural Cooperation events, Kasaï Masaï has gone on to play at the Barbican, Glastonbury
and WOMAD.
Kawele Mutimanwa (folk guitar), Rama Ramazani (saxophone), J.C. Matata (drums)
and Claude Bulamushi (bass guitar) provide pulsating backing. Two female dancers
often flank Nickens on stage. The energetic interplay between them never fails to
get audiences on their feet.
10 Festival Weekends
This lovingly re-landscaped Park in Hackney, a 2012 Olympic Official Borough, hosts the
festival’s thrilling finale
TERENCE O’FLAHERTY 1pm
CLISSOLD PARK SATURDAY 16 JUNE
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LOKITO YA CONGO 4pm
Sweet-voiced singer songwriter Renato Mondele leads Lokito ya Congo, a six-piece
band that combines the spirit of Soukous – upbeat dance music from Congo –
with a dash of rumba, reggae, salsa and R&B. Mondele is a seasoned musical
professional with a dazzling track record of performances at major venues and
festivals.
Terence is a charming Irish singer-songwriter with an ever-present twinkle in his eye.
He was born into a musical family in County Clare on the West Coast of Ireland, a
stronghold of “lilting”. This form of traditional Irish a capella singing stemmed from
hundreds of years of storytelling, which Terence soon mastered.
Terence has been a member of Crusheen, one of London’s most famous Irish
bands, and played at the Cambridge Folk Festival. He has also performed for BBC
television and the World Service. A Londoner since 1971 and with a musical career
established over three decades, Terence recently created Ghosts, a new album
collaboration with rock musician Paul Cunningham.
RHYTHMS OF THE CITY 5pm
Considered one of the UK’s best-ever samba percussion squads, Rhythms of the
City is the beating heart of London’s multi-award winning jazz community, the F-IRE
Collective. Drummers, singers, dancers, horns and guitars combine in a unique
spectacle of up to 75 performers, who have experience playing at carnivals,
festivals and clubs in the UK and across continental Europe.
OZI OZAA 2pm
Ozi Ozaa is a groundbreaking fusion band with a very distinct African flavour. The
band weaves traditional Ghanaian folk songs into the fabric of pop genres rooted
in other folk and contemporary traditions of Africa, such as high-life funk, soul, Latin
and jazz.
The band is fronted by Ghanaian master drummer Yaw Asumadu, famed for his work
with the Pan African Orchestra, and Rob Navratil, who are joined by a stellar line
up of top musicians from Ghana, Nigeria, Italy, France and the UK. Ozi Ozaa means
‘Work and Happiness’ in Ghanaian and the band truly reflect that spirit.
CONJUNTO SABROSO 6pm
Conjunto Sabroso is a ten-piece Latin big band led by gifted Colombian vocalist,
Luz Elena Caicedo, and Venezuelan master percussionist, Wilmer Sifontes.
Renowned for their authentic swing and lively presence on stage, Conjunto Sabroso
features a vibrant horn section and powerful percussion.
The band has featured in many festivals London-wide, among them the Music
Village, Carnaval del Pueblo and Colores de Colombia at the Festival Hall. It is
also much in demand to support visiting salsa stars like Adalberto Santiago (a.k.a.
Fania), Jose Mangual Junior, Henry Fiol and Roberto Torres.
JYOTSNA SRIKANTH 3pm
Known for her versatility and ability to combine different world music genres
seamlessly, Jyotsna Srikanth is a British Indian violinist and composer who fearlessly
explores the crossover between Indian music and a variety of contemporary idioms,
including jazz, Irish folk, electronica, flamenco, blues, pop, Western classical and
Bollywood music.
Jyotsna is featured in many major global music events and venues like the Red
Violin Festival, BBC Proms, WOMAD and The Music Academy.
Having played violin for nearly 200 Indian films, she is currently working on
numerous large-scale musical experiments that bring communities together.
DELE SOSIMI &
AFROBEAT VIBRATIONS 7pm
Born in London nearly half a century ago, Bamidele Olatunbosun Sosimi, aka Dele
Sosimi, is a living legend of Afro-beat worldwide and continues to stand out as one
of its most active proponents. Having played with Afro-beat pioneer Fela Kuti’s Egypt
80, he later formed Positive Force with Fela’s oldest son Femi and also performed
with Tony Allen, another giant of Afro-beat.
Dele’s newest band - Afrobeat Vibrations - includes star musicians from Africa
and Europe to reflect London’s rich cosmopolitanism. The band’s pulsating Yoruba
percussion, overlaid with jazz, deep funk and Latin music tones, underpins Dele’s
commanding and distinctive vocal style.
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CLISSOLD PARK SUNDAY 17 JUNE
ADEL ELBRARY 1pm
ANATOLIA 4pm
A venerated singer and composer in Sudan for 30 years, Adel radiates integrity
and excellence in his performances. Arabic music from Egypt, including sacred
Sufi chants, has had a particularly powerful formative influence on his musical
development, whilst later encounters with artists from around the world stretched his
musical horizons further still.
This well-established and much loved London band has been presenting traditional
and contemporary Anatolian sounds to audiences in Britain for over ten years.
Anatolia performs heartfelt music and songs reflecting both the histories of Turkish,
Kurdish and Armenian peoples in their shared Anatolian homeland, and their new
lives here.
Adel lived and worked as a manager of a camp in the Sinai desert some years ago.
During that time, he met and worked alongside many musicians from India, Arabia,
South America, Europe and Israel. He subsequently collaborated with Israeli world
music ensemble Sheva to promote peace in the region through music. Together,
they recorded the famous track ‘Od Yarb Shalom Al Eina’ (Peace will come to us).
Anatolia’s powerful ballads convey stories with strong social themes; for them
achieving intercultural harmony is an important objective of their creative musical
fusions. They see their mission as “to mix and live together through the music”.
The band’s members skilfully synthesise their multi-rooted origins by combining a
range of instruments from East and West: guitar, keyboard, sax, bendir, flute, cura,
darbuka, violin and oud.
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DIABEL CISSOKHO 5pm
Kora master musician and singer, Diabel Cissokho, is part of the great line of
Cissokho griots of Senegal. His exceptional musical pedigree was cultivated from
an early age and he has gone on to develop successful collaborations with many
different world musicians, including renowned bluesman Ramon Goose, all of which
have further extended his musical realm.
KHANTARA 2pm
Diabel’s newly released album, Kanabory Siyama, draws on a rich reservoir
of traditional music from his west African homeland and neighbouring Mali,
synthesising elements of this with contemporary blues, Afro-Beat and jazz.
Anthar Kharana is a dazzling musical alchemist from Colombia who has been
fascinated by the world of sound since a child. An irrepressible explorer of musics
from across the planet, he blends the ancestral folk traditions of his South American
homeland with forms as diverse as Mongolian throat singing, opera and jazz to
create a truly distinctive concoction of global cross-fertilisation.
Anthar’s intercultural musical experimentation has resulted in musical ensemble
Khantara. The group’s repertoire represents an eclectic fusion of world musical
instruments and vocal techniques. Expect a scintillating soundscape that
incorporates mystical Colombian roots with pulsating Arabic and Gypsy rhythms
and chants.
LOS DESTERRADOS 3pm
An array of supremely talented London Jewish musicians, steeped in diverse
musical backgrounds – classical, jazz, folk, Latin and rock – converged in 2000 to
form Los Desterrados (The Exiles). The group delves deep into the largely overlooked
Judeo-Iberian, or Sephardic, musical canon and has produced several prized
albums, including Miradores in 2008.
Fusing fiery Balkan and Gypsy melodies with the rhythms of Spain, Morocco and
Turkey, Los Desterrados have created a rootsy, contemporary sound. Their set at this
year’s Music Village will include a selection of songs that draws upon the music of
different Jewish communities around the world.
G.E.A.T.A. 6pm
Supported by a band of gifted young musicians, Diabel’s music crosses cultural
barriers to engage audiences of all backgrounds and ages. The rhythms are
infectious, powerful and uplifting.
A dynamic professional creative arts group that started in 1997 with just 10
enthusiasts, G.E.A.T.A. has now grown to a 200-strong, London-wide organisation
to sustain and develop Ethiopian culture here. Formed by Wendwosen Abebe,
G.E.A.T.A. aims to give young British Ethiopians a positive sense of identity through
the arts and to increase awareness and enjoyment of Ethiopian culture among the
wider population.
Genna, the performing group at G.E.A.T.A.’s core, has regularly brought London
audiences to their feet with its unique and exhilarating blend of rhythmic Ethiopian
music, dance and song. Its repertoire incorporates traditional instruments, including
masinko (one-stringed violin) and krar (six-stringed lyre), along with a medley of
voices and percussion.
MUKKA 7pm
Mukka’s vibrant, life-affirming songs include references to “love, making cheese
and riding stallions”. Led by charismatic Romanian singer Dana Codorean-Berciu,
the band could light up a small city with its vivacious mix of East European, Arabic
and klezmer sounds.
Mukka’s London gigs are famous for encouraging complete strangers to join hands
and dance like crazy. Having performed everywhere from Buckingham Palace to
Glastonbury and at three previous Music Villages, Mukka look forward to lifting the
roof off the 2012 World City Music Village festival.
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WORLD CITY MUSIC VILLAGE PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
6 – 17 JUNE 2012
FREE ADMISSION TO ALL EVENTS
WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE
SATURDAY 9 JUNE
WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE
FRIDAY 15 JUNE
OCTOBER GALLERY
Festival Club
12.30 - 1.15pm Talk: DJ Ritu
1.30 - 2.15pm Performance: Adel Elbrary
12 noon - 5pm Exhibition: Masters of the Transvangarde
OPEN AIR FESTIVAL AT HORNIMAN GARDENS
1 - 8pm Romany Diamonds, Mosi Conde, Beeja, Guillermo
Rozenthuler, Grupo Lokito, Ameer Khan, Zong Zing
HORNIMAN MUSEUM
Schools Programme
10.30am -12 noon Design, Storytelling & Performance
workshops and Museum discovery trails
12 noon - 12.40pm Matinee Concert: Gaio De Lima
12.45 -2.20pm Design, Storytelling & Performance
Horniman Museum
Schools Programme
10.30am -12 noon Museum discovery trails
12 noon - 12.40pm Matinee Concert: Guillermo Rozenthuler
12.40 - 2.20pm Design, storytelling & Performance workshops
020 7242 7367
24 Old Gloucester Road, London, WC1 3AL
www.octobergallery.co.uk
OCTOBER GALLERY
Festival Launch
Performance: Mondele, Nsimba
RESONANCE 104.4FM
Opening Festival Broadcast
6.30 – 9pm World City Live
www.resonancefm.com
THURSDAY 7 JUNE
OCTOBER GALLERY
Festival Club
12.30 - 1.15pm Talk: Colin Prescod
1.30 - 2.15pm Performance: Kathy Hall
RESONANCE 104.4FM
Festival Broadcast
5.30-6.30pm World City Live
FRIDAY 8 JUNE
OCTOBER GALLERY
Festival Club
12.30 - 1.15pm Talk: Owen Hatherley
1.30 - 2.15pm Performance: Khantara
020 8699 1872
100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ
www.horniman.ac.uk
SUNDAY 10 JUNE
OPEN AIR FESTIVAL AT HORNIMAN GARDENS
1 - 8pm She’Koyokh, Modeste Hugues, The Fontanelles,
Harare, Yusuf Mahmoud, Cheb Nacim, Kasaï Masaï
MONDAY 11 JUNE
HORNIMAN MUSEUM
Schools Programme
12 noon - 12.40pm Matinee Concert: Ventrilocuos
12.45-2.20pm Design, Storytelling & Performance
020 8699 1872
100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ
www.horniman.ac.uk
RESONANCE 104.4FM
Festival Broadcast
8 - 9pm World City Live
TUESDAY 12 JUNE
BRADY CENTRE
Evening Concert
8pm Gaio de Lima
HORNIMAN MUSEUM
Schools Programme
12 noon - 12.40pm Matinee Concert: Subramanyam
12.45 - 2.20pm Design, Storytelling & Performance
020 7364 7900
192-196 Hanbury St, London, E1 5HU
www.towerhamletsarts.org.uk
JAMBOREE
Evening Concert
8.30pm Romany Diamonds
RESONANCE 104.4FM
Festival Broadcast
8 – 9pm World City Live
07931 474 379
Thames House, 55 Cable Street, London, E1W 3HB
www.jamboreevenue.co.uk
RESONANCE 104.4FM
Festival Broadcast
OCTOBER GALLERY
Festival Club
12.30 - 1.15pm Talk: Rita Ray
1.30 - 2.15pm Performance: Anusha Subramanyam
JAMBOREE
Evening Concert
8.30pm Velasierra Quintet
THURSDAY 14 JUNE
OCTOBER GALLERY
Festival Club
12.30 - 1.15pm Talk: Finbarr Whooley
1.30 - 2.15pm Performance: Guy Schalom
BRADY CENTRE
Evening Concert
8pm Mosi Conde
RESONANCE 104.4FM
Festival Broadcast
SATURDAY 16 JUNE
HORNIMAN MUSEUM
Schools Programme
10.30am -12 noon Museum discovery trails
12 noon - 12.40pm Matinee Concert: Terence O’Flaherty OPEN AIR FESTIVAL AT CLISSOLD PARK
12.40 - 2.20pm Design, storytelling & Performance
1 - 9pm Terence O’Flaherty, Ozi Ozaa, Jyotsna Srikanth, Lokito
workshops
ya Congo, Rhythms of the City, Conjunto Sabroso, Dele Sosimi
and Afrobeat Vibration
OCTOBER GALLERY
Festival Club
Green Lanes/Stoke Newington Church St, London, N4 2EY
12.30 - 1.15pm Talk: Chili Hawes
1.30 - 2.15pm Performance: Vayu Naidu
GALLERY CAFE
Evening Concert
8pm Guillermo Rozenthuler
0208 980 2092
21 Old Ford Rd, London, E2 9PL
www.thegallerycafe.wordpress.com
SUNDAY 17 JUNE
OPEN AIR FESTIVAL AT CLISSOLD PARK
1 - 9pm Adel Elbrary, Khantara, Los Desterrados, Anatolia,
Diabel Cissokho, G.E.A.T.A., Mukka
JAMBOREE
Evening Concert
8.30pm El-Andaluz
PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO CHANGE See www.culturalco-operation.org for updates.
Check individual websites for venue details, including access & directions.
Limited space and restricted parking at many venues. Public transport and early arrival is strongly
recommended.
Schools Programme is pre-bookable. 2012 Schools Programme FULLY BOOKED.
Email: [email protected] to register an interest in future schools activities for Key Stages 2 & 3.
To join our FREE MAILING LIST please visit our website at www.culturalco-operation.org
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Extended sets by outstanding world musicians at community venues in East London
FRI 8 JUNE
BRADY CENTRE 8pm
GAIO DE LIMA
THU 14 JUNE
GALLERY CAFÉ 8pm
GUILLERMO ROZENTHULER
A fusion of choro, samba, forro and other sounds that he’s absorbed from around the world,
Gaio’s performances are energetic, show great musical virtuosity and always create a
welcoming atmosphere.
Guillermo’s warmly expressive vocals and accomplished guitar playing capture all the passion
and rhythmic wealth of Brazilian songs, augmented by some of the finest Latin musicians in
London. The lineup includes the amazing Javier Fioramonti (bass) ,Andres Ticino (percussion)
and award- winning John Turville (piano)
TUE 12 JUNE
JAMBOREE 8.30pm
ROMANY DIAMONDS
THU 14 JUNE
JAMBOREE 8.30pm
EL-ANDALUZ
Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Gaio de Lima is the founder of Clube do Choro UK, a charity
project aimed at spreading Brazilian choro music throughout the UK. Through his 10-string
mandolin and cavaquinho (four-string Brazilian guitar), Gaio wants to provide the public with a
chance to enjoy and understand that Brazil has more than just samba.
Ricardo Czureja, founder of Romany Diamonds, arrived in the UK from Poland with his family in
1998. Romany Diamonds have existed in all but name for years before forming as a band in
2008. The Czurejas have always been musical; Ricardo’s son Benjamin explains that music is
“what we live off; it’s our bread”.
The male family members play violin – a tradition going back generations – but Benjamin fell
for the guitar. Heavily influenced by Django Reinhardt, Ben’s guitar playing adds a little gypsy
jazz to the Diamonds music.
The other band members are also Roma (except Yugoslav double bassist Viktor Obsust who is
of mixed origin), and have learnt Roma music since childhood.
WED 13 JUNE
JAMBOREE 8.30pm
VELASIERRA QUINTET
A fascinating mixture of Latin-American melodies, contemporary harmonies and Afro-Andean
rhythms, the recently formed Velasierra Quintet uses vibrant Latin improvisations with fiery
African rhythms.
In development for a year under the stewardship of Mauricio Velasierra, a pioneering player
of the Andean Kena flute, the quintet are able to create a world of evocative stories and
powerful images, producing the kind of arresting beauty that truly touches the soul.
Musicians featured alongside Mauricio are Henrik Jensen (double bass); Jenny Adejayan
(cello); Gregorio Merchán (percussion); and Camilo Menjura on strings and vocals.
Originally from Argentina, Guillermo Rozenthuler is well known in London as one of the finest
singer-songwriters and tango interpreters on the Latin scene. In his new programme “Brasil, Meu
Amor” he finally admits to his love-affair with the music of Brazil. For 20 years now he has been
cultivating a repertoire that brings together the best of Bossa Nova, Samba and MPB styles.
El-Andaluz are among London’s finest exponents of classical Arabic and Andalusian music. The
band is led by oud (Arab lute) player Yazid Fentazi, whose playing has been compared to that
of the great Anouar Brahem.
Yazid is accompanied by the inimitable derbouka playing of Karim Dellali, the exciting melodic
violin of Frank Biddulph and the oriental bass style of Algerian bassist extraordinaire Hamid Bouri.
El-Andaluz take the audience on a wonderful journey around the southern shores of the
Mediterranean, often beginning with a poetic and reflective Andalusian nuba, then travelling
on to the trance-like Sufi music of the Sahara. They never fail to end the evening by getting the
audience on their feet, dancing to the celebratory chaabi music of Algeria, or to a classical
Egyptian belly dance.
FRI 15 JUNE
BRADY CENTRE 8pm
MOSI CONDE
Mosi Conde is a Djeli Deni – young griot - from Guinea Conakry’s leading family: Sekouba
‘Diamond Fingers’ Diabate & Mory Kante are his uncles, Sona Diabate the founder of Les
Amazones de Guinee is his aunt and his family are the inspiration for extended family and
friends like Salif Keita and Alpha Blondy.
“We griots,” says Mosi, “are born in music, every family plays together. Music is our life.”
2011 saw Mosi Conde consolidate his status as one of the finest musicians around. He greatly
expanded his repertoire and played at a number of high- profile charity launches, including
The Moringa Tree and See Africa Differently.
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Festival Club @ October Gallery Exhibition
Nestling in the intellectual heartland of Bloomsbury, October Gallery is an intimate hub of artistic innovation. Its
sumptuous Club room, Mediterranean courtyard and vibrant gallery hosts the festival’s lunchtime storytelling and
musical performances, World City talks and discussions led by experts and its 2012 summer exhibition.
31 MAY – 23 JUNE
MASTERS OF THE
TRANSVANGARDE
Created in central London in 1979, October Gallery
was one of Britain’s first galleries to exhibit artists
from all world cultures. Its founding concept of the
Transvangarde - trans-cultural avant-garde - aims
to transcend classical European art traditions and
focuses instead upon the contemporary artistic
expressions of all world cultures.
For over three decades the gallery has explored the
causes and consequences of cultural convergence
on human creativity - and reaffirmed its hugely
positive impact, through hundreds of pioneering
exhibitions showcasing the works of some of the
world’s greatest post-war visual artists.
Kenji Yoshida’s canvases incorporate ethereal
gold, silver and precious metals to unite a restrained
tradition of Japanese appliqué work with a modernist
European aesthetic of which Yoshida was a leading
Parisian exponent.
This year’s summer exhibition is no exception and
presents works by a breathtaking range of masters of
global contemporary art. All engage in powerfully
interactive dialogues, indicative of a rapidly
globalising art world.
Rachid Koraïchi’s approach is informed by the
Islamic concept of Safar, the spiritual journey of
transcendence. His multimedia work comprises the
intricate beauty of Arabic calligraphic scripts and
a plethora of symbols, glyphs and ciphers from
different world languages and cultures. Golnaz
Fathi transforms Persian calligraphy in increasingly
expressive and abstract ways, while Beninese artist
Julien Sinzogan’s finely drawn works evoke the spirits
of slaves returning to Africa.
Amongst the major works featured in the exhibition is
an installation by El Anatsui, Skylines? (2008), the first
public showing of this extraordinary piece in London.
In 2002 October Gallery exhibited, also for the first
time in London, two “cloths” by El Anatsui, made of
hand-sewn recycled liquor bottle-tops translated
into sumptuous works of art.. El Anatsui ‘s work later
featured in the Africa Remix show at the Hayward
Gallery in 2005.
London based, Nepalese artist, Govinda Sah’s
acrylic paintings resemble universes imploding in
infinite space. Grounding these interconnected
metalogues of past and future visions, exiled
Palestine artist Laila Shawa, provides a more
dystopian view of some of the world’s harsh realities.
Shawa always reminds us, though, that to engage
directly with the continuing atrocities in the Middle
East is also to imagine the possibility of a better future.
Nnenna Okore uses discarded materials of clay,
newspaper, wax and rope to create her otherworldly
sculptures of dramatic form. Owusu-Ankomah’s
canvases, meanwhile, employ historically and
geographically diverse visual references: from
Saharan rock painting and Renaissance sculpture, to
Ghanaian textile designs.
Finally, the exhibition pays tribute to legendary
Guyanese painter Aubrey Williams. Williams’ work
evolved through many distinct phases and drew
upon a broad spectrum of sources, including
abstract expressionism and the iconography of
Olmec, Maya and Warrau traditions.
October Gallery also gave the first UK solo show
to the prolific American writer and artist, William
S. Burroughs in 1988. It continues to represent
Burroughs’ pioneering experimentation in crossmedia artistic processes.
Julien Sinzogan, Terre en vue (Land Ho) 2010
photo by Jonathan Greet, image courtesy October Gallery, London
While in London, Burroughs and his close friend Brion
Gysin, encountered the work of another visionary
artist featured in the exhibition, Gerald Wilde.
One of his most famous series of paintings was
inspired by the symphonies and quartets of Russian
composer Shostakovich, thereby transcending the
boundaries separating discrete art forms and widely
differing cultures to capture the very essence of
Transvangarde art.
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WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE 12.30 - 1.15pm
World Music in a World City
DJ RITU
Pioneering global grooves guru, turntablist & BBC presenter, DJ Ritu has been active on
the British and international club scene for 26 years. Her hugely popular Saturday night
show, A World in London, inherited from Charlie Gillett and now at SOAS Radio, together
with her longrunning BBC3 Counties programme, are broadcasting gems.
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WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 12.30 - 1.15pm
Celebrating sanctuary in a World City
DJ RITA RAY
Rita is a DJ who works extensively to combine her skills as a DJ with live music. At the
heart of what Rita does is the desire to play records that turn people on to new, global
sounds they’ve never previously heard.
Specialising in music from Africa, the Middle East, Mediterranean, Asia, and Latin
America, plus a hefty dose of western underground and pop styles since the 60’s, DJ Ritu
has performed in over 30 countries and is the ultimate musical chameleon.
A resident DJ with Max Reinhardt at the Brixton club ‘Mambo Inn’ 1989 – 1997, the DJs
musical menu of Latin, African and an eclectic mix of Jazz soon established the pair as
the hippest and most influential selectors of ‘world ‘ styles in the UK capital.
This year Ritu has been busy DJing at venues & major festivals worldwide, including
The Big Chill, whilst celebrating 12 years of her club Kuch Kuch - the UK’s number one
Bollywood Club.
Beyond her established career as an MC and DJ, Rita has played a key role in the
Refugee Council’s annual arts festival “Celebrating Sanctuary” and Platforma, a new
national social and cultural resource that promotes and supports refugee artists.
THURSDAY 7 JUNE 12.30 - 1.15pm
Race & Class in a 21st century World City
COLIN PRESCOD
Colin Prescod is a sociologist turned cultural animator who has worked in film, TV and
theatre as well as academia. He is Chair of the Institute of Race Relations, and a member
of the editorial working committee of its international journal, Race and Class.
He served as a member of the London Mayor’s Commission on African and Asian
Heritage and the GLA Heritage Diversity Task Force. He was founding-Chair, 1993-2001,
of the DRUM, National Centre for British Black Arts and Culture, Birmingham. He is the
current Chair of the Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art (ACAVA),
London and Carnival Village.
He was advisor to two new major permanent galleries in London opened in 2007 London, Sugar and Slavery, Museum in Docklands and Atlantic Worlds, National
Maritime Museum.
FRIDAY 8 JUNE 12.30 - 1.15pm
Excavating Utopia in post-industrial landscapes
OWEN HATHERLEY
Owen Hatherley is a British writer and journalist based in London who writes primarily
on architecture, politics and culture.
His first book Militant Modernism was published by Zero Books in 2009. The
Guardian described the book as an “intelligent and passionately argued attempt
to ‘excavate utopia’ from the ruins of modernism” and an “exhilarating manifesto
for a reborn socialist modernism”. He is also the author of Uncommon, a history on
Britpop band Pulp.
Hatherley has written for Building Design, New Statesman, New Humanist, The
Guardian, Icon, Socialist Worker and Socialist Review. He sits on the editorial
boards of Archinect and Historical Materialism, and has maintained three blogs, Sit
down man, you’re a bloody tragedy, The Measures Taken and Kino Fist.
THURSDAY 14 JUNE 12.30 - 1.15pm
Masters of the Transvangarde:
New sensibilities from around the planet
CHILI HAWES
Chili Hawes, FRGS, is one of the Founders of October Gallery and has been its
Director since it opened in 1979. A native of the Rocky Mountains, she gained a BA
in French Literature from Colorado College, followed by a year at the Sorbonne and
further post-graduate work in Linguistics at Claremont Graduate School and has
taught at all levels of the educational system both in the USA and Australia.
A founder and director of Institute of Ecotechnics - www.ecotechnics.edu - Chili
has managed various ecological projects in the high desert of New Mexico, the
Outback of Australia and the south of France. She has travelled widely including
major research trips for the October Gallery to India, Melanesia, Peru, Southern
Africa and Fiji.
FRIDAY 15 JUNE 12.30 - 1.15pm
World Culture in a World City:
the role of the 21st century museum
FINBARR WHOOLEY
After taking degrees in History (University College, Cork) and later Museum Studies
(Leicester University), Finbarr worked at the Livesey Museum for Children in Southwark in
the late 1980s.
He went on to run LB Brent’s Museum Service where he assisted many people from the
Borough’s cosmopolitan population to represent their specific cultures and histories
in a museum setting. In 1999, he moved to the Horniman Museum & Gardens where is
Assistant Director.
The Horniman is justly famed for its breathtaking ethnographic collections from
across the world as well as for its magnificent gardens that offer panoramic views
across London. Finbarr has helped nurture and sustain the Horniman’s national and
international reputation for robust yet nuanced scholarship, thereby appealing to and
engaging people from all of London’s diverse communities.
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WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE 1.30 – 2.15pm
ADEL ELBRARY
WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 1.30 – 2.15pm
ANUSHA SUBRAMANYAM
A venerated singer and composer in Sudan for 30 years, Adel radiates integrity and
excellence through his performances. Arabic music from Egypt, including sacred
Sufi chants, has had a particularly powerful formative influence on his musical
development, whilst later encounters with artists from around the world stretched his
musical horizons further still.
The name chosen by an Indian classical dance collective, Beeja’, means ‘seed’
in Hindi and carries a sense of transformation and the start of life. This is also this
growing dance collective’s mission: to generate new ideas, new understanding and
fresh creative forms through dance.
Adel lived and worked as a manager of a camp in the Sinai desert some years ago.
During that time, he met and worked alongside many musicians from India, Arabia,
South America, Europe and Israel.
Founded by Anusha Subramanyam a celebrated London-based exponent of
Bharatanatyam, or South Indian temple dance, Beeja draws on its members’ skills in
various classical Indian dance forms, plus Bollywood, Indian folk, visual arts, music
and design.
He subsequently collaborated with Israeli world music ensemble Sheva to promote
peace in the region through music. Together, they recorded the famous track ‘Od
Yarb Shalom Al Eina’ (Peace will come to us).
Beeja’s burgeoning appeal and impressive record of achievement lies in its ability
successfully to blend traditional and contemporary Indian musical and dance
styles, from classical to folk to pop and hip hop.
THURSDAY 7 JUNE 1.30 – 2.15pm
KATHY LEE HALL
THURSDAY 14 JUNE 1.30 – 2.15pm
VAYU NAIDU
Li Xuixin, aka Kathy Lee Hall, is a hugely talented Beijing Opera and Kunqu Opera
performer, long immersed in both Eastern and Western classical drama traditions.
Ten years ago she set up and still heads the London Jin Kun Opera Association
(LJKOA), the only UK organisation of its kind. LJKOA helps contemporary audiences
appreciate the modern relevance of both Beijing Opera and its early antecedent,
Kun Opera, and the connections between them.
Vayu discovered storytelling in her home city, Chennai. In 2001 she founded Vayu
Naidu Company, to promote storytelling as theatre, with a signature style combining
text, music and dance. Its inaugural production, South, was written and performed
with musician Orphy Robinson. Later productions include: Mistaken, Annie Besant in
India (which toured India and the UK in 2007); and Bhakti and the Blues (2008/09), a
collaboration with singer Cleveland Watkiss.
These ancient forms of dramatic performance long preceded Greek drama, the
cornerstone of much of today’s Western theatre and storytelling conventions, yet
survive largely unchanged to this day.
Vayu gained a doctorate in Indian Performance Oral traditions and contemporary
western theatre from Leeds University in 1988. She has since published several
plays, including There Comes a Karma, When, and Guess Who’s Coming to
Christmas? In 2009 the Jaipur International Literature Festival featured her solo work
Mischievous Maidens.
Kathy is a remarkably effective communicator who delivers instantly accessible
one-woman shows, ensemble performances, lecture-demonstrations, workshops
and classes in both Chinese Opera forms to different age groups and skill levels.
FRIDAY 8 JUNE 1.30 – 2.15pm
KHANTARA
FRI 15 JUNE 1.30 – 2.15pm
GUY SCHALOM
Anthar Kharana is a dazzling musical alchemist from Colombia who has been
fascinated by the world of sound since a child. An irrepressible explorer of musics
from across the planet, he blends the ancestral folk traditions of his South American
homeland with forms as diverse as Mongolian throat singing, opera and jazz to
create a truly distinctive concoction of global cross-fertilisation.
Born in Israel to an Egyptian Jewish family, Guy is currently based in London and
has over 20 years’ experience in a range of musical idioms. His broad experience
allows him to move effortlessly between performing percussion solos in large-scale
productions such as Riverdance (Royal Albert Hall) to leading his own jazz and world
music ensembles.
Anthar’s intercultural musical experimentation has resulted in the musical
ensemble Khantara. The group’s repertoire represents an eclectic fusion of world
musical instruments and vocal techniques. Expect a scintillating soundscape that
incorporates mystical Colombian roots with pulsating Arabic and Gypsy rhythms
and chants.
A focus of Guy’s work is exploring the connection between music and dance.
He works regularly with Arabic, Jewish and Flamenco dancers to convey this
connection - combining choreographies and on-the-spot improvisations.
He has also recorded music for numerous network television programs including
Where The Heart Is (BBC), Fat Friends (ITV), Glenn Miller’s Last Flight (Channel 4) and
GMTV.
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24 Schools Programme Horniman Museum
Immersive learning in arts and global citizenship skills for school groups from all over South London.
Artist-led workshops in performance, storytelling & carnival, with “show & tell” sharing sessions, matinee
concerts & a series of museum discovery trails through the unique world collections of this pre-eminent
London museum.
MATINEE CONCERT PERFORMERS
WORKSHOP LEADERS
MONDAY 11 JUNE
VENTRILOCUOS
KATHY LEE HALL
Ventrilocuos is a Colombian trio taking Latin American music from its folk roots to contemporary concert
venues, schools and museums.
CHINESE STORYTELLING & THEATRE:
MADAM WHITESNAKE
Li Xuixin, aka Kathy Lee Hall, is a hugely talented Beijing Opera and Kunqu Opera performer, long
immersed in both Eastern and Western classical drama traditions. Ten years ago she set up and still
heads the London Jing Kun Opera Association (LJKOA), the only UK organisation of its kind. LJKOA
helps contemporary audiences appreciate the modern relevance of both Beijing Opera and its early
antecedent, Kun Opera, and the connections between them.
These ancient forms of dramatic performance long preceded Greek drama, the cornerstone of much of
today’s Western theatre and storytelling conventions, yet survive largely unchanged to this day.
Kathy is a remarkably effective communicator who delivers instantly accessible one-woman shows,
ensemble performances, lecture-demonstrations, workshops and classes in both Chinese Opera forms to
different age groups and skill levels.
DESSISLAVA STEFANOVA
BULGARIAN FOLK SONG
Dessislava Stefanova has been performing and teaching the distinctive choral music of Bulgaria in the
UK since her arrival here in 2000. An experienced conductor, soloist and renowned singer, Dessi founded
the London Bulgarian Choir, performs with A Spell in Time (a Bulgarian myth and folklore performing arts
company) and leads workshops enjoyed by all participants, regardless of their musical ability.
Teaching by ear, she introduces rhythms, vocal techniques and harmonies that have groups singing in the
Bulgarian tradition in no time. In addition to teaching others, Dessi has also established a career singing
for film soundtracks, theatre and working with artists who need the authentic sound of her homeland. Films
in which her singing has been featured include: Disney’s Atlantis, Troy and Borat.
DEBORA ALLEYNE DE GAZON
CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL, MASQUERADE & DANCE
Debora Alleyne De Gazon is an experienced Trinidadian storyteller, dancer, choreographer and arts
educator. She is renowned for her dynamic and engaging presentations and is greatly in demand from
community festivals, museums and schools across the UK.
Debora set up the Creative Learning Circuit (CLC) in Croydon in 2004, to develop and promote her own
work and that of fellow of African Caribbean artists. She offers participative learning opportunities that
draw on the rich and multi-layered cultures of the Caribbean: drama games, improvisation techniques,
choral speaking, interactive storytelling, traditional calypso and carnival costume design.
CRAIG JENKINS
WORLD STORIES: TALES FROM THE RAMAYANA
Craig is a consummate storyteller, with a wealth of performance and teaching experience. He has
performed on behalf of Vayu Naidu Company and for high profile organisations such as the BBC,
Barbican Centre and Somerset House, all to great acclaim. His charismatic presence has delighted
audiences at regional and national festivals, such as the London Mela for three years running.
Craig is also a stimulating educationist who has led storytelling workshops in a wide range of community,
outreach and education settings. He is particularly interested in exploring the Indian epic of Ramayana as
a story of contemporary and universal human experiences and emotions.
Formed by Mauricio Velasierra, a truly innovative player of Andean flutes, the trio’s compositions are a rich
mixture of African music, jazz and contemporary rhythms.
With a compelling blend of melodies based on the popular Latin musical traditions of Cumbia and Son,
this gifted trio creates a mesmerizing and infectious sound. Camilo Menjura’s arresting strings, Mauricio’s
soaring flute solos and Gregorio Merchan’s deep grooves combine to deliver a lively mix from the heart of
Latin America.
TUESDAY 12 JUNE
BEEJA
Critically acclaimed Indian classical dance company Beeja aims to generate new ideas, new
understanding and fresh creative forms. ‘Beeja’ means ‘seed’ in Hindi and carries a sense of transformation
and the start of life.
In keeping with its name, the company Beeja aims to generate new ideas, new understanding and
fresh creative forms. Its work is based on the ancient South Indian temple dance of Bharatanatyam, now
famous around the world. The company offers a range of options: performances, workshops, residencies
and regular dance classes.
WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE
GAIO DE LIMA
Originally from Rio de Janeiro, this creative and innovative musician sings, writes songs and plays a large
number of instruments, such as cavaquinho (Brazilian ukulele), pandeiro, surdo, cajon, berimbau, tan
tan, cuica, tambourim, banjo, repique, acoustic guitar, and his main ardour, the 10-string mandolin.
Living in the UK since 2007, Gaio has performed at Ronnie Scott’s, 606 Club, National Theatre,
Guanabara and many other venues, as well as music festivals. He runs percussion and strings-instruments
workshops for both children and adults of all ages and offers individual and group music lessons.
THURSDAY 14 JUNE
TERENCE O’FLAHERTY
Terence O’Flaherty arrived in London from County Clare on the West Coast of Ireland in 1971 as one of the
first wave of Irish migrants seeking opportunity in London at that time.
Born into a musical family in a region of Ireland well known for its preservation of traditional Irish music,
he has developed a distinguished career as a singer-songwriter. His early encounters with traditional Irish
acapella singing, or lilting, remain at the heart of his ever-popular repertoire.
Terence has played at the Cambridge Folk Festival and for BBC TV and the World Service.
For more information on Terence see page 10 for the Festival Weekend at Clissold Park on 16 June.
FRIDAY 15 JUNE
GUILLERMO ROZENTHULER
Guillermo Rozenthuler has become one of the leading voices of Argentine tango and South American
song in the UK. His original and distinctive take on popular songs from Argentina displays extraordinary
musical inventiveness, blending jazz, Latin, Middle Eastern and Indian vocal styles amongst others.
He started his career as a jazz singer in Argentina’s own “World City”, Buenos Aires. More recently, he has
been exploring his love of Brazilian music. For more information on Guillermo see page 6 for the Festival
Weekend at Horniman Gardens on 9 June.
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RESONANCE
104.4 FM
Cultural Co-operation is delighted to renew its
partnership with Resonance 104.4 FM through
this year’s Music Village. Our relationship with
this pioneering Radio Art station dates from 2002,
soon after Resonance was established by the
London Musician’s Collective. Since then, we have
presented over 200 shows featuring hundreds of our
Artist Network members as part of our free service
to them.
Ed Baxter (Founder Director), Richard Thomas
(Station Manager) and their colleagues have always
been hugely supportive of our mission to enable
Network members to gain media exposure and
experience at first hand and to collaborate on
shows with other artists.
This World City Live series builds on the one
launched during the 2010 World City Music Village
and on our earlier weekly show, London Diaspora
Live, one of Resonance’s longest running and most
popular series.
Listed below are the shows for this, our first series for
over a year, following funding cuts. Further shows
are now being planned for the autumn.
www.resonancefm.com
WORLD CITY LIVE
RADIO SHOWS
11 MAY – 25 JULY 2012
11 May
MR GEE Rap ‘poet laureate’, radio star & DJ
16 May
BEEJA South Indian temple dance supremos
23 May
DELE SOSIMI legendary Afro-beat pioneer
30 May
KATHY HALL Kun Qu Chinese Opera virtuoso
6 June
OPENING 2012 FESTIVAL BROADCAST
7 June
GRUPO LOKITO Congolese & Latin music all stars
8 June
LOS DESTERRADOS Ladino Jewish music trailblazers
11 June CHEB NACIM Popular Algerian Rai idol
12 June JYOTSNA SRIKANTH Carnatic violin superstar
15 June KHANTARA Musical shaman from Colombia
20 June MOSI CONDE West African Kora maestro & singer
27 June VAYU NAIDU Superlative world storyteller
4 July
DEBBIE GOLT Founder of Outerglobe world music
11 July
GAIO DE LIMA young Brazilian Choro musician
18 July
ANUSHA SUBRAMANYAM Top South Indian classical
dancer
25 July
MAURICIO VELASIERRA Colombian musical pioneer
www.culturalco-operation.org/pages/Resonance_Broadcasts for
current & future show listings
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Strengthening the common life through intercultural understanding
Cultural Co-operation is a London-based arts and education charity with an
internationally respected history of innovation and achievement.
Its mission is to unite people through high quality engagement with the world’s
cultural heritage.
Festival
Artist
Education
Dialogue
& Debate
& Consultancy
The Music Village: a joyful
public contact zone for
learning about & celebrating
world cultures
Creative collaborations
& professional support
to connect aexcluded
artists to each other & the
mainstream
Immersive learning in arts,
heritage, and citizenship skills
in schools, museums & the
workplace
Generating understanding
and trust through
engagement with complex
intercultural & interfaith issues
Analysis, reflection and
insight into our diverse origins,
distinctive world views and
common values
Showcase
Network
& Training
Policy
We:
- are an independent arts and education charity established in London in 1987. Our mission
builds on years of innovation and excellence in delivering high-quality popular engagement
with the world’s cultures.
- aim to help bring about positive social change where inequality, denial of opportunity and
other forms of injustice persist, particularly where these are based on racism and religious
intolerance.
- have been consistently successful in achieving our objectives by drawing upon the
transformative, life-affirming qualities of the arts and heritage.
are stubborn optimists, convinced of people’s innate
goodness and of the power of culture to help us find
and build common ground
believe passionately in the vital importance of crosscultural co-operation for: generating self-critical
awareness; provoking mutual insights across ethnic and
faith divides; building trust; and inspiring humility and
compassion
continually seek out and test new ways of using the arts
and heritage to generate mutual understanding
are ever willing to tackle sensitive, controversial, or
emergent inter-cultural issues
are independent-minded, yet always work in close
partnership with others
use each of our five discrete yet integrated programme
strands above to achieve our aims
have rigorous standards; should we fail to reach them,
we persevere until we get things right
EVENTS PLANNED AND MANAGED SINCE 1987
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1987
The River Mela London
Commonwealth Music Village London,
Edinburgh
Oxford Festival of Traditional Music Oxford
CULTURAL CO-OPERATION/MUSIC VILLAGE
Founder & Chief Executive/Festival Director Prakash Daswani MBE
Operations Director Ledy Leyssen
Marketing & Development Manager Leanne O’Boyle
Festival Manager Steve Pascal
Festival Schools Programme Director Elena Yuan
Team Administrator & Festival Volunteer Co-ordinator
Robyn Donaldson
Artists’ Liaison & Festival CD compiler Pavani Srikanda
Executive Manager Terry Wynne
Festival Schools Programme Co-ordinator Emma Defoe
Festival Launch Co-ordinator Alan Thomson
1988
Pacific Music Village London
Oxford Festival of Traditional Music Oxford
International Festival of Street Music London,
Glasgow
2004
Diaspora Music Village London
Year-Round Education Programme inc Heritage
Animateur professional development, London
London Diaspora Capital Artist Network, web
resource & capacity building
2005
Diaspora London Music Village London
1989
Conference on International Cultural Relations Know Your Place? Conference: Diaspora
Oxford
Literature & the subversion of borders London
West African Music Village London
The Challenge of the Other paper presented
Oxford Festival of Traditional Music, Oxford
at European Cultural Foundation Conference,
Chatham House, London
Glasgow
2006
1990
Salaam Music Village London
Seminar on Pan European Networking Glasgow Year-Round Education Programme inc Heritage
Papua New Guinea Music Village Amsterdam, Animateur professional development, London
The Hague, Paris, Gateshead, London
Glasgow, Birmingham
Consultancy for Ford Foundation on Festivals &
The Glasgow Mela Glasgow
Arts Centres in Kenya & Zanzibar
AI Festival of Light for LB Islington, London
1991
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh & Gujarat Music 2007
Village London, Berlin, Newcastle, Birmingham
Birmingham
Research Project: Non-Western Arts in the
Netherlands for European Union & British Council resource & capacity building
Lectures on Europe’s non-European Minorities
College for a New Europe, Cracow
2008
UNESCO Conference on Cultural Dialogue
St Petersburg Papers presented
1992
Consultancy for British Council, East Asia
Caribbean Music Village London, Berlin,
Interculturalism & Creativity in the 21st Century City
Glasgow
2009
Birmingham, Berlin, Frankfurt, Potsdam, Chemnitz, Mayor’s Commission on African & Asian
Erfurt
Heritage. London, co-Chair Audiences subCommittee,
1993
Report on Diversifying Heritage Audiences &
Ethiopian Music Village London, Berlin, Glasgow, creation of Diversity in Heritage Group (DHG)
Frankfurt, Dresden
Symposium: Debatable: Do Cultural Diversity
initiatives remove stereotypes or reinforce them?
1994
for LB Kensington& Chelsea, London
Moroccan Music Village London, Bradford,
Berlin, Glasgow, Frankfurt
1995
Seminar on Pan European Networking Glasgow
UNESCO Conference: Management of
Cultural Pluralism in Europe Stockholm Keynote
Study
Pakistan Music Village London, Glasgow,
Bradford
2010
World City Music Village London
World City Artist Network Network, web resource
and capacity building
Skills for the Future Training Placements to
develop skills and increase diversity in the Heritage
sector, London, Bristol, Portsmouth
1996
South African Music Village London, Berlin
2011
develop cultural heritage skills and increase
diversity in the Heritage sector, London, Bristol,
Portsmouth
1997
Sufi Music Village London
1999
Sacred Voices Music Village London
Consultancy for Ford Foundation in Palestinian
territories
2000
Sacred Voices Millennium Music Village
London
2001
2002
Diaspora Music Village London
2003
London Diaspora Capital Artist Network & web
resource
Consultancy for Live Music Now! to increase its
diversity nationwide
Consultancy for Ford Foundation on Zanzibar
festivals
2012
World City Music Village 6 – 17 June 2012
London
sector, London, Bristol, Portsmouth
2013 proposed
develop cultural heritage skills and increase
diversity in the Heritage sector, London, Bristol,
Portsmouth & Manchester
Year-Round Education Programme on
Citizenship & Heritage in schools and museums
2014 proposed
Sacred City Music Village June - July 2012
London
sector, London, Bristol, Portsmouth & Manchester
Year-Round Education Programme on
Citizenship & Heritage in schools and museums
PATRONS
Lord Bhikhu Parekh, Sir David Green, Shobana Jeyasingh MBE,
Serge Lourie
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Robin Thompson (Chair), Zeeshan Tayyeb (Treasurer), Peter Slavid,
Zoe Hepden, Ibrar Dar, Ansel Wong
EXPERT ADVISERS TO THE BOARD Veronica Molyneux, Jeremy Gwynn
PROJECT PARTNERS
Horniman Museum Janet Vitmayer, Finbar Whooley, Andrew Willshire, Shuk Kwan Liu,
Louise Palmer, Vicky Brightman, Gordon Lucas
October Gallery Chilli Hawes, Elizabeth Lalouschek, Jo Walsh, Gerard Houghton, Alana
Pryce
Resonance FM Ed Baxter, Richard Thomas, Chris Baxter
Brady Centre Jerry Deeks
Gallery Café Douglas Dove
Jamboree Rena Beck
WORLD CITY MUSIC VILLAGE PROJECT SUPPORT TEAM
Graphic Design Jel, Dusted Design
Corporate Branding David Gray
CD Production John Gerrard, Richard Price
Website Sheila Lawson, Platform 3
Festival Weekend Site Production & Technical: Sound2Light, NGP Security
Media Sponsor fRoots
Photography Simon Richardson
VOLUNTEERS
Year Round support
Jessica Carroll
Angiola Ardesi
Althea Phoenix
Young Mi Lamine
Binlu Wang
Alex Jones
Operations Assistant
Festival Production Assistant
Marketing Assistant
Marketing Assistant
Audience Evaluation
Festival Photographer
FESTIVAL STEWARDS
Carla Chiericallo, Patricia Gonzalez, Natalie Roberts, Laetitia Le Guillou, Justyna
Hellebrand, Laura Wilson, Francesca Floris, Nathan McIlroy, Faye Brogan, Martyn
Williams, Mat Snook, Mina Kaur, Samantha Mellows, Evelyn Martyres, Julie Begum,
Cleveland Whyte, Emma Anacootee, Kate Timperley, Caroline Newton, Chelsey Betts,
Phoebe Smith, Zak Hulstrom, Simon Kitchen, Laurelle Jones, Rehana Jogee, Annie
Munday, Kenneth Chu, Alan Thomson, Khalil Daswani, Joanne Daswani
THANKS TO
Simon Richardson, Ian Anderson, Debbie Golt, DJ Ritu Clissold Park Users Group
(Caroline Millar, John Hudson), Ceryl Evans, Hackney Museum, Spitalfields Music
Summer Festival, Celebrating Sanctuary, Ealing Summer Festival, Vaughan Jones Praxis/
New Voices, Aurelia Clavien, Iris Long
FUNDED BY
Arts Council of England, London; Horniman Museum & Gardens; LB Hackney
Unless otherwise indicated all text written or edited by Prakash Daswani. Brochure & CD management:
Leanne O’Boyle. Additional proof reading: Ledy Leyssen, Althea Phoenix, Alan Thomson
For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.
To provide for our posterity we must do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with our God. We must be knit
together in this work as one man, entertain each other in brotherly affection and be willing to abridge
ourselves of our superfluities, for the supply of others’ necessities.
We must uphold a familiar commerce together in all meekness, gentleness, patience and liberality. We
must delight in each other; make others’ conditions our own; rejoice together, mourn together, labour and
suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, as members of
the same body. So shall we keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace
Governor John Winthrop 1630
To early pilgrims on board the Arbella as it sailed to the New World
The World City Music Village is the 25th Music Village in the series and is organized by Cultural Co-operation Ltd
Registered Charity 801111 Company Registration 2228599
www.culturalco-operation.org

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