World City Music Village 2012 brochure - Cultural Co
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World City Music Village 2012 brochure - Cultural Co
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 1 MESSAGE FROM THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Prakash Daswani 4 LONDON WORLD CITY David Keys 6 - 13 ARTISTS 6 FESTIVAL WEEKENDS Horniman Gardens 9 & 10 June 10 Clissold Park 16 & 17 June 14 PROGRAMME SCHEDULE 16 EVENING CONCERTS Brady Centre 8 & 15 June; Jamboree 12 - 14 June; Gallery Café 14 June 18 FESTIVAL CLUB @ October Gallery Exhibition: Masters of the Transvangarde 31 May - 23 June 20 Talks & Performances 6 - 8 & 13 - 15 June 24 SCHOOLS PROGRAMME Horniman Museum 11 - 15 June 26 ARTISTS NETWORK 27 RESONANCE 104.4FM ‘World City Live’ radio broadcasts 28 CULTURAL CO-OPERATION 29 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 6 - 17 JUNE 2012 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. 1 2 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. 3 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! 4 5 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 6 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. 7 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. 8 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 9 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 11 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. 12 Festival Weekends 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. 13 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. 15 14 Programme Schedule 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 workshops and Museum discovery trails 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 12 noon - 5pm Exhibition: Masters of the Transvangarde 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 12 noon - 5pm Exhibition: Masters of the Transvangarde 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 10.30am -12 noon Design, Storytelling & Performance workshops and Museum discovery trails 12 noon - 12.40pm Matinee Concert: Ventrilocuos 12.45-2.20pm Design, Storytelling & Performance workshops and Museum discovery trails 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 10.30am -12 noon Design, Storytelling & Performance workshops and Museum discovery trails 12 noon - 12.40pm Matinee Concert: Subramanyam 12.45 - 2.20pm Design, Storytelling & Performance workshops and Museum discovery trails 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 8 - 9pm World City Live OCTOBER GALLERY Festival Club 12.30 - 1.15pm Talk: Rita Ray 1.30 - 2.15pm Performance: Anusha Subramanyam 12 noon - 5pm Exhibition: Masters of the Transvangarde 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 12 noon - 5pm Exhibition: Masters of the Transvangarde BRADY CENTRE Evening Concert 8pm Mosi Conde RESONANCE 104.4FM Festival Broadcast 8 - 9pm World City Live 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 12 noon - 5pm Exhibition: Masters of the Transvangarde 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 17 16 Evening Concerts 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. 18 19 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. 20 Festival Club @ October Gallery Talks 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. 21 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. 22 Festival Club Performers 23 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. 25 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. 26 Live Radio Broadcasts Artists Network Group Name Naseer Pajman Obaid Juenda Yusuf Mahmoud Amel Tafsout Cheb Nacim Farid Adjazairi Seddik Zebiri Fantazia Alasvals Alejandro Toledo Guillermo Rozenthuler Tigran Aleksanyan Vergine Gulbenkian Ditio Dark Syed Gouri Choudhury Himangshu Goswami Lucy Rahman Sanchita Islam Shamim Azad Shireen Jawad Sitar Fusion Soaful Uddin Soothsayers Sur Sangith Surtaal Performing Arts Urmi Cultural Org Ambaibo Belma Lugic Margareta Kern Omer Avdic Capoeira Massive Pacheco do Coco Rudy Rocha Tukriyatu Ohayo Samba Oi Va Voi A Spell in Time Dessislava Stefanova London Gypsy Orch. Malinke Rhythm Bantu Blues Claudio Vera Fernandez Lukax Santana Quimantu Tatati Vladimir Vega Beggars Cheng Yu London Jing Kun Opera London Uyghur Ensemble Sinman Dance Co. Wei Li Xu Zhongmin Yang Duong Arte Latino Conjunto Sabroso Fuerza Vallenata Mauricio ‘moss’ Velez Nirk Molina Palenke Anthar Kharana/Khantara Africa Jambo Kasai Masai Koko Kanyinda Lokito Ya Congo N’apho Mambo Nsimba Foggis Safroman Zong Zing Allstars African Egomei Band Glaydoo Zamble African Dance Chacon y su Timba Exel Grupo Lokito Jean Joseph Sami Bishai Waeil Amanzi Healing Found. Anthony Padgett Basil Olton Chloe Edwards Judith Silver Leah Thorn London Jewish Male Ch. Los Desterrados She’Koyokh Telepathy The Teak Project Vipul Bhatti Vivi Lachs & Klezmer K. Guy Harries Leyla Aslan Mukka Shamita Ray G.E.A.T.A. Barbara Bianchi Musa M’Boob Jaljala Ursula Troche Merit Arian Stephanos Country of Origin Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Argentina Argentina Argentina Armenia Armenia Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bolivia Bosnia Bosnia Bosnia Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile China China China China China China China China Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia DR Congo DR Congo DR Congo DR Congo DR Congo DR Congo DR Congo DR Congo DR Congo Cote D’Ivoire Cote D’Ivoire Cuba Cyprus DR Congo Dominica Egypt Egypt England England England England England England England England England England England England England England England England England Ethiopia France Gambia Germany Germany Germany London Borough Group Name Country of Origin London Borough Group Name Country of Origin London Borough Ealing Hounslow Hounslow Westminster Brent Hackney Hackney Hackney Merton Hackney Islington Ealing Acquah Brothers Acquah Brothers Gifty Naa DK Inno Sorsy Jimmy B Kakatsitsi Drummers Kona MD Arts Studio Nii Tagoe Odartey Lamptey, Dromo Ozi Ozaa Ujamaa Arts Lord Eric The Red Sea Band Frititi Athena Greek Byzantine Choir Kalia M. & K. Tsahourides Mavrika Troia Nova Isaah Mango Mosi Conde Diana Olutunmogun Kingdom Choir TUUP Klubmundi Anmol Jivani Ansuman Biswas Anusha Subramanyam Baluji Shrivastav Bee2 Deepa Nair Dunav Balkan Group Harjeet Kaur Madhumita Bose Malti Patel Manjit Rasiya Manorama Prasad Meera Patel Mehboob Nadeem Pooja Pottenkulam Pratima Kramer Raksha Patel Sri Balu Raguraman NoteAsia Foundation Vayu Naidu Dha Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth Pujawati Aris Daryono Selaa Fariborz Kiani Hussein Zahawy Jale Koma Roji Nwe Nagmeh Ensemble Raga Soheila Keyani Vida Kashizadeh Zahra Rezaei Afsah Gyenyame Al Babilly Attab Haddad Living Fire Ensemble Nawroz Rivers Of Babylon Sahira Hussain Tara Jaff Ang Bernard O’Neill Kate Corkery Kevin Graal Patrick Corcoran Terence O’Flaherty Asaf Sirkis Assi Rose (Also Kesha) Daphna Sadeh M Tsivi Sharett Guy Schalom Luca Luciano Caroline Nembhard Delroi Williams Helen McDonald Jackie Guy Kyra Gospel Choir Nzinga Arts Poetic Pilgrimage Ras Messenger Shirley Grant Tyrone Bravo Chinara Sharshenova Najib Coutya Modeste Hugues Boujemaa Bouboul Haleshla Harir Band Hassan Erraji Ghana Ghana Ghana Ghana Ghana Ghana Ghana Ghana Ghana Ghana Ghana Ghana Ghana Ghana Ghana Greece Greece Greece Greece Greece Greece Guadeloupe Guinea Guyana Guyana Guyana Guyana India India India India India India India India India India India India India India India India India India India India India India Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Israel Israel Israel Israel Israel Israel Italy Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Madagascar Morocco Morocco Morocco Morocco Croydon Croydon Hackney Lambeth Greenwich Southwark Moroccan Roll Convention Sais Band Saladin’s Orchestra Sarbout Band Simo Lagnawi U-cef Mohammed Yahya Bishwo Shahi Ademola Akintola Dele Sosimi Jide Chord Odiri Sola Akingbola The Igbo Voices UK Amber Khokhar Ameer Khan Haider Rahman Al Zaytouna Iba Abu Khalaf Reem Kelani Nizar Al’Issa Baila Peru Jose Navarro Sofia Buchuck Igorot UK Dunajska Kapelye Jarmila Xymena Gorna Ricardo Czureja Romani Rad Romany Diamods Shir The Burning Bush Dana Codorean Berciu Marama Caffe Band Paprika Balkanicus Laye Sow Sabari Taara Branco Stoysin Trio Besa Berberi Nela Milic Sladjana Vujovic Ancestral Rites Zozo Hi Ching Musician Maria Hasulova Viktor Obsust Pinknruby Somali Community Group Hudaydi Amabutho Biddy Partridge-Samuels Pamoja Diego Laverde Rojas La Tipica Lorenzo Belenguer Redley Silva Sri Saddhatissa Tamil Theatre Group Vanifine Arts Arangattukuzhu Theatre Adel Elbrary Tariqa Burhaniya Abdullah Chhadeh Louai Al Henawi Mazin Abu Sayf Freddy Macha The High Flyers Zuhura Gonkar Gyatso Ammy Coco Alexander D Great Debora Alleyne De-Gazon Glissando Steel Orchestra Jacqui Chan Morgan Jean Baptiste Panache Steelband Pantonic Steel Orchestra The Engine Room Anatolia Balkanatics Cahit Baylav Cenk Cinar Mozaik Munise Unver Nihavend Numan Elyer Oojami Tanju Mehmet African Cultural Dev. 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Mr Gee Rufina D’Nyeko Lines of Faith Elisabeth Nott Ensemble Criollo Saigon/Ocean Harare Sifundo Morocco Morocco Morocco Morocco Morocco Morocco Mozambique Nepal Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Palestine Palestine Palestine Palestine Peru Peru Peru Philippines Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Romania Romania Romania Senegal Senegal Senegal Serbia Serbia Serbia Serbia Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovakia Slovenia Somalia Somalia South Africa South Africa South Africa Spain Spain Spain Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Srilanka Sudan Sudan Syria Syria Syria Tanzania Tanzania Tanzania Tibet Togo Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad & Tobago Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda United Kingdom Venezuela Venezuela Vietnam Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Bexley Westminster Camden Tower Hamlets Harrow Newham Tower Hamlets Redbridge Tower Hamlets Redbridge Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets Redbridge Lambeth Redbridge Enfield Enfield Islington Ham & Fulham Ealing Camden Westminster Islington Greenwich Lewisham Camden Islington Camden Islington Ealing Lambeth Southwark Lambeth Haringey Hackney Brent Southwark Merton Camden Merton Lambeth Barking & Dag Haringey Brent Southwark Southwark Wandsworth Newham Haringey Southwark Lambeth Islington Newham Hackney Hackney Greenwich Ham & Fulham Ham & Fulham Westminster Ken & Chelsea Newham Lambeth Merton Lewisham Enfield Lambeth Brent Southwark Brent Southwark Islington Haringey Hackney Haringey Lewisham Barnet Barnet Islington Brent Hendon Croydon Barnet Barnet Islington Lewisham Ham & Fulham Camden Brent Newham Islington Brent Islington Lambeth Hackney Lambeth Southwark Hackney Islington Lambeth Hackney Ken & Chelsea Haringey Islington Lewisham Hackney Enfield Haringey Southwark Greenwich Wandsworth Ealing Hackney Greenwich Hackney Haringey Islington Ealing Hillingdon Waltham Forest Hackney Lewisham Croydon Hillingdon Harrow Harrow Wandsworth Wandsworth Hillingdon Battersea Islington Redbridge Camden Greenwich Camden Hackney Lambeth Ham & Fulham Brent Barnet Ken & Chelsea Lambeth Islington Islington Croydon Merton Ham & Fulham Hackney Barnet Harrow Wandsworth Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Southwark Newham Tower Hamlets Barnet Haringey Brent Barnet Barnet Kingston Merton Southwark Lambeth Lambeth Harrow Merton Ealing Greenwich Haringey Brent Tower Hamlets Ealing Ealing Haringey Ken & Chelsea Brent Ealing Lewisham Newham Westminster Barking & Dag Barnet Lewisham Camden Greenwich Newham Westminster Islington Westminster Ken & Chelsea Islington Lewisham Lambeth Lambeth Waltham Forest Islington Hackney Newham Bromley Barnet Camden Southwark Camden Richmond Lewisham Waltham Forest Southwark Haringey Hackney Westminster Islington Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets Croydon Lewisham Haringey Bexley Ham & Fulham Camden Ken & Chelsea Croydon Islington Brent Enfield Brent Greenwich Ham & Fulham Greenwich Barnet Westminster Waltham Forest Hackney Ealing Hackney Newham Hackney Tower Hamlets Lambeth Ken & Chelsea Ken & Chelsea Ken & Chelsea Westminster Tower Hamlets Haringey Ken & Chelsea Islington Barnet Barnet Haringey Ham & Fulham Barnet Kingston Haringey Merton Newham Lewisham Lambeth Sutton Brent Ealing Wandsworth Hackney Southwark Southwark 27 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 29 28 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 Year-Round Education Programme inc Heritage Animateur professional development, London London Diaspora Capital Artist Network, web 1989 resource & capacity building 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, International Festival of Street Music London, 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 London Diaspora Capital Artist Network, web International Festival of Street Music London, resource & capacity building 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 Diaspora London Music Village London International Festival of Street Music London, Year-Round Education Programme inc Heritage Birmingham Animateur professional development, London Research Project: Non-Western Arts in the London Diaspora Capital Artist Network, web 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 Diaspora London Music Village London St Petersburg Papers presented London Diaspora Capital Artist Network, web resource & capacity building 1992 Consultancy for British Council, East Asia Caribbean Music Village London, Berlin, Interculturalism & Creativity in the 21st Century City Glasgow International Festival of Street Music London, 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, London Diaspora Capital Artist Network, web Berlin, Glasgow, Frankfurt resource & capacity building 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 Skills for the Future Training Placements to 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 London Diaspora Capital Artist Network, web resource & capacity building 2002 Diaspora Music Village London London Diaspora Capital Artist Network, web resource & capacity building 2003 Year-Round Education Programme inc Heritage Animateur professional development, London 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 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 2013 proposed World City Artist Network Network, web resource and capacity building Skills for the Future Training Placements to 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 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 & 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