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From today you can see the new image of the 16th Fira Mediterrània de Manresa on both the event web site and its 2.0 channels. The image is the work of Granollers-based designer Lluís Bertrans.
HUMUS is the most biologically fertile layer of soil, feeding the seeds that later sprout into roots, stems and leaves. Applied to folk and traditional music, you could say that humus is made up of anonymous people who have preserved or created traditional music and songs, amateur groups who perform all over the country and hundreds of students and trainees in schools teaching traditional folk music in the Països Catalans (the Catalan Countries). The HUMUS MEDITERRANI programme will concentrate
Take advantage of the last few days before the deadline for submission of performance proposals for Fira Mediterrània in Manresa. A chance to connect with industry professionals from all over the world: managers, distributors, publishers, associations, experts in advertising and much more. You can submit your proposal up to 23rd March. Figures for the Fira Mediterrània Manresa 2012:
Yesterday Circ Panic was awarded with the best music for a circus performance, award sponsored by Fira Mediterrania Manresa (Catalonia) in the Night of Catalan Circus held in Barcelona, with the organization of Zirkolika review.
Fira Mediterrània of Manresa values the International Symposium as a showcase for raising the overseas profile of Catalan culture
The 9th TV3 Marathon will be taking place on 15 December, this year in support of charities working with neurodegenerative diseases. Money donated during the TV3 programme and from fund-raising activities and events held all over the country will be invested in research into chronic progressive diseases of the central nervous system, including Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease. Fira Mediterrània of Manresa has been involved in publicising the initiative for some years.
The ‘Teatre per a Tots els Públics’ (TTP) Professional Association will be devoting the 12th IN-FORMATIVA #ttforma session to Fira Mediterrània of Manresa. This activity, open to anyone wishing to attend, is due to take place on 12 March at 10 am at the Fira Mediterrània headquarters in c/ Arquitecte Orms, number 5 (Casa Lluvià) in Manresa. The session will feature David Ibáñez, Artistic Director of Fira, and Lídia Hinojo, who is in charge of looking after professional delegates at Fira.
Tomorrow, Wednesday 20th of February, Fira Mediterrània of Manresa Foundation will be hosting a meeting of the ‘Joint working party with the professional arts sector of Catalonia’ at its main offices in Carrer Arquitecte Oms 5, in Manresa.
Fira Mediterrania Manresa/Catalonia is looking forward to 18th edition between 15th to 18th October! Fira will open our Network Meetings, the tool to participate in the professional area. A chance to connect with industry professionals from all over the world: managers, directors, delegates, cultural managers, societies, institutions, advertising marketing experts and more.
If you register before Tuesday 15 October, your details will appear in the personalised catalogue sent out to 1,250 delegates If you want your details to appear in the professional guide to 16th Fira Mediterrània of Manresa due to be held from 7 to 10 November, you still have time to register up until 15 October.
Bestiari was the production that won Cabo San Roque one of the first Innovation in Popular Culture grants sponsored by the Jaume Casademont Foundation. The grant enabled the group to perform the show for the first time at the 2011 Fira Mediterrània of Manresa and now they are part of this year's Temporada Alta festival programme. Up to now, they have taken Bestiari to Zaragoza, Valencia, Mercat de Música Viva in Vic and Barcelona, where they performed for a week in Sala Beckett.
On Saturday 28 September you can get the programme for the 16th Fira Mediterrània of Manresa inside your copy of Regió 7 newspaper. The programme contains a wealth of information about concert and show times, artists and their productions, details of the huge range of activities especially for registered delegates, plus all you need to know about how to get tickets for the paying shows.
FiraTàrrega 2016 takes place from today until Sunday - an international performing arts fair and renowned showcase event, focused on street, visual and unconventional performance art. This year FiraTàrrega’s line-up has an intercultural feel, with special emphasis given to performance art from Chile. Booking agents from around the world are at the event, which features an extensive programme of professional activities, with presentations aimed at all performing arts related industries.
The original version iof this program about Fira Mediterrània, prepared by the journalist Philip Dave Ellwand is now availablehttp://ellwand.podomatic.com/entry/2012-04-25T16_02_58-07_00
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Fira Mediterrània of Manresa will be on the judging panel for the Premis Altaveu awards in Sant Boi de Llobregat, a music contest now in its 25th year. The awards were set up in 1990 to acknowledge the songs and musical shows produced over many years by people who believe in music and make it their life’s work. The Premis Altaveu are awarded in recognition of artists, organisations and initiatives that have made the greatest contribution to the country’s music scene during the year.
From today until Sunday 26 October, Fira Mediterrània will be at the 20th Womex World Music Expo, which is taking place this year in Santiago de Compostela. Fira is one of 40 Catalan companies and institutions at Womex (comprising 30% of Spanish companies overall and twice the number of Catalan companies that were at the event last year).
10 sessions with over 30 speakerstaking place on the 15th and 16th October The Markets for new arts projects and cultural entrepreneurship will include 6 art capsules and 6 presentations The Professional Conferences will address the potential for culture in the social, heritage, urban development, economic and community fields.