These are the current members of Transglobal World Music Chart. The members are individuals and they are not representing their media unless otherwise indicated.
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Juan Antonio Vázquez (co-administrator) Mundofonías radio show, Mil mundos, A la fuente & La ruta de las especias (Radio Clásica – Spain’s National Radio), Mil mundos en Radio 5, El palabrero (Radio 5 – Spain’s National Radio). Director: LIMúR (Iberian Roots Music Chart). Co-director: Transglobal World Music Chart. Co-director: Mundofonías radio show – “Comunicando al Son” Award 2016 and “one of the best programs of music from all over the world” (Gerald Seligman)–, on +50 radio stations in 18 countries: Mexico City, São Paulo, Madrid, Berlin, Lima, Vancouver, La Paz, Hamburg, San Juan de Puerto Rico… Shows on RNE (Spain’s National Radio): Mil mundos, Mil mundos en Radio 5, La ruta de las especias, A la fuente, El palabrero, Temas de música: Gamelán... Jury: Premios MIN de la Música Independiente (ES), Russian World Music Awards (RU), Sori Frontier (KR), Folkspot Denmark (DK), Premio Andrea Parodi (IT)… Compiler: The Ultimate Guide to Spanish Folk, Transglobal World Music Chart 2020. Author: Pequeña Guía de los Instrumentos Musicales del Mundo. www.mundofonias.com |
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Ángel Romero Ruiz (co-administrator) Founder and Managing Editor of World Music Central and Musicasdelmundo.com Ángel Romero has been writing about world music and progressive music for many years. He founded the websites worldmusicportal.com, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. Ángel also produced and remastered world music and electronic music albums, compilations and boxed sets for Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Music of the World, Lektronic Soundscapes, and Mindchild Records. He was also the executive producer of the first Latino feature film made in North Carolina. Websites: www.worldmusiccentral.org & www.musicasdelmundo.com Ángel Romero Ruiz |
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Araceli Tzigane (co-administrator) – Not voting for the chart Mundofonías radio show | Mapamundi música Araceli serves as the director of Mapamundi Música, a management and booking agency she established in 2007. The agency specializes in excellent music from the peoples of the world, particularly focusing on acoustic genres. Based in Spain, Mapamundi Música operates globally, offering support to artists in crafting their narratives and facilitating their access to decision-makers and audiences alike. The pursuit of excellence is the guiding principle behind Mapamundi Música’s artist selection process. Mapamundi Música has been publishing a monthly magazine for over five years, featuring interviews, announcements, and news of relevance to the global community involved in these musical genres. Registration for the magazine is free. In addition to her role at Mapamundi Música, Araceli is the founder and administrator of the Transglobal World Music Chart. She co-hosts the radio show “Mundofonías” with Juan Antonio Vázquez, which is broadcast in 18 countries. Araceli also serves on the board of the European Folk Network. Araceli is jury in several music contests, lecturer about skills and resources for artists, and consultant for communication. Araceli has been voting for the chart until April 2024, at which point she decided to stop due to her new business venture in record production. She continues as a co-administrator but without voting. www.mundofonias.com |
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Seth Jordan
Pacific correspondent – Songlines magazine (UK); Community Broadcaster (Australia) ‘The Tiki Lounge Remix’; MC Coordinator – WOMADelaide Festival Seth Jordan is an Australia-based music journalist, festival consultant and radio broadcaster. He’s the Pacific correspondent for the UK-based World music magazine Songlines, and his national world/jazz radio program ‘The Tiki Lounge Remix’ has won the Community Broadcasting Award for “Excellence in Music Programming”. He was Coordinator/Editor for the book ‘World Music: Global Sounds in Australia’ (UNSW Press 2010), and wrote the Aussie chapter for the latest edition of ‘The Rough Guide To World Music’. He is also the MC Coordinator & a Stage MC for the WOMADelaide festival. Podcasts: https://www.mixcloud.com/ |
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Tony Hillier Rhythms magazine, Weekend Australian, ABC Radio North, Cairns FM 89.1 community radio (presenter/producer of weekly two-hour programs ‘Planet Jazz’ and ‘Folk World’) Tony Hillier is based in Cairns in tropical north Queensland, from where he has been actively involved in all areas of the music industry in Australia for the past 35 years, primarily as a journalist writing about world, folk, jazz and other forms of roots music for local and national publications. Also a broadcaster and working musician, he co-founded the acclaimed band Kamerunga, which performed at every major festival in Australia over its eight years, including WOMADelaide and the Byron Bay Bluesfest, and currently fronts the long-running Snake Gully, a trio that has toured China, Denmark, Estonia and Finland. www.facebook.com/tony.hillier1 2/1 McPherson Close, Cairns, Queendsland 4870, Australia |
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Charlie Crooijmans Freelance music journalist: Radio Wira Wiri, podcast Hammond organ, several works for Dutch Delta Sounds, World Music Forum, blog News and Noise, Mixedworldmusic & music advice for Fonds Podiumkunsten, Music journalist and radio maker. Freelancing at World Music Forum, Jungeltelegrafen, Concertzender and MixedWorldMusic.com. Working cross medial in world, jazz and impro. Not in any way deterred by borders, above all interested in the story behind it. On my blog News and Noise! music is discussed within its sociopolitical context |
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Nigel Wood Radio producer and presentar, radio show Eat to the Globe, at Dublin City FM. Nigel Wood has presented “Ear to the globe” on Dublin City FM for over 12 years, providing a comprehensive guide to new World Music releases and visiting artists. He also presented three series of World Music programmes on the Irish national broadcaster RTE Radio 1. He has run the Wicklow Dance Club – World Music for the dancefloor- for 20 years in various venues, and provided music for many events, gigs, festivals, parties, clubs and charities. Nigel also writes CD reviews for The Irish Times. Mt Alto House, Ashford, Co.Wicklow, Ireland. |
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Dore Stein Tangents Sat nights 8p-mid KALW (91.7, SF; webcast + archived on KALW). Also airs on Multicult.fm, Monday nights 10p-2a (Berlin time) and Lisbon’s CBFWebRadio.com. One of the most creative and versatile programmers in radio, Dore is an advocate for cross-pollinating music. He is producer/host of Tangents, a program that explores the bridges connecting various styles of music, including world and roots music, and creative jazz hybrids. Stein’s unusual background bridges commercial and non-commercial radio, dating back to commercial free-form rock radio at legendary WQBK in Albany, New York. Stein began Tangents at Bay Area jazz outlet KCSM in 1985. Since 1995 Tangents is broadcast on KALW (SF, 91.7fm, kalw.org). It expanded to Paris based Mondomix.com and is currently webcast on Berlin based Multicult.fm and Lisbon’s cbfwebradio.com. Dore also produces Tangents Greece Music Tours with a who’s who of Greek artists. Dore Stein/Tangents Radio |
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Roger Holdsworth Presenter, Global Village program; PBS 106.7 FM/digital/on-line; Melbourne, Australia Roger Holdsworth has presented the Global Village program on Melbourne (Australia) community radio station PBS 106.7 FM since 1989 – though included global music as a presenter of the station’s Mainly Acoustic program since about 1982 (the term ‘world music’ hadn’t emigrated to the southern hemisphere at that stage). The Global Village is a weekly 2-hour program of tradition-based music from around the world, presenting new collaborations and challenges, as well as ongoing explorations of deep traditions. Roger is an educator by background (was a teacher of Mathematics and Physics… and of teachers) and so his relationship with an audience is both educational and provocative… exploring what it means to be part of a vibrant, welcoming, respectful and curious multicultural community. https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/global-village |
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Madan Rao Writer for World Music Central, Jazzuality and YourStory Media Dr Madan Rao is an author and consultant in media and management based in Bangalore, India. He writes about world music and jazz for World Music Central and Jazzuality, and is research director of YourStory Media. He has published over 15 books on culture and business, as well as the app ‘Oktav,’ a collection of inspiring quotes about music, available on Android and Apple iTunes platforms. Madan is a frequent speaker on topics like music and creativity, and has given talks and lectures in over 80 countries around the world. He can be followed on Twitter at @MadanRao www.WorldMusicCentral.org |
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Gil Medovoy “Crossing Continents” on KDVS in Davis, California I’ve been hosting for the last 28 years, a weekly radio show called “Crossing Continents” on KDVS in Davis, California. with emphasis on Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Indian sub-continent, East European and Central Asian music. My main focus is on Traditional music(Classical and Folk) but I do include contemporary arrangements to traditional material and new material inspired by tradition. I’m also the Co-Director of our music dept. |
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Chris Heim World Music show Global Village, local music shows on KMUW FM and freelance writer Chicago native Chris Heim has worked in commercial and public radio and as a newspaper and freelance writer (Chicago Tribune, Utne, Global Rhythm, Dirty Linen, JazzTimes, Jazziz). She has produced world music shows since 1989 and in 2010 began national/international distribution of Global Village. To date the show has aired on 400 stations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Cambodia, New Zealand and some 30 other countries. Global Village also hosts two concerts series with performances from the Savannah and the GroundUp Music Festivals. Global Village won the About.Com Readers’ Choice Award for Best World Music Radio Show, and was the Number One most distributed series on PRX. Chris also hosts nightly jazz and blues shows on KMUW-FM. www.facebook.com/GlobalVillageRadio |
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Ciro De Rosa Blogfoolk & Globofonie radio show in Radio Shamal Born and raised in Napoli (Italy), Ciro De Rosa, Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology, is a music journalist and English teacher in the Italian Secondary School. His addiction to traditional and world music scene started nearly 30 years as a radio host. Currently, he’s editor-in-chief of Blogfoolk. He contributes to Il Giornale della Musica, Songlines and Il manifesto. He takes part in Critic Juries for Italian traditional music and world music awards. Formerly editorial staff member of the now late World Music Magazine, he’s written for Folkbulletin, published academic essays, held seminars, lectures and CD and book presentations, selected tracks and provided sleveenotes for albums. Since February 2020 Ciro produces the radio Globofonie, with two hours each two weeks. www.blogfoolk.com Largo Martuscelli, 37 Mobile: + 39 3397417976 |
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Scott Stevens Host/producer of weekly 2-hour show Spin The Globe on KAOS 89.3 FM Scott Stevens, a proud, moist Washington State native, has been a radio DJ since 1998, though he’s urgently been trying to get people to listen to him since he was very, very small. He hosts the eclectic world-music show Spin The Globe on KAOS-fm. When not on mic, he works as a commercial photographer, serves as chief roadie for his jazz-singer wife, and plays soccer/football. Scott Stevens, SoundRoots.org & Spin The Globe radio www.SoundRoots.org |
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Hendrick T.S. Foh Editor at Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) Sarawak. Currently developing a new podcast/on line programme featuring world music. Hendrick is a broadcaster with the wealth of twenty years experience with Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) as a Programme Producer. Presently he is producing a daily radio show which can be heard throughout the state of Sarawak. Hendrick is also an experienced Master of Ceremonies (MC) for various events and functions. Hendrick has been the Official MC for the Award Winning Rainforest World Music Festival from 2006 to 2015, one of the top 25 Best International Festivals in the world as listed by Songlines Magazine. In 2007 and 2008, Hendrick also hosted the Penang World Music Festival. In 2014, Hendrick was selected by the United States of America’s premier exchange programme, The International Visitor Leadership Programme: Edward R. Murrow programme for Journalists. http://theborneobroadcast.blogspot.com/ |
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Cliff Furnald RootsWorld Radio (producer, host, broadcast on 4 FM and online stations), WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT (producer, host), RootsWorld Magazine (publisher, editor) Cliff has been a producer of local and regional radio programs in Connecticut since the 1980s and currently broadcasts weekly on the radio. He is the editor and publisher of the first dedicated online music magazine, RootsWorld magazine, which began publishing in the early days of the internet, before we had a “web.” RootsWorld Radio is currently broadcast on a number of FM and online radio stations around the world. His weekly Thursday morning show is on WPKN 89.5 FM in Bridgeport, CT, US. RootsWorld |
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Rob Weisberg Host/Producer, Transpacific Sound Paradise on WFMU, broadcasting to the New York City metro area and streaming worldwide from Jersey City, NJ, US. On 91.1 fm and streaming via www.wfmu.org. Rob Weisberg hosts Transpacific Sound Paradise, the “peerless world music show” (Time Out New York) heard Saturday evenings (18 to 21h) on radio station WFMU, 91.1 fm in the NYC metro area and online at www.wfmu.org/playlists/tp. The show features recorded and live music, interviews and occasional live remote broadcasts. And, sometimes, content from far-flung events like Malaysia’s Rainforest World Music Festival. Rob’s online concert calendar (www.wfmu.org/world) is an essential resource for NY area world music fans. Rob has also produced world music segments for public radio and written for various publications. His day job: Promotions Producer for WQXR-FM in New York. Web page for the program – on-demand archives + playlists: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/ Rob Weisberg c/o WFMU, P.O. Box 2011, Jersey City, NJ 07303-2011 US |
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Toni Polo / Dj Cucurucho Director at Groovalizacion Radio Toni Polo has developed several intercultural initiatives about music, documentaries, migration and identity since 2002. Journalist, anthropologist, Dj, filmmaker and cultural promoter he has lived and work in places as Lisbonne, Buenos Aires, Bamako, Valencia or Istanbul before move to Paris in 2011. He is the co-founder of the global music platform Groovalizacion since 2008, with collaborators and radioshows in more that 20 countries around the world. As filmmaker and Dj he has been selected at Womex in 2009 with a documentary on Moroccan music and in 2013 for an official showcase. https://www.groovalizacion.org/ |
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Nicolás Falcoff Editor, radio producer, in “Música sin mapa”. Musicalizer in charge of musical department of Radio El Grito 88.5; radio show “Viajero Clandestino” in FM LA TRIBU 88.7; Gambeteando el algoritmo. Director of the world music label SURA MUSIC Nicolás Falcoff (1977, Buenos Aires, Argentina) graduated in Philosophy at U.B.A (Buenos Aires University); he is also musician, producer and radio broadcaster. Since 2002 develops his own record label “Sura” and worked as producer with artists like Eva Ayllón (Perú), Petrona Martínez (Colombia), Quique Sinesi (Argentina) among many others. He released 3 albums with “La insurgencia del Caracol” his singer-songwriter project. As radio producer and announcer, in the last 15 years he has been making different radio shows dedicated to world music. www.nicolasfalcoff.com.ar |
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Masakazu Kitanaka Writer at magazines and newspapers: Asahi News Paper, Mainichi News Paper, Intoxicate, Music Magazine, Record Collectors, CD Journal, Latina etc. Lecturer of Tokyo College of Music Working as a freelance music journalist for many newspapers and magazines over 40 years, wrote many books in Japanese, DJ for NHKfm radio program ‘World Music Time’ from 2000 to 2012, teaching the history of popular music at Tokyo College of Music. wabisabiland: http://wabisabiland.music.coocan.jp/ |
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Jordi Demésenllà Demésenllà, at 36 radio stations in Catalonia and beyond I’m a fan of good music… Since 2003 I’m the director and presenter of Demésenllà, a weekly two-hour program focused on the many genres that make up the so-called world music and other sounds alternatives, such as racially mixed music, folk, ethnojazz, blues, new age, among many others. Information and opinion, calendar of musical events, presenting news, interviews and sometimes acoustic music sessions live from the studio of Matarò Ràdio. musicademesenlla.blogspot.com.es Jordi García Patón |
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Rafael Mieses Mar Afuera – Radio show at Quisqueya FM (Dominican Republic). Every Sunday from 7 to 9 PM. certv.gob.do; Musicasdelmundo.com; Bluemonk. Born in the Dominican Republic. Lived in NYC for 21 years and I live in Tampa, FL since 2005. I have worked for several media outlets as a freelancer. Diario La Prensa, El Globo, Impacto, Listin USA, Listin Diario, Hoy, Columbia House CD Club, New York Latino and Vista USA (Los Angeles). Exposed Cuban music in the 90s when Hispanics papers were afraid to cover any Cuban act or group. I have been involved with Quisqueya FM in Dominican Republic for more than 15 years on and off. www.mixcloud.com/rafael-mieses/ Postal address: 9312 Logwood Court, Tampa, FL, 33647 – USA |
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Luís Rei Terra Pura WM radio show; Cronicasdaterra.com WM webzine manager; Writes for Tempo Livre newspaper (Fundação INATEL) music, Asian, African, Latin American roots music, et al. Terra Pura radio show (established in 1995 at XFM Lisbon) is broadcast in 7 local and online radio stations in Portugal (Zero – Lisbon – online, M24 – Santiago do Cacém, Cova da Beira – Fundão, Solar – Albufeira, CFB Webradio – Évora), Spain (RCFM) and Brazil (e-Paraná). He also writes about World Music for Tempo Livre newspaper published by Fundação INATEL which are “Ciclo Mundos” promoter and one of the main FMM SINES Festival sponsors. In 4 editions of “Ciclo Mundos” (a kind of FMM Sines Festival extension), he interviewed several global artists such as Toumani Diabaté, Kayhan Kalhor, Natacha Atlas, Refugees For Refugees, Mari Boine, Leyla McCalla, Melingo, Maravillas de Mali, Gaye Su Akyol, Zap Mama, Paolo Angeli, Iva Bittová, Mamadou Diabaté, and many others. www.cronicasdaterra.com About Ciclo Mundos: https://www.facebook. Luís Rei |
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Jean Trouillet Globalwize Radio Show on Radio X (Greater Frankfurt Area). Started DJing (Reggae & African Music) organizing concerts (baptism of fire: Youssou N’Dour in 1984). Writing on music since then (1989: WeltBeat, the first German book on contemporary world music). In 1997 one of the founders of Radio X. A&R and PR at Network Medien (WorldNetwork, Desert Blues,…), CEO of Essay Recordings (Shantel,…). Since 2013, Jean Trouillet works as a freelance consultant (Danish sampling kings Den Sorte Skole) and manager for bands (Jewish Monkeys) and labels (Greedy for Best Music). WeltBeat |
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Evangeline Kim Cultural Critic/Writer at World Music Central, IBRAAZ, Songlines, Afropop and various publications Management consultant, producer, cultural critic, and writer/editor with focus on international socio-economic development and broadly related cultural programs. She has provided advice to UNESCO’s Culture Sector and has served as a National Endowment for the Arts selection panel member for the National Heritage Fellowships Awards. She has worked with the Mexican Cultural Institute on projects dealing with cultural diplomacy in the U.S. She has also acted as advisor to several other arts and cultural organizations, including Brazil’s Bahia Secretariats of Culture and Tourism, Mali’s Festival Sur le Niger, and the Fes Festival of Sufi Music. As a writer and editor, Evangeline regularly contributes feature articles on global arts and cultures in various American and international publications. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1555, New York, NY 10276-1555, U.S.A. Telephone Contact: Upon request |
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Alejandro López / Dj Mr. Alekrisna Director of La Vuelta al Mundo en 80 Músicas radio show (UniRadio Huelva) / Colectivo S.U.R dj’s (Sindicato Underground del Ritmo) / B!Ritmos online magazine Alejandro López works in various areas of world music. He is a director and presenter since 2008 La Vuelta al Mundo en 80 Músicas radio show, broadcasted on 54 stations in 14 countries (Spain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, USA, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Costa Rica). As Mr. Alekrisna, he is a founder of Colectivo S.U.R. (Sindicato Underground del Ritmo), a DJ’s collective dedicated to bring the world music for the dance floor. He is also a chronicler and photographer for national and international world music festivals. He has worked for Ritmos Étnicos magazine and currently collaborates with the B!Ritmos online magazine (Barcelona) and Rockdelux magazine. Also he is a member of PAM (associate journalists of music, from Spain). Avda. Martín Alonso Pinzón, nº 10, 2º A, CP. 21003 https://www.mixcloud.com/lavueltaalmundoen80musicas/ |
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Jon Kertzer Host/producer “Music of Africa” at KBCS Bellevue/Seattle, WA USA. KEXP Seattle Board Member and producer for Wo-Pop radio show Jon Kertzer is a veteran radio host and producer in Seattle, USA; his radio career began in the early 70’s, and he started a world music program on KEXP (then KCMU) in 1984. He has continued to broadcast world music programs over the past thirty years, and currently is co-host of the “Music of Africa” weekly show on KBCS-Seattle. He is an ethnomusicologist who has worked in all aspects of the music business, as record label executive, artist manager, and concert and festival promoter. Kertzer has produced and compiled several African recordings for Smithsonian Folkways, Sub Pop/Next Ambiance and other labels. Jon Kertzer |
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Ken Stowar CEO, Station Manager, Program Director of CIUT 89.5 FM (University of Toronto Community Radio), host of show Global Rhythms Ken Stowar has been presenting the weekly 3 hour radio show Global Rhythms on the University of Toronto radio station since 1989. The show has played a significant role in bringng the diverse talents of many Canadian artists to the forefront. Ken truly believes that music has the power to change the world by opening up our hearts and minds. He believes that music not only helps us to celebrate our differences and unique cultures but it also reaffirms our similarities. Ken also serves as the Station Manager and Program Director for CIUT and has been a member of the Juno Nominating Committee for the World Music Album category since its inception 25 years ago. Ken Stowar Phone: 416-978-0909 ext. 201 |
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Jiří Moravčík Music from Remote Villages (Czech Radio Ostrava), radio show station Vltava Prague. Collaborator at magazin UNI Music journalist specialising in world music and folk. He puts together the show Music from Remote Villages for Czech Radio. He writes for the music magazine UN and Harmonie. Dramaturge of Colours of Ostrava festival, head of Czech Music Crossroads production. He has written the following books: Celtic Music, In the Mouth of an African Crocodile and When a Song Beats its Wings on the Windows and runs the website world-music.cz. Jiri Moravcik, Nadrazni 105, Vrchlabi, Czech Republik https://ostrava.rozhlas.cz/jiri-moravcik-5002029 |
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Mu Qian Editor at Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale. WeChat Channel “Faxian Shijie Yinyue” (Finding World Music) Mu Qian is an ethnomusicologist, music producer, curator, and freelance journalist. He got his doctorate in ethnomusicology from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, with a dissertation on music of the Uyghur Sufis in China. Mu is currently based in New York, working as an editor at Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (rilm.org). |
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Gil Rouvio Editor and host (DJ) of world music weekly show Kfar Globali. Writer at the Israel newspaper (print & online) “Israel Hayom”, mainly under the world music column: Roots & Wings. Mekudeshet Festival Born in 1973, Israel. Studied Management & Media Studies at COMAS. Presenter and Radio DJ Since 2003 with a weekly world music show hosting a wide range of local and international musicians and artists. Communications and Music artistic director for the Mekudeshet festival in Jerusalem since 2013. Writes album and concert reviews on various printed and online media in Israel. Member of the IMSF’s jazz and world music comity in 2015. https://www.mixcloud.com/gil- Gil Rouvio |
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Bouna Ndiaye WNCU 90.7FM (USA) & WRTU 89.7 FM (Porto Rico) Producer & Host of “Bonjour Africa” which started twenty years ago at WNCU 90.7 FM in North Carolina. He taught African Film & Music in Duke University. He became the advisor of festival organizers, Emcee of all the big concerts in North Carolina, and has interviewed all the major African artists. He has co-hosted the World Music Festival at KKUP in San Jose, California, and was interviewed by Voice of America. In 2012 Bonjour Africa started being carried by the National Public Radio (NPR) satellite system in the USA, and in Puerto Rico. In 2013 he decided to move to his country (Senegal) where he produces his show for the same stations. Postal address; Phone #; 221-77-841-0703 |
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Kutay Derin Kuğay Programmer/producer/host at Acik Radyo, Music of the World Istanbul, broadcast 94.9FM Kutay currently, is a music programmer and host at Acik Radyo 94.9FM in Istanbul. Kugay is teaching the World Music and Beyond class at Bilgi University in Istanbul since 2018. He was co-founder and program director of the San Francisco World Music Festival from 1999 to 2010. He was a world music radio programmer and host at KPFA 94.1FM in Berkeley, CA from 1988 to 2013. Since 2016 Kugay has been a member panelist for Transglobal World Music Chart. He’s the owner founder of the record company 7/8 Music Productions. Kugay was the co-founder of the Green Yayla Culture, Arts and Environment Festival in North-Eastern Turkey. Currently he is the founder and director of the Nowruz International Project. kutaykugay.com |
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Robert Gregor New Model Radio Robert Gregor started like a DJ in the middle of the 80ies. Later he established Gregor Agency – G.A. Records in 1992 and also worked like a music publisher, producer and manager . Under this brand he published a lot of compilations and albums from Slovak music scene. He dramaturged and moderated radio programs about world music and alternative scene on Slovak Public Radio, Rock FM Radio, Radio_FM and local Radio Ragtime. In the years 1999 – 2011 he was a member of a jury EBU in the prestigious music charts albums called World Music Charts Europe (WMCE). In the year 2014 he established New Model Radio. He has also occasional journalistic activities in various magazines. Postal address: Vazska 7, 821 07 Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Yatrika Shah-Rais Radio, online podcast and music and arts journalist. Radio KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles (www.kpfk.org) and her own website World On A Note (www.worldonanote.com) Yatrika Shah-Rais is a veteran in the music field, having worked in various capacities as radio host and producer, concert curator and presenter, artist manager and booking agent. She is the former Concert and Tour Coordinator at NYC’s World Music Institute and Music Director of the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. She has been hosting and producing an eclectic radio show on Los Angeles’ KPFK’s Global Village since 1998. She also freelances as music consultant and is the editor of World On A Note, an online platform for music, the arts, and culture. |
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Armen Manukyan Radio Van fm103.0, program World Music. b.January 20, 1956. Institute of Foreign Languages, married, two sons, big fan of jazz and avant garde folk music. Organizer of many music events. Journalist, critic, writer. Mantasyan str. build.10, appt. 11, 0006, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia |
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Rolf Beydemüller Folker magazine, review editor Musician, journalist and teacher, writes since 2000 for Folker magazine. Folker is Germany’s only print magazine for folk, singer/songwriter and world music. Since 2015 he is responsible for the reviews division. As an artist he published several cds with the ensemble White Canvas and as soloist. In 2014 he founded the small record company newhearland music. |
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François Bensignor Hommes & Migrations French freelance music journalist involved in the world music networks, François Bensignor is a founder of the Zone Franche network, and contributed to many press and online medias, such as Mondomix. Author of books on Fela Kuti, and on Kaneka from New Caledonia, as well as films on Congolese star Papa Wemba, Breton singer Alan Stivell, or young Kanak musicians, he directed the Larousse Guide to World Music and contributed to the Rough Guides to World Music. Head of the Traditional & World Music Information Center in Paris, France (2002-2014), he was the editor of 7 world music directories. He is currently giving conferences on diverses world music topics. 31 rue de la Sablière +33 145 428 119 |
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Eleni Ziliaskopoulou, M.A. Planet Radio 90,6, show FM Μουσικές Του Πλανήτη (Planet Music) Eleni Ziliaskopoulou, M.A., alias Elenita DeLa Santa Piedra (fb) is a Greek radio producer and a German teacher who was born an raised up in Germany. As a child she was influenced by her grandparents who used to listen to Balkan and Turkish music, born in Adrianoupolis (Edirne), in north west Turkey, close to Bulgaria. Following her pathos for music she is travelling around. Currently she is based in the southernmost town of Europe, Ierapetra in Crete. Since 2008 she is hosting artists and presenting new releases from around the globe in her weekly world music broadcast show: Μουσικές Του Πλανήτη_Planet Music, on Planet Radio 90,6 FM. Fb: Elenita DeLa Santa Piedra Address: Planet Radio 90,6 FM, Papamastoraki 17, 72 200 Ierapetra, Crete, Greece |
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Marija Vitas World music magazine “Etnoumlje”, World Music Association of Serbia, World music festival “Todo Mundo” I am ethnomusicologist, working in the field of music journalism, music critic, field research, cultural projects. As the editor-in-chief of the World music magazine Etnoumlje I work since 2012. That’s my lovely space for inciting creativity and research. As the board member of World Music association of Serbia I am regularly involved in different types of activites, all connected with world music and intangible cultural heritage. Also, I am co-selector of the World music festival Todo Mundo. Nebojšina 16 Phone: +38162552120 www.facebook.com/marija.vitas.5 |
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Jaïr Tchong Writer at Mixedworldmusic.com and his own blog: https://jairtchong.wordpress. Jaïr Tchong (Nijmegen, 1973) is a music programmer, journalist and subsidy advisor. Media for which he has worked: a.o. De Volkskrant, Het Parool, De Groene Amsterdammer, VPRO Radio 6. He has worked for: Tolhuistuin (program maker, including QUARTET, Srebrenica Oratorium and IDFA @ Tolhuistuin 2015), Melkweg (music promotor, including Shuffle.Play), Muziek Centrum Nederland (project leader world music, including WOMEX Copenhagen 2011, Dutch Jazz & World Meeting Amsterdam 2012) and IDFA (press officer for the Netherlands, 2018). From December 1st 2019 on, he is music programmer at the Belgian arts center KAAP, active in both Brugge and Oostende. https://twitter.com/jair_ |
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Enrique Blanc Producer/ Host of Radio show at Radio Universidad de Guadalajara / Radio al Cubo / udg tv.com. Weekly columnist of Milenio Newspaper and occasional collaborator of Radio Gladys Palmera’s website Blanc has been working as a music journalist for more than three decades. He has collaborated with newspapers and magazines in Mexico, Spain and the U.S. such as Los Angeles Times, La Opinión, Reforma, Milenio, Zon
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Tiago Lucas Garcia Podcasts, blog – Geografia do Som I, Tiago (with my brother George), have been writing and recording podcasts on music from different traditions for more than a decade in Brazil. I also have been traveling to listen the music of the world and singing Irish and Brazilian songs in clubs and sessions whenever I can. That’s all folks! http://revistamovinup.com/thatsallfolk/ |
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Zekeriya S. Şen Author, music writer & radio programmer. Radio show Dünyayı Dinliyorum (I listen to the world) at 94.9 Acik Radyo. Zekeriya S. Şen is devoted to culture; to experience the “other” ways of listening, living, observing and travel. A devoted passionate of world music. He has been hosting Dünyayı Dinliyorum at 94.9 Açık Radio for the last 10 years, where he spreads the love of World Music. Owner of www.tikabasamuzik.com where he writes about world music, album reviews, musical encounters and culture; General Manager of Fest Travel where he send travellers to all over the world; an astronomer; freelance music critic and travel writer for national papers and magazines; a fanatic collector of vinyl and CD’s. Website: www.tikabasamuzik.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zssen |
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Benjamín Muñiz Producer at Radio program Sarabanda at WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico. I love World music and my passion is to discover and share it. I did it 13 years through my music store, Saravá, in Puerto Rico. Since 1990 I have been producing world music radio programs (“Saravá en Concierto” – WORO; “Sarabanda” – WRTU; and “Tributo” – WVQR). I have produced and promoted concerts of international artists as Buika, Dúo Guardabarranco, Gema y Pavel, Ivette Cepeda, Muñequitos de Matanzas, Renee Fleming, María Pagés, Tomatito, Miguel Zenón, Chano Domínguez, among others. Discovering and sharing the music from my country and the planet is my contribution to understanding the value of diversity and dialogue above all differences. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Postal address: 1-787-602-3107 |
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Daryana Antipova Planetary Caravan on WFHB, Bloomington, IN Daryana Antipova has been working as a journalist since 2001 and is involved in radio (Scythian horn program), print (The Moscow News, Fanograf, Izvestny) and online media related to world music. Drummer in Vedan Kolod folk band, director at Scythian horn agency and label. Her main focus is on traditional folk music, siberian music and Russian world music in general. Facebook: facebook.com/VedanKolod/ |
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Mika Kauhanen Yle Radio 1 (Finland’s national public service broadcasting company), Maailman Kuvalehti (“World’s Journal”) Radio presenter and journalist based in Tampere, the “alternative capital” or “Manchester” of Finland, Mika Kauhanen wears many hats. Having an M.A. in ethnomusicology from the University of Helsinki, Mika has worked with folk/world music for 20 years now. Currently he hosts a weekly radio programme as well as contributes album reviews and playlists for the magazine published by Kepa, a platform for Finnish civil society organizations. Many world music people know Mika from his previous work at the Finnish Music Information Centre. https://areena.yle.fi/1-4591832 |
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Luisa Piñeros Musical Journalist / Radio Nacional de Colombia She is undoubtedly one of the most influential music journalists in her country. With more than 20 years of experience in radio and written media, Luisa has specialized in Colombian music, travelling throughout her country, visiting festivals, interviewing artists and maintaining a constant contact with the musical move. Luisa is one of the key actors in musical journalism with her talent, ear, sensitivity and knowledge. She has significantly contributed to the growth of the music sector in Colombia. Additionally, Luisa is a music lover and collector of all types of music; one of her main hobbies is to watch live music. She plays guacharaca and drums. Twitter: @radiandoando |
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Toni Pennacchia (AKA DJ Madame B) Creative Director of MergingArts Productions, based in New England (CT/MA/RI). Toni has over twenty years of experience, both as a producer and director for genres including: folk, world/global, electronic. She produces the show Transworld Airwaves, a cross-cultural musical journey united in voices and rhythms, syndicated via Pacifica Radio and live in Boston on WZBC. Toni is a Genre Music Director and charts to NACC and Roots Music Report. She produces Donne del Mondo, Global Music by Women, for Pacifica Radio affiliates, along with filmmaker conversations on Spoiler Alert Radio. She contributes to WRIU on World Wide Waves regionally and nationally for Pacifica’s Sprouts. She has produced the Short Short Story Film Festival and Womanimation! international film festivals. Website Info: http://www.mergingarts.org Social Media: |
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Chen Hanzi Zhejiang Radio & TV Group Music Radio FM968, China. Program Music is traveling Chen Hanzi (Teresa Chen), who joined Zhejiang Radio & TV Group Music Radio FM968 in 2005, is a producer, a presenter and a cultural journalist of the world music program Music is traveling. Her other world music program which is called Hear the World is broadcasted in Jiangsu province. It is also the most long-standing world music program in mainland of China. |
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Takuya “Salam” Unagami NHK-FM, J-WAVE Radio DJ / Music & Food Writer / Lecturer. Salam regularly visits the Middle-Eastern countries, Indian Subcontinent and Europe since late 1980’s to make research local music, food & culture. He published 5 books about World Music & 4 books about the culinary from the Middle East. His Radio program on J-WAVE “Oriental Music Show” got the Best Radio Entertainment Award 2017 by The Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association. His another weekly music program “Ongaku Yuran Hiko” on NHK-FM (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) is the most popular World Music radio program all over Japan. And, his Middle Eastern cooking recipe book “Meyhane Table” ranked as the No.1 in Amazon Ethnic cooking books category in 2016. Resident DJ of Fuji Rock Festival Blue Galaxy Stage. www.chez-salam.com |
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Janaína Ávila Radio producer and presenter, radio show “Mundo Sonoro”, at UEL FM (107,9 Mhz), educational radio from the State University of Londrina (UEL), Paraná, Brasil. I am a journalist, with a degree in Social Communications at UEL, in Londrina, Paraná, a city with almost 600,000 inhabitants, in southern Brazil. In the early 2000s, I had the intuition that my interest and personal research on world music could be a fit for the educational radio program at the University where I went to. And so, Mundo Sonoro was born, always focused on new artists who spread their roots through music. After a hiatus of 13 years – time I was living in Italy – Mundo Sonoro was brought back to UEL FM, as a one-hour weekly program. “Mundo Sonoro” is inspired by my love for music and the desire for a more equal world with respect for diversity. http://www.uel.br/uelfm/programa.php?id=229&titulo=Mundo+Sonoro |
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Ankur Malhotra WORT 89.9 FM Madison: radio host/DJ on the Pan Africa Radio Show, DJ on the Friday 8 o’clock Buzz; co-founder of Madison Music Review Ankur Malhotra is an entrepreneur, engineer and musicologist with an MBA from the Wisconsin School of Business. He is co-founder of Madison Music Review (producer of Musique Electronique, Willy Street Beats), Amarrass Records (a global music record label), DJ/host on WORT 89.9FM, and a photographer/videographer. He has served as a Jury Member at WOMEX, Russian World Music Awards (RWMA), music advisor to the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA). His work in the revival of folk music and vinyl culture in India has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, WPR, Rolling Stone and more. amarrass.com Postal address: 2124 E. Main St., Madison, Wisconsin, 53704, United States
Phone #: +1-608-334-0583 (mobile, WhatsApp)
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Alexis Herrería, a.k.a. Viento Solar Ah!WordMusic! director Founder of Ah!WorldMusic, a non-commercial World Music radio station with a free spirit team who loves to share different genres from the whole Planet! www.ahworldmusic.org
https://www.facebook.com/AlexisVientoSolar https://www.facebook.com/ahworldmusic https://www.instagram.com/ahworldmusic/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw5xI42pV1M1puxo7n7avBQ |
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Ula Nowak Radio journalist, JAZZKULTURA (Poland); host of the program “Świato-czułość | WorldSensitivity” Journalist and producer of music events. Founder of the Mosaic Beats music agency, co-organizer, member of the program board and co-initiator of the Pannonica Festival. In recent years, she has been regularly collaborating, programming / producing music events with: Teatr Łaźnia Nowa in Kraków, Juliusz Słowacki Theater in Kraków, Polish Radio in Warsaw and OFF Festival Katowice. Host of the radioprogram – “Świato-czułość” [in English: WorldSensitivity – sensitivity to the sounds of the globe]. Journalist for JAZZKULTURA, where she is responsible for the preparation of cultural radio programs. https://jazzkultura.pl |
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Liana Cisneros Al son de las montañas / presenter and programmer Producer and presenter of the radio program and podcasts “Sounds of the Mountains” (Al son de las montañas). Communicator based in Lima, Peru. Her interest and passion for music and culture led her to found the International Festival of Highlands Music in 2013, which features musicians from the world’s mountain regions, putting Andean music in the global context.Forced by the pandemic to temporarily suspend live events, the festival is currently producing radio programs in Spanish and Quechua, broadcast on various radio stations inside and outside Peru, and available as podcasts on the festival’s website. For more than two decades, Liana has been involved in the development of cultural projects. She has lived in Mexico, England and Switzerland, where she worked on social and cultural issues. Podcasts in Spanish: http://bit.ly/PodcastenWeb
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Banning Eyre Banning Eyre is an author, guitarist and radio producer, and Senior Producer for the Peabody Award-winning public radio series Afropop Worldwide. He has been a commentator on NPR’s All Things Considered since 1995. He has studied African guitar styles deeply and written four books on African music, including In Griot Time: An American Guitarist in Mali (Temple, 1000) and Lion Songs: Thomas Mapfumo and the Music that Made Zimbabwe (Duke, 2015), which won the 2016 Society for Ethnomusicology African Music Section Kwabena Nketia Book Prize. Eyre also curates Lion Songs Records, a label focused on mostly acoustic, mostly African music. afropop.org 183 Pearl Street 917 326 9669 |
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Magda Tejchma Radio journalist (Polish Radio Center for Folk Culture), concert & record producer, freelance music writer, EBU Folk Music Group c-o chairman. I’m an ethnomusicologist, field recordings author, since 2016 I work in Polish Radio Center for Folk Culture as a journalist in traditional/folk/world music field, concert host, concert & record producer. I’m working a lot with Polish traditional music archives, contemporary traditional and folk musicians. Cooperated as subject-matter expert in traditional music with several Polish artists recordings, such as Fanfara Awantura, Bastarda. Programme board of “New Tradition” Polish Radio Folk Festival & folk music contest, I was also a jury in several music contests in Poland. I collaborated with “Cross Culture” Festival and “Nowe Epifanie” in Warsaw and institutions like Polish National Library and Adam Mickiewicz Institute. As a freelance writer I’m writing for the oldest musical magazine in Poland, “Ruch Muzyczny”, making CD reviews and large reportages about situations of some endangered or fascinating music traditions. rckl.polskieradio.pl |
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Tatiana Naryshkina Folk Galore magazine, World Music Central, eFolk, Scythian Horn Tatiana Naryshkina is a folk singer, multi-instrumentalist, writer, and teacher. Author of two popular science books about Russian instruments. Member of the Russian Folklore Union and the Russian Musical Union (Guild of Composers). Panelist of the Russian World Music Chart, ideological founder and musician of the Vedan Kolod group, and co-founder of the NarVal musical instrument workshop. She writes for Folk Galore magazine, World Music Central online magazine, and a few folk music blogs such as eFolk and Scythian Horn with an audience of 100,000+. |
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Andrii Polianskyi Breath of the Earth. Author programs dedicated to world music releases and intended to broaden interest to the modern world music. The programs are freely available online. I’m a Ukrainian and live in Odesa, Ukraine. Between 2003 and 2018 worked on a radio station Harmony of the World , where I created a broadcast program Breath of the Earth dedicated to the world music. Additional programs included broadcasts of Guest in the studio and Theatrical romance. During the same period, I also worked as a chief music editor of programs Spiritual Dictionary and audio books for Sannikov organization. Since 2015, I have been independently creating and publishing free music programs with the purpose of educating and broadening interest to the modern world music. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32056602&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator |
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Martin Webb Producer, BBC Radio 3: Music Planet Martin has worked across BBC Radio 3’s world music programmes since 2007, doing planning and logistics for show such as World on 3, World Routes and Radio 3’s coverage of Womad Festival and now as lead producer for Radio 3’s main world music show Music Planet. As well as this he also produces the Radio 3 Breakfast show, This Classical Life and Night Tracks. Martin is also a musician and composer of electronic music. https://www.bbc.co. BBC Broadcasting House, Room 1045, London W1A 1AA, UK |
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Stanley Gazemba Features Editor, Debunk Media Stanley Gazemba’s breakthrough novel, ‘The Stone Hills of Maragoli’, published in the USA as ‘Forbidden Fruit’ (The Mantle) won the Jomo Kenyatta prize for Kenyan Literature in 2003. He is also the author of ‘Callused Hands’, ‘Khama’ (shortlisted for the Wilbur and Niso Smith Adventure Writing Prize), ‘Dog Meat Samosa’ and ‘Footprints in the Sand’ (Kingoyo, Sweden). He has also written eight children’s books. His articles and stories have appeared in several publications including The New York Times, ‘A’ is for Ancestors, the Caine Prize Anthology, World Literature Today and The East African magazine. Stanley lives in Nairobi. Skype: stan.gazemba |
Honorary members
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Husniddin Ato Musicuzbekistan.com, Husniddinato.com Professional music expert, musician, culture and art manager. Born in Bukhara (Uzbekistan). One of representatives of International Music Festival Sharq Taronalari in Samarkand. He has devoted many years to the propagation of traditional, folk music of Uzbekistan. Author of many new musical experimental projects in Uzbekistan and can claim to be one of the few professional with extensive knowledge of the music heritage in the region. In 2013 he founded company OXUS Culture LLC to develop Central Asian culture and art, organize crossroad projects and bund the bridge between east and west trough Central Asia. At the same time he is working to build Central Asian Culture and Arts Network. www.oxusculture.com Qora-qamish 1/2, Home 12-61, Tashkent, Zip: 100098, Uzbekistan |
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Roger Short Producer, BBC Radio 3: Music Planet (retired) Roger has been producing world music programmes since the 1980s, first with BBC World Service. In 2000 he brought back world music to the UK’s premier classical music channel, BBC Radio 3, and made many award-winning programmes of traditional and contemporary roots music, with special features recorded around the world. He has been producing Radio 3’s Music Planet and the drive-time programme In Tune, which includes tracks and live performances from classical and world musicians. |
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