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2015 Fellow Bajram Kinolli’s Band Selected For MOST Balkan Music Export Program

2015 alumnus Bajram Kinolli’s band Gipsy Groove were one of the 9 groups selected for the MOST Balkan Music Export Program. The program builds a bridge connecting the Balkans and the global music market, providing professional training and mentoring, assistance with artist portfolio, and access to professional and networking events for its selected artists. Jury members for this yea’s MOST Balkan Music Export Program included Simon Broughton, Editor-in-chief of Songlines magazine; Olsi Sulejmani, President of Balkan World Music Management and Balázs Weyer, Program Director of MOST and Hangvető. As a result of this opportunity, Gipsy Groove’s track, ‘I Run Away’, will be featured on a Selection CD in the November 2020 issue of Songlines Magazine. Listen to the track here.
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OMMA’s Sound Installation Presented In “We Aim To Live” Exhibition at Zuzeum in Riga, Latvia

2017 alumna Olga Maximova (OMMA) is presenting a new sound installation titled PLAVAY.Hydrodance in Riga’s Zuzeum Arts Centre’s inaugural exhibition “We Aim To Live”.  On the piece, which grew out of a collaboration with Anna Politiko, OMMA says, “This whole audio piece delivers different moods and vibrations. I wanted to reveal the phases of nature, all hydro elements: low and high tides, wind, sea birds, and underwater creatures. The piece conveys the feeling of ‘underwaterness’ through sound filters. Some elements of the composition were recorded with Playtronica’s TouchMe device when I was playing with conductivity in the water.” Listen to PLAVAY.Hydrodance below. Read more about Zuzeum’s “We Aim To Live” here. ZUZEUM · PLAVAY.Hidrodance by OMMA  
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Blessing Chimanga Teams Up With Alliance Française De Harare Hor His New Show, ‘The Music Journey’

2014 Alumnus Blessing Chimanga has teamed up with the Alliance Française de Harare to produce, direct, and host ‘The Music Journey’, an online show interviewing Zimbabwean musicians. According to Chimanga, the show is an opportunity “to understand the artist more, getting to know their journey, the successes, the challenges and the secret behind the artist.” After the interview, the musicians close with an exclusive live performance. The show has already featured two alumni members, vocalist-guitarist Tariro neGitare and ethnomusicologist-performer Othnell Moyo. Catch Moyo’s episode here, and watch Tariro’s episode below.