World Spain Sing in the Barcelona Festival of Song‏

The BFOS is a unique space in the world dedicated to the study, research and performance of the vocal repertoire inSpanish, Catalan and Portuguese.Every year vocal specialists, researches & performers meet in beautiful Barcelona. Participate in our 11th edition from June 25th to July 4th, 2015. If you are a classical singer, student or teacher,we hope to see you in beautiful Barcelona in 2015. There is no age limit. Watch the BFOS 2015 video! Read the articleDiscovering Latin American Soul through Song and Poetry, written by Dr. Patricia Caicedo and published in VoicePrints, journal of the New York Singing Teachers Association. ​Read the book El Barcelona Festival of Song: construyendo una narrativa para la canción ibérica y latinoamericanawritten by Dr. Patricia Caicedo, difrector of the BFOS An experience you will never forget as a singer and as a human being! Register now and come to Barcelona! www.barcelonafestivalofsong.com

BELGIUM GENT DE BIJLOKE FESTIVAL MIGRATIE | 19 tot 28 maart 2015

FESTIVAL MIGRATIE | 19 - 28 MAART 2015

JORIS BLANCKAERT & SARAH EISA TIPS AND TRICKS MEER INFO TICKETS PREMIERE | MUZIEKTHEATER DO 19 & VR 20 MRT 15 | 20:00 | Kraakhuis Tips and Tricks zoekt naar middelen om een thuis te vinden. Hoe ga je tewerk als nieuwkomer in een land, als nieuwe bewoner van een stad, bij een nieuwe job, een nieuwe relatie,... + GRATIS AFTERPARTY MET TCHA LIMBERGER TRIO COPRODUCTIE: MUZI A ZENY & DE BIJLOKE, met ondersteuning van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap en De Pianofabriek

G.A.M.E., ICTUS, SPECTRA & TRIO MEDIAEVAL SHELTER MEER INFO TICKETS GROOT ENSEMBLE & VIDEO DI | 24 MRT 15 | 20:00 | Concertzaal Shelter begon als een samenwerkingsproject tussen drie componisten (Julia Wolfe, David Lang en Michael Gordon) en een film- maker (Bill Morrison). Het resultaat is een beklijvend multimediaal oratorium, speciaal geschreven voor de stemmen van Trio Mediaeval.

EKATERINA LEVENTAL DE WEG MEER INFO TICKETS PREMIERE | FAMILIES (10+) WO | 25 MRT 15 | 15:00 | Kraakhuis Harpiste en zangeres Ekaterina Levental vertelt het verhaal van haar vlucht uit de voormalige Sovjet-Unie 20 jaar geleden met muziek en geprojecteerde beelden. PRODUCTIE: MUZIEKCENTRUM DE BIJLOKE

ORCHESTRE ARABO-ANDALOU DE FÈS & FRANÇOISE ATLAN ANDALUSSYAT, DE GEEST VAN GRANADA MEER INFO TICKETS WERELDMUZIEK WO | 25 MRT 15 | 20:00 | Concertzaal Een greep uit de unieke mediterrane, middeleeuwse muziekgeschiedenis in een amalgaam van talen: Arabisch, Hebreeuws, Castiliaans en Ladino (Judeo-Spaans).

NEUE VOCALSOLISTEN STUTTGART MEDITERRANEAN VOICES MEER INFO TICKETS VIDEO-CONCERT-ARCHITECTUUR DO | 26 MRT 15 | 19:00 | Concertzaal Deels tentoonstelling, deels concertzaal, deels cinema, deels installatiekunstwerk. Een opmerkelijk project over de fragiliteit van identiteiten in een boeiende en diverse regio, beladen met een geschiedenis van spanningen en conflicten.

ARC ENSEMBLE MUSIC IN EXILE MEER INFO TICKETS KAMERMUZIEK VR | 27 MRT 15 | 20:00 | Concertzaal ARC Ensemble, verbonden aan het Conservatorium van Toronto, vertolkt indringende muziek van componisten die het nazibewind bijna had uitgegomd. + GRATIS AFTERPARTY MET CABARETLIEDEREN DOOR LORE BINON (zang) & LUDO MARIËN (accordeon) SZYMANOWSKI, BRAUNFELS, BUSCH

PANELGESPREK PHARA DE AGUIRRE, PR. JOHAN LEMAN, PR. DR. ANNE MORELLI (ULB) EN ABU JAHJAH. MODERATOR: JOHN VANDAELE (MO*MAGAZINE) MEER INFO TICKETS DEBAT OVER MIGRATIE ZA | 28 MRT 15 | 16:00 | Mezzanine In dit panelgesprek brengen we een eigentijds persoonlijk migratieverhaal. Hoe gaat Vlaanderen er mee om? Wat zegt de politicus, de filosoof, de buurtwerker, de kunstenaar?

BRUSSELS PHILHARMONIC ENTARTETE MUSIK MEER INFO TICKETS SYMFONISCH ZA | 28 MRT 15 | 20:00 | Concertzaal Entartete componisten voor de nazi’s: opgelijst, beknot en vaak gedwongen om te emigreren. Met Andrew Litton (muzikale leiding) en Lawrence Power (altviool). + GRATIS AFTERPARTY MET CABARETLIEDEREN DOOR LORE BINON (zang) & LUDO MARIËN (accordeon) SCHREKER, RÓZSA, WEILL

KATALOG | DANIËL KÖTTER EEN VIDEOTENTOONSTELLING OVER DE MEDITERRANE REGIO MEER INFO GRATIS TENTOONSTELLING 19 TOT 28 MRT 15 Videokunstenaar Daniel Kötter schetst in 144 korte videoclips een poëtisch beeld van architecturale en andere culturele transformaties die de mediterrane gebieden in de voorbije jaren hebben ondergaan.

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LAMPEDUSA FESTIVAL SABIR (1-5 october) Workshop Migrants Missing‏

 SABIR FESTIVAL

“Lampedusa, peoples and cultures of the Mediterranean”

October 1-5 – Island of Lampedusa

From October 1^st to the 5^th, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the tragedy of October 3 in which 368 people died and more than twenty have been declared missing, the SABIR Festival: Lampedusa, peoples and cultures of the Mediterranean, will take place in Lampedusa.  The event is supported by the Arci association, the Comune of Lampedusa, and the October 3 Committee.

A number of programs and cultural events will take place during these five days.

The International meeting, Migrants and the Mediterranean, is organized for October 4^th. Five workshops will take place: the problematic of borders and of first reception; the relationship between migration and development; the campaign, I, too, am Europe, on the rights of migrants in Europe; the role of unions in the support and promotion of migrants’ social and civil rights in countries of transit; and, finally, the problematic of migrants who are reported missing or who perished during their journey.

Below is the text that sets up the workshop on the tragedy of migrant persons who perished or went missing during their journey.

This meeting seeks to strengthen the networking of associations who work on these issues, to bolster the campaign to stop this slaughter, to achieve justice for the victims, and to obtain the truth about the fate of the missing.

We invite the associations to develop this process and to participate in the SABIR Festival.

For more information about the festival: www.festivalsabirlampedusa.it

info@festivalsabirlampedusa.it

WORKSHOP SATURDAY 4^TH OCTOBER

“WE MIGRATE TO LIVE!
NO MORE DEATHS, NO MORE MISSING PEOPLE!”

Toward an observatory on migrants lost at sea on their voyage toward Europe

“We migrate to live, no more deaths, no more missing people” was the title given to the Second Global Day of Action against racism and for the rights of migrants simultaneously carried out in many countries on December 18, 2012. On that same date twenty-two years prior, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, a document still not ratified by any countries of the Global “North.”

The day of Global Action, decided in Quito at the 2010 4^th World Social Forum on Migration, sought to expose the daily loss of life that takes place along borders and migration routes. These are sites that are punctuated by graves, including mass graves, sites where thousands of migrant persons disappear into thin air, leaving their families to suffer the anguish of the uncertainty of their fate.

The Mediterranean Sea is an example of this: From ancient natural border between Europe and the Maghreb, it has now become a sea cemetery. More than twenty thousand people have died in the past twenty years, and many others are missing.  The shipwrecking of the so-called carrette del mare, or rickety boats, has become the new normal. It all takes place right in sight of military ships in the region and of Frontex Patrols, the European agency for border control.

The island of Lampedusa has become the symbol of this tragedy. Lampedusa is the door of Europe, the door of life, as migrants call it, but also the site of unmarked graves.

On the occasion of a preparatory meeting for the Tunis World Social Forum and of the Boat4People event of July 2012, a first meeting took place in Monastir between European and African associations (long involved in speaking out against this tragedy) and the families of Tunisian migrants who went missing after the revolution of 2010. The objective of this meeting was to build connections and favor communication around this issue.

At the Third Maghreb Migration Social Forum, also held in Monastir in 2014, a second meeting on this same topic took place. At this meeting, the emphasis was on the importance of learning about, and putting into dialogue, the experiences of the relatives of migrants who died or went missing, with a particular, but not exclusive, emphasis on North Africa.

The workshop that will take place on October 4 in Lampedusa during the SABIR Festival aims to be another step on this path.

We want to continue to support unity across the northern and southern Mediterranean among those who demand justice for migrants who have died or have gone missing. We want to contribute to further consolidate efforts to denounce the ongoing, daily slaughter taking place in the Mediterranean. This is a slaughter for which European States bear primary responsibility due to their anti-immigrant politics aimed at “preserving” Fortress Europe.

We want to state, once again, that as long as there are people who die or who go missing over the course of their migratory journey, there will be a mother, a father, a sister, a brother, a friend, a partner who will demand truth and justice!

Have confirmed their participation till now:

• Association « Terre pour tous » – Tunisia (association of relatives of the missing migrants)

·         Collectif des familles de harraga disparus en mer – Annaba, Algeria (collective families harraga lost at sea)

·         « Comitato 3 ottobre » – Italy

·         Association « Pateras de la vida » - Morocco

·         Forum Tunisien pour les Droits Économiques et Sociaux – Tunisia

• Social Forum Maghreb
• Comitato Nuovi Desaparecidos – Italy
• Archivio Migrante – Italy
• RAJ – Egypt

Contact about the workshop: Edda Pando (Arci – Italia) eddapando@gmail.com