The main programme of the 2015 edition of MEDIMEX (dedicated to the journalist and researcher Sergio Torsello) takes place at the Fiera del Levante, which this year hosts more than 100 exhibition stands, and also involves the Cineporto and the Planetarium. The Teatro Margherita and several venues in Bari and Lecce are added for Fuori MEDIMEX. From 29 to 31 October.
The 14 Incontri d’Autore (Meet the Author), curated and hosted by Ernesto Assante and Gino Castaldo and other personalities, welcome Sud Sound System, Brian Eno, Ludovico Einaudi, Gianna Nannini, Lo Stato Sociale, Ensi, The Kolors, Gianrico Carofiglio and Giancarlo De Cataldo, David Lang, Carmen Consoli, Vinicio Capossela, Erri De Luca, Deproducers[1], Lorenzo Fragola and Francesca Michielin.
28 artists play showcases, some of whom have received support from the Puglia Sounds Record call over the years: Pugliesi nel mondo jazz band, Kutso, Raffaele Casarano, Ciauda, Gianluca de Rubertis, Federico Cimini, Radiodervish, Francesco Cascarano, Niggaradio, Musicanti del vento, Ruido, Slivovitz, Rita Zingarello, Mimmo Epifani, C.F.F., Treble, Crifiu, Trio Jazz, Los Impossibles, Erica Mou, Donato Mingrone, Nico Lippolis feat. PRNX, Giovanni Caccamo, Santa Margaret, Simone Perrone, Salenero, Carolina Bubbico, Bandadriatica.
The showcases are joined by 16 concerts: Antonio Pascuzzo, Hindi Zahra, Bari Jungle Brothers, Jack Nkanga, JoyCut, Natalie Imbruglia, La Scapigliatura, Isaya, Carmen Consoli, Il Guaio, Dom La Nena, Txarango, Adam Ben Ezra Trio, Wrongonyou, Toa Mata Band, Bachar Mar-Khalifé.
The conference features 38 events. 14 panels on the present of music; the changing music market; jazz after the project for L’Aquila; live music; networks; music on the refugee route; the majors and the digital revolution; music and the conflicts in the Middle East; 5 presentations by exhibitors and 12 workshops. 7 events in the Hip Hop Area, where street cultures and the languages of rap find their space. In addition, 27[1] professionals from fairs, conventions and festivals meet the showcase artists in timed face-to-face sessions.
The languages of visual art and comics enter this edition with three exhibitions. The first, Brian Eno’s “Light Paintings”, explores light and its generative power at the Teatro Margherita. Here, an entire room of the theatre hosts “77 million paintings”, an ever-evolving soundscape full of images; the other rooms host the “Light Boxes”, visual installations that constantly change before the viewer. The second exhibition, “Jazz Comics”, shows plates by famous artists about the world of jazz, from Crepax to Muñoz, from Stefano Casini to Altan. The third is a photo exhibition called “Musica Nomade” by the photographer Mariagrazia Giove.
A new venue, the Planetarium, hosts the first Medimex Sync Camp, curated by Faro Records: three working groups – alternative led by Alessandro Raina, pop by Gianclaudia Franchini, electro/alternative by Alberto Bianco – score exclusive images, building a show open to the public.
At the Cineporto, a screening of the documentary “Le storie cantate. Viaggio tra i cantastorie di Puglia” by Nicola Morisco and Daniele Trevisi, which collects the extraordinary accounts of the singers of the South: from Uccio Aloisi to Tonino Zurlo, from Enzo Del Re to the choir of the Cantori di Carpino, ending with Matteo Salvatore. The documentary features contributions from the ethnomusicologist and musician Antonio Infantino; the director, actor and author Moni Ovadia; the Neapolitan jazz musician Daniele Sepe; and the director and actor Michele Placido.
With Kids, in its second edition, MEDIMEX brings young and very young students closer to music. The invitation, taken up by 17 schools, involved 10,000 students and brought them to the event venues, where they met and listened to the Puglia artists Renzo Rubino, Diodato, Negramaro, Sud Sound System, Erica Mou, Leitmotiv, Non Giovanni, Bari Jungle Brothers, Radiodervish and Populous, and then took part in the programme of this edition.
Radio broadcasts live from MEDIMEX with Rai Radio 2 and the show “Il ruggito del coniglio” with Antonello Dose and Marco Presta, celebrating twenty years on air; while “Webnotte – Speciale Live Medimex” is the “alternative TV” experiment of the daily La Repubblica, hosted by Ernesto Assante and Gino Castaldo with the voices of the new and young artists at MEDIMEX. The programme is completed by the awards of the Academy Medimex, in their third edition. A jury[2] of editors-in-chief, music journalists and DJs gives awards to the best Italian and international productions of the year in six categories. The winners are The Kolors, Jovanotti (who wins in 3 categories), Lorenzo Fragola and Laura Pausini.
Notes
[1] The Deproducers also feature in a dedicated event at the Planetarium. The meeting of musician-producers of the calibre of Vittorio Cosma, Gianni Maroccolo, Riccardo Sinigallia and Max Casacci gave rise to an innovative and engaging project, an unprecedented union of music and science. Deproducers is a kind of collective that sets out to score, live, scientific lectures told in a rigorous but accessible way. Planetario combines music with the space lectures of the astrophysicist Fabio Peri, director of the Milan Planetarium. With him, the four producers lay down a live soundscape that takes listeners straight to the centre of the sky, turning the concert into a true intergalactic journey.
[1] SXSW, INC; SONIC ISLAND, ZANDARI FESTA; GLOBAL CAFÉ, MUNDIAL MONTREAL, LUMINATO FESTIVAL; YABOUS CULTURAL CENTRE, JERUSALEM FESTIVAL; CIRQUE DU SOLEIL; CROSS CULTURE FESTIVAL; PHILHARMONIE DE PARIS (FRANCE), Festival des Musique Sacrées du Monde Fès, Sacred Spirit Festival, Festival Cascais, Jerusalem Palestine Sacred Music Festival, Zama & Arts Production; AUDIO GUY, JAZZ IN SEOUL, WEST VILLAGE; SOUND OF THE XITY; CITY PARKS FOUNDATION, SUMMERSTAGE; GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL; WAVES VIENNA; USADBA JAZZ FESTIVAL; VISA FOR MUSIC & TIMITAR FESTIVAL; C/O POP FESTIVAL; LE PRINTEMPS DE BOURGES, KIOSQUORAMA, LABOCULTURE; ARCI REAL; EUROPAVOX FESTIVAL; HPK-PRODUCTIONS S.R.O., MIGHTY SOUNDS FESTIVAL & OTHER SHOWS – CLUBS TO ARENAS; FESTIVAL CARROPONTE ARCI MILANO; CONCERTO PRIMO MAGGIO; CIRCUITO PASSPARTOUT EMILIA ROMAGNA; MAMA FESTIVALS: THE GREAT ESCAPE, LOVEBOX, CITADEL, SOMERSAULT, WILDERNESS; HONG KONG JAZZ ASSOCIATION, POTPOURRI PRODUCTION; GOODFELLAS; JAZZ FEST SARAJEVO; AB (ANCIENNE BELGIQUE)
[2] Alex Adami (Sorrisi e Canzoni), Alessandro Alicandri (sorrisi.com), Eugenio Arcidiacono (Famiglia Cristiana), Cristina Bianchino (TG5), Flavio Brighenti (repubblica.it), Marta Cagnola (Radio24), Michele Caporosso (Rockit), Andrea Conti (RTL), Mario Conti (Oggi), Emiliano Coraretti (Il venerdì), Silvia Danielli (rollingstone.it), Luca De Gennaro (MTV), Renzo Di Falco (RDS), Luca Dondoni (La Stampa), Paolo Giordano (Il Giornale), Franco Gigante (Italpress), Leonardo Iannacci (Libero), Antonio Irace (Radio Kiss Kiss), Massimo Longoni (Tgcom), Alvise Losi (Onstage), Mario Luzzatto Fegiz (Corriere della Sera), Gabriella Mancini (Gazzetta dello Sport), Carlo Mandelli(Ansa), Carlo Moretti (La Repubblica), Antonella Nesi (Adnkronos), Valerio Palmieri (Chi), Teo Pepe (Il Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia), Bruno Ployer (Skytg24), Massimo Poggini (Spettacolo.it), Gianni Poglio (Panorama), Anna Puricella ( Repubblica-Bari), Valeria Rusconi (XL.it), Pasquale Sabatelli (Radio Norba), Luana Salvatore (Radiocarnival), Gianni Sibilla (rockol.it), Angelo Sica (Grazia), Andrea Spinelli (Avvenire/QN), Federico Vacalebre (Mattino), Marinella Venegoni (La Stampa), Fabrizio Versienti (Corriere del Mezzogiorno), Mario Volanti (Radio Italia), Franco Zanetti (rockol.it). Chairman: Stefano Senardi
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