MEDIMEX sets sail. Southwards!
The 2018 edition of MEDIMEX leaves Bari and moves to Taranto. The programme is spread across 7 venues in the city: Circolo degli Ufficiali, Rotonda del Lungomare, Giardini Peripato, Castello Aragonese, the “G. Paisiello” Higher Institute of Musical Studies, MArTA (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto) and Molo Sant’Eligio. And it blossoms again in a city that is a show in itself, poised between two seas. From 7 to 10 June.
The Circolo degli Ufficiali becomes the main venue of the Conference, with 26 events on the programme. 4 panels on the evolution of collecting; the labels of the future; the SIAE Italia Music Export office; the art of booking from the festivals’ point of view. 10 workshops, some over several sessions, on playlisting; streaming; collecting; music and social media; the business of being an artist; the international sync market; networks between festivals and venues; the music economy. 11 presentations by professionals and 1 keynote by Tommaso Colliva on the creative process and making music. In addition, 17[1] professionals from fairs, conventions and festivals meet the showcase artists in timed face-to-face sessions.
MEDIMEX once again offers training in music professions with Songwriting Camp and Puglia Sounds Musicarium (basic and advanced). Songwriting Camp is aimed at songwriters and producers and is run in collaboration with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. The tutors are Alessandro Gemelli, Davide Napoleone, Gaia Gozzi, Gianclaudia Franchini and Luca Serpenti, Leonardo Cristoni, Piero Romitelli, Riccardo “Deepa” Di Paola, Tony Maiello, Valeria Palmitessa and Vincenzo Colella.
The Puglia Sounds Musicarium music school covers the themes and professions of music. Basic courses in photography, multimedia journalism, graphic design, the music and live business, stages and lighting, management, music marketing for artists, music & social media management, production, writing, sound engineering, video, vocal coaching and web. With the tutors Giovanni Canitano, Enzo Gentile, Paolo De Francesco, Massimo Bonelli, Carlo Pastore, Luca Bernini and Rhò, Giuseppe Tatoli and Claudio Morgese, Gabriele Aprile, Ferdinando Arnò, Giuseppe Anastasi, Gian Luca Cavallini, Ambrogio Lo Giudice, Dariana Koumanova and Michele Caporosso. Advanced courses in Digital Communication, Production, Sound Engineering and Design, with the tutors Marc Plotkin, Tommaso Colliva and Marc Urselli.
MArTA hosts the exhibition “Kurt Cobain & Grunge: the story of a revolution”, 78 shots from the archives of the photographers Michael Lavine and Charles Peterson. Taranto, capital of Magna Graecia, and Seattle, capital of grunge, come together in the photographs of two witnesses to the birth of Nirvana and of grunge; the shots also include Soundgarden, who played in Taranto in 1989.
The main stage on the Rotonda del Lungomare hosts 10 concerts: Roni Size feat. Dynamite MC, Metá Metá, Kraftwerk 3-D, Kiol, Casino Royale, Placebo, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, E Green, Fido Guido and Zakalicius, Nitro, Daddy G.
The Giardini Peripato host 11 Incontri d’Autore (Meet the Author) with Diodato, Max Gazzè, Emma Marrone, Giuliano Sangiorgi, Raphael Gualazzi, Ultimo, Ghemon, Renzo Rubino, Paul Cook, Mirkoeilcane and Nitro. A twelfth takes place at MArTA with Michael Lavine and Charles Peterson.
The Giardini also host the Medimex Music Market feat. Independent Label Market, curated by PopUp the Sunday, Display Agency, Discipline, Node, Coolclub and the Fiera del Disco Sud Italia; screenings of 4 films: “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” by Brett Morgen, “Pearl Jam Twenty” by Cameron Crowe, “Sound City” by Dave Grohl and “Singles” by Cameron Crowe; and, finally, 3 book presentations.
The Castello Aragonese hosts the site-specific work “Learning how to see in the dark” by the American artist Arthur Duff. At Molo Sant’Eligio, 11 showcases: Massimo Donno, Paolo De Falco, Maelys, Eugenio Macchia Dialogue Trio, Roberto Ottaviano Griots, Enzo Bacco Quintetto, La maschera, Junior V, Li Ucci Orchestra, Maria Mazzotta Duo, Paisiello Quintet; the Sziget & Home Sound Fest contest; the second edition of the Rec’n’Play Contest and of the Gazzetta Contest; and 2 DJ sets with DJ Gruff feat. Gianluca Petrella and Mangaboo.
Notes
[1] MD of Stephen Budd Music Ltd, Africa Express / NH7 Weekender, OneFest UK / DMZ Peace Train Festival; Tallin Music Week; Primary Talent International; International Talent Booking; Charmenko; Apolide Festival – Dunter; Woman Chile, Artemedios Group; Skopje Jazz Festival; Cankarjev Dom, cultural& congress centre, Jazz festival Ljubljana; Katowice JazzArt Festival; Improvised Music Company / 12 Points Festival; Festival della musica world di Bratislava; Piranha Arts; Fira Mediterrània de Manresa; Musicalista; Jazztopad Festival / National Forum of Music; Jazz Fest Sarajevo; Jazzfest Berlino; Europe Jazz Network, Gateshead International Jazz Festival; Europe Jazz Network, Italia Jazz, NovaraJazz; Tampere Jazz Happening; The Australian Music Centre; Nasjonal Jazzscene
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