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This year, June 21 date to celebrate music, falls on a Friday. All communes of Réunion will take advantage of the weekend to schedule three days of live music.

In most cases, the events will be public and free. The proximity of the municipal elections, in 9 months, will further strengthen the municipalisation of this historic day and empty it of its objectives for the democratization of the practice of music.

Officially: “Fête de la Musique was created in 1982 by the Ministry of Culture. When Maurice Fleuret becomes Director of music and dance in October 1981, at the request of Jack Lang, he applies his thoughts on musical practice and its evolution: “music everywhere and the concert nowhere”. Discovered in 1982, on the occasion of a study on the cultural practices of the French, that five million people including a young, play a musical instrument, it takes to dream to take people to the streets.

And so, in a few weeks, Jack Lang, Minister of Culture, decided to launch the first Fête de la Musique, June 21, 1982, day of the summer solstice, pagan night referring to the ancient tradition of the Saint John festivities.

“Make music, Fête de la Musique”, the watchword has become formula had nothing of the slogan. This mobilization of musicians professionals and amateurs, this new attention to all musical genres, became, through the immediate success of a popular and largely spontaneous demonstration, the translation of a policy which had intended to grant their place in the amateur practices as well as rock, jazz, song and traditional music, to the sides of so-called serious music or scholarly. »

Thus, in a few weeks, “Make music” has made the streets a joyous mass of people of all origins and social conditions, issue of ‘tasting’ a musical instrument. It was a great civic meeting. And, above all, creative, participatory and inventive.

Over time, the spirit of political recovery was eventually infiltrate the spontaneous movement and creative to make room for a riot of ‘concerts’ lavish expenditures where elected officials to provide spectacle, far from the original and official slogan “music everywhere and the concert nowhere”. The advent of parity or the arrival of newly elected officials have accelerated drift of liability of reunion and a reunion. Happy birthday anyway, and “do” for the better.

J.B.

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Jun 19

Music Groups

By French News On Music

The Fête de la musique 2013 takes place as four years in Blaye… June 21. A bargain, this 21 year is a Friday, start of weekend for some, could therefore go to bed late in Blaye! Not too all the same to the ears of local residents and those (including merchants) who work the next day.

But the party is scheduled for 20 hours at 1 o’clock in the morning, so in reasonable times. With the exception of Decibels 33, Kiff radio, who decided that “it will be a crazy night ‘… “Where you will see at least 10,000 people”… It leaves them this advertising.

For the municipality that organized the event with the assistance of blayaises associations (in particular for the snack bars and fast food), “the feast ends reasonably 1 hour”, says Christian Verdier, Councillor in charge of the organization. For a musical overview (with the sound of his choice) what will be the feast with Decibels, the site of the first John in the region provides highlights and presents her performance.

Seven scenes, two tables

This year, the Fête de la musique will distribute on seven stages: three in the city (at the kiosk in musiquen it is rigour! Face_a restaurant the small Port and Europe square, corner of courses and the rue Saint-Simon). And four in the Citadel: street of 144th-RI, place d’Armes, behind the convent of the Minims and the castle of the Rudel.

“We wanted, no pun, play on two tables: the music with his men, groups and another way to see it, more modern with its”machines”such as Decibels or tehno (with Krapotec) ‘ stresses Christian Verdier.

And this gives very different scenes that we can all try to or not select some. Among the novelties: Tabacco rum (a very nice duo), a “master class zumba ‘ (place de l’Europe), reggae (with move your bled)… Or can love find property premises known: the Sybarites, Agnos, Bombyx of the Cuvier, Padlezard…

A top starting

This Friday will be the first day of a series of free festive moments dedicated to music. A really musical summer beginning concocted by the municipality.

Next week, opening music with Carlosbarcelona10 at the couvent des Minimes, then to come, two balls: ball on 14 July and August 2, the presence of musical groups at the night markets (4 July and 1 August).

And of course the resumption of Cita-delta that delights the public each Sunday evening from August on the place d’armes of the Citadel. And it is not finished announces the chosen: “Les Journées du patrimoine will be musical. In Blaye, those who love music are what to do! »

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Jun 19

Listening To Music

By French News On Music

Because the music is kinda like a drug. Listening to music that you love ‘triggered a secretion of dopamine in the brain, like cocaine and amphetamines’, writes Robert Zatorre, Professor of Neuroscience at McGill University of Montr eal, in the International Herald Tribune on 13 June.

A drug it even useful to administer to facilitate some learning – in particular languages, has proven Daniele Schön, researcher at the Institute of cognitive neuroscience of the Mediterranean. Who has never sung the tunes and lyrics of foreign songs learned on school benches, even though he thought have forgotten all of the so fredonnee language?

“THE MOZART EFFECT”

Surgeons music lovers are also more efficient, more accurate when they perform tasks of routine to music, according to an experiment conducted in 1994 by Karen Allen and Jim Blascovich, two researchers in psychology from the University of Buffalo (New York).

But be careful with generalizations! The ‘Mozart effect’, described there is 20 years, and that listening to music would work better, is that under certain conditions. Badly managed, the remedy product, on the contrary, havoc!

Listen to music before the dope work professional efficiency. Not because it makes happy and calm the anxious. On the other hand, listen to music while working would be rather catastrophic, the profession of surgeons being, it is hoped, the exception that proves the rule!

Nick Perham, researcher at the Department of applied psychology at the Cardiff Metropolitan University (Wales), comes not only to prove that it stores less well when working in music. But, in addition, that performance is particularly degraded when listened music is loved music. In the limit, if you cannot live without, better then listen to an unknown air or which does not vibrate. But then, what good?

Kahn@lemonde.fr

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Jun 19

Much Music

By French News On Music

The city took advantage of the official day of the Fête de la musique to extend the festivities. First concert tonight at the collegiate church Saint-michel.a Castelnaudary, the music festival starts today at the collegiate church Saint-Michel, a recital of carillon at 4.30 p.m., followed at 5 p.m. by a concert of organ and flute. And for better continue the fun on Friday, June 21, become “official”, a succession of festivities will be accompanied by a musical plurality, during the weekend of 22 and 23 June. The point of registering on Friday 28 June, where music lovers will return to the Collegiate Church of Saint-Michel to delight, from 9 pm, the concert of the Lauragais and the Orchestra of the music of the Aude all choirs. The first day of summer will be heard under the Halle de Verdun, from 17:30. The intercommunal music school will offer a large partition, the jazz orchestra of harmony workshop, passing by the percussion and choral workshop. “The aim is to develop the collective practices”, said Hélène Giral, the municipal elected responsible for culture.

Improvisations

Ambitions of this “Fête de la musique”, established more than 30 years by a ministerial, will allow all those who wish to express themselves through it. So at 7 pm, the place de la République raisonnera through different open stages. People who like “Let’s get moving” massaging around the scene of the rockers, “The Bricks”, while fans of blues or jazzy country will benefit from “Phil and TC”, offering a Duet between guitar and harmonica. We said guitars? The scene of “Guitars of Oc” will launch in an improvisational workshop, supported by a soundtrack, between acoustic and electric instrument…

Dance

And because the body cannot remain inert before much music, hip-hop and, later, the sensual Polynesian dancers, will give to watch. Perhaps to participate… The poet and singer Georges Moustaki taking now “any death to rest”, the Aude association poetry him tribute through texts and songs accompanied by guitar. At 19:30 there will be time to inaugurate the Fontanilles college Observatory, and at night, other poets will gaze at the stars, in the company of the circle of astronomy Chaurien. Unless a few clouds masquassent the milky way? Or even worse? The sound of the instruments cannot be provided if clear, decided in this case to continue its air of celebration in the Halle aux grains, reserved for this purpose.

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Jun 19

Lyrics And Music

By French News On Music

The Fête de la musique at Ambès is not merely a single day but runs for an entire week, with inter alia, the participation of speech and music. From Monday 17 to Sunday, June 23, this association will go from site to site on the town with its musical instruments.

A concert by day

First concert Monday at the pole childhood to 18 hours. Then Tuesday, at 18 h 30, the church Our Lady of Ambès, with brass and organ. Wednesday, they will go to 2.45 p.m. at the retirement home (Ehpad) to hear flute, clarinet, trumpet and saxophone. This concert will be followed by a snack. That same day, at 3 p.m. at the library, Gadijo will host an educational musico meeting on the history of jazz and the blues through the harmonica. Thursday at 7 p.m., return to the library: the workshop of music in lyrics and music will do swing around a small aperitif. Friday, at 2045 hours, go to the parking lot of the association with the Orchestra Harmonies and junior.

Saturday music

Saturday, the musical feast, called Do Re Soo, begins at 18:30. The Black Badgers will resume some of the biggest tracks of the blues and rock in a more intimate acoustic version.

Group singing, Adrien on bass, Fred Claire hanschke, Romain and Vincent on guitar and dobro.

At 7.15 p.m., embracing pure and hard rock with The Imps: two guitars, a bass singer, a drummer. At 2145, the key of songs has chosen a program composed of rap French, English pop and other vocal registers.

Finally, Sunday, Word and music give his end of year concert, 3 p.m., at the heart of the Park of Cantefrene.

All of these concerts are free.

Jun 18

Public Of New Facets Of This Music

By French News On Music

By: Rachid Hamatou

This first edition will be closed tomorrow in the regional theatre of Batna. Many groups in several cities in the country in this genre have occurred on the boards offering to the public of new facets of this music. In addition to the concerts, workshops on guitar techniques have been proposed by Naïth Mansour and Kabouche Hadjissa performers

The opening of these first days was held last Monday at the regional theatre of the city with the representation of the Nostalgia group. This first show was sold-out, through the provision of this training came to Oum El-Bouaghi. This event, which continues until tomorrow, hosted groups from several wilayas in the country.

These days of flamenco music is an initiative of former students of the regional Institute of musical training with the contribution of the Directorate of culture of Batna. One of the initiators of this festival, the guitarist for the band (batna), Hasan Kafi Tahouissa, returned to the birth of this project at a small meeting in the margins of these music days. He told us that this project is not new, but for many reasons and difficulties, it has been postponed repeatedly and voila it germinates in this month of June in Batna. “As we have long hoped”, says enthusiastically Hasan Kafi, who does not hide his joy. For this first edition, the organisers simply some groups only.

But this edition is as a prelude to other meetings larger, richer and better prepared. Among the participants, one group of flamenco in Algiers, another Kenchela and solo musicians in this case Naderi Mansour and Kabouche Hadjissa, who will not settle only for a performance in public, but they will be, inter alia, to the delight of lovers of flamenco, workshops on the techniques of flamenco guitar (at the level of the regional Institute of music education)which opened its doors on this occasion as well to the connoisseurs as novices. An opportunity, according to Hasan Kafi, for the Batneens, but for Auressiens who can better know this kind of music. The delivery of the Nostalgia group, of Ayn El-Beida, homeland of the Cantor of the chaoui Aissa El-Jarmouni song, has managed to seduce a connoisseur audience, thanks to a subtle mix between flamenco and Berber music (chaoui). These two genera possess a great similarity, because they appeal to the sentiments and the Mediterranean. Aziz Bnidir, former pupil of the Music Institute and graduated from the conservatoire de Paris, we said that flamenco singing exists in Berber women, called soleá “a song that Berber women still have hummed”. The institutionalization of the days of flamenco music, collaboration with various institutes and universities to give an academic character, allows, for sure, to support this long neglected musical genre.

R H

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Jun 18

All Music

By French News On Music

It has become almost a habit: in June, Châteauroux rhymes with music and, thanks to the Conservatory. This year again, the castelroussin public will be offered three appointments around music. With a rich program that varied, all music lovers should be filled.

First meeting, Friday, June 14, for a concert entitled salad and which will propose a wide range of musical resources of the Conservatory. So, in turn, on stage, the accordion, the hurdy-gurdy, hip-hop and dance, and percussion, will be featured until the variety choir, led by Christophe Sibille, close this evening that promises to be more festive.

And party, it will also question the following Friday.

Feast of music requires, the Conservatory had to be present to mark the occasion.

Concert relocated to the hotel Bertrand

«The novelty this year is that the second concert will be relocated in the courtyard of the Museum-hotel Bertrand, a place where the Conservatory has already produced in the past, explains Christophe Millet, Director of the Conservatory. In gust of wind, it is obviously the orchestras of small winds from junior harmony of the current music fanfare and municipal harmony that occur on stage but at a different time from the ordinary: 5:30 pm. Finally, the latest installment of this musical triptych resolutely be jazz with the Big Band of the Conservatory, Friday, June 28. Under the direction of Pascal Lacore, musicians from the Big Band will perform a programme called Summertime. With the presence of a rapper and a singer onstage, this last concert should delight lovers of music in general and jazz in particular, but also the nearby traders.

Friday music, June 14 and 28, place de la République, from 20:45. On 21 June, Court of the Museum-hotel Bertrand, from 17:30. Free concerts.

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Jun 18

Music Festivals: Sex, Drugs, But More So Of Rock’ N’roll

By French News On Music

A quarter of the 2,000 Festival interviewed for this study admit to having had sex with a (e) unknown (e), 21% say there have used drugs, and 13% have fought.

This behavior is not only attributable to the young recruits since even among the festival-goers aged between 45 and 54 years, they are no less the feast: 9% admit having taken illegal drugs, 20% drank more reason, 10% have sleep with an unknown (e) and 2% came to the hands, according to the study carried out in Britain for MSN.co.uk.

Among festival-goers British, only 45% admit to go on summer Plains to the music. Others come for the atmosphere, see friends and meet new ones, and escape from the daily grind. 47% admit to conduct that they “would never outside this festival environment”.

According to George McKay, Professor of cultural studies at the University of Salford, these inhibitions forgotten in festival are quite normal. “Festivals are deeply rooted in the tradition of carnivals and incite so to reverse our usual behaviour. Anarchy and subversion are rules of life”he explains to the DailyMail.

“This Carnivalesque attitude appeared as early as the first music festivals in Britain, as in the Beaulieu Jazz Festival in 1960 which ended in riots. The modern festival-goers simply follow this ancient tradition. “Music festivals continue to be places where we can escape from reality and no longer follow rules and at any age”, he concludes.

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Jun 11

Of Music In All Its Modern Expressions

By French News On Music

Residence El Silwan is the encounter of artists talent women from France welcomed by their Algerian counterparts. It is also the pooling of coated Mediterranean heritage of knowledge of music in all its modern expressions. With this project, the continuous RCAA dig the Groove of sharing and the meeting of individuals discovered at the discretion of the event and held parties here and there, a shore the other.

This residence will be a panorama of heritage and modern music from sanaa to blues music through kabyle, the Gharib, Latin, Balkan, Corsican influences to landing at the Ibn Zaydún room June 12; In addition to his own compositions, will be referred to artists as famous as Che Eugene, Cherifa, Caetano Veloso (for the Latin influence), John Coltrane (Africanism of his jazz) and many other references that painted this show.

Four women artists accompanied by three talented musicians men to say, without the requirement of completeness, that the music in the Mediterranean is a reality and that she has always expressed a clean speech, fed influences to the measure of the Creation. This residence will attend three members of popular group “orientales”; it comes to Sylvie Paz on vocals, Samira Brame also on vocals and Perrine Mansuy at the Piano.

Joining them Kawthar Algerian singer pako emblematic of the new national scene, the inescapable revealing talents Amine Dawson, Malik Ziad founder group Yazmen (and brother of the famous Karim) and appointed percussionist of the World scene Marseille Hassen Boukerou. The residence will be held in the studios of Label very serious, Padidou.Un place standards and offering reception conditions and technique the more favourable to the implementation of such a project.

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Jun 10

Styles Of Music

By French News On Music

The second edition of the Rencontres internationales de alternative music, called “Mousiqa Wassalem”, will be held from 18 to 23 June 2013, at the Museum of Carthage.

The opening will be marked by the participation of Tunisian group “Hess”, led by the lutenist Mehdi Cha and Stephanie Sasa on vocals, as well as Jordanian artist Ma’adi Nahhas. «Hess» (noise) will propose a show entitled “Ken ye my Ken” (once) with the menu of traditional and neo-traditionnelles compositions. Meanwhile Ma’adi Nahhas will sing its repertoire drawing from Eastern musical heritage.

The closing will take place, on June 23, with the “Oware”, an international ensemble show which brings together artists from several countries (Tunisia, France, Slovenia, Great Britain and Cuba), marked by his songs, a mixture of African music mixed latin jazz, Ethiopian funk and North African amazigh music.

On 19 June, will occur on stage all Arab “Alif”, as well as the violinist and composer Tunisian Jasser Haj Youssef who will be accompanied by French musicians. Being the first to have rediscovered the Viola d’amore (European instrument of the Baroque), Jasser adapted to different styles of music: classical, Arabic, jazz, Indian etc. The sensuality of his melodies and his sense of the groove enabled him to collaborate with several Tunisian and international musicians including opera singer Barbara Hendricks, the Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour, and the French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood.

On June 20, will be present the groups «Gultrah sound System» (Tunisia) and «Hoba Hoba spirit» (Morocco) who plays a music-fusion of rock, afro, reggae and gnawa.

On the occasion of the international day of music, celebrated on 21 June of each year, a free concert held, on the same day to the Avenue Habib Bourguiba.

The last concert (June 22) meet «Dub Mel Kabba» and «Mr Kaz» (Tunisia) as well as “El Rass-Munma” (Lebanon). Training «Dub Mel Kabba», created in 2006 is committed for a music which expresses the difficulties of daily life and denounces injustice in the Tunisian socio-political context and elsewhere. “Mr Kaz”, is part of the generation of revolutionary artists of the Tunisian Hip Hop scene.

“El Rass-Munma”, it is the meeting between a confirmed speaker (Mazen El Sayed) that oscillates between rap, poetry and slam, and the genius of Munma (Jawad Nawfal) electronic music for a mixed musical creative.

Organized at the initiative of a group of Tunisian artists with the support of the Ministry of culture, this event aims to promote and disseminate the multiple alternative and contemporary musical forms in Tunisia.

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