Musiques Métisses is an annual French music festival held in early summer. The festival was created in 1976 by Christian Mousset in Angoulême, France. In 2015, the American author Eddy L.Harris took over as president of the festival.
Historyedit
Musiques Métisses was originally named "Jazz en France" [1] and was first devoted to jazz, French, and European improvised music. The festival quickly began to integrate popular and urban music from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean.[2] It was the first event in France to highlight artists from the country's colonial territories, whose audience was limited, until then, to the DOM-TOM's audience.
The purpose of the festival is to showcase and support diversity and cultural blending. The festival facilitates the circulation of artists, contributes to the enrichment of musical colours by promoting exchange, meeting, and creation, and supports and develops the careers of young, emerging performers.
In 1999, the festival expanded to include literary meetings called "Littératures Métisses" during the festival. The literary programming is led by Bernard Magnier,[5] director of the Africa collection at the publishing house Actes Sud.
In 2015, Eddy L. Harris, a 10-year resident of Charente, was named the new president of the festival.[6][7] He took over the presidency with the intention of saving the festival from a deficit through a 9-year turnaround plan. [8]
Referencesedit
^"Le Festival d'Angoulême de Jazz en France à Musiques Métisses". Persée.
^"Musiques Métisses nos plus belles années". Marianne.
^"Johnny Clegg and Mahotella Queens for Musiques Métisses". Le Monde.
^"Bernard Magnier et Les littératures métisses". Viabooks.
^"Un nouveau président pour musiques métisses". Charente libre.
^"Rural Charente is where well-travelled writer Eddy L Harris's heart lies". The Connexion.
^"Angoulême: redressement sur neuf ans pour Musiques Métisses". Charente libre.
External linksedit
Official website
May 01, 2024
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