The fourth edition of the Actions for New Musicians project aims to promote the professional career of new talents that have emerged from the classrooms of Taller de Músics ESEM and is organized by Taller de Músics and Acción Cultural Española.
From April to December 2023, the project will once again focus on stimulating creativity and international promotion and will do so through three actions from the point of view of international co-production: with Center National de la Musique, Kultur | Lx – Arts Council Luxembourg and Knutpunkt. In addition, different international mobility actions are once again proposed for the most relevant seminars, festivals, competitions and fairs.
Actions in detail:
-MUSICIAN AND KNUTPUNKT WORKSHOP
Knutpunkt is a network consisting of 21 organizers and venues in the western part of Sweden. For more than four years they have focused mainly on jazz and improvised music, with an open vision of other genres. They conduct sustainable tours that contribute to active climate work at their concerts. Knutpunkt will choose one of the bands and will select a Swedish musician, together they will work in artistic residency in Barcelona during the month of September. The artistic proposal that will result from the collaboration between the band and the Swedish artist will be sent to the 21 organizers of the Knutpunkt network for a tour in Sweden the third week of October 2023.
-TALLER DE MÚSICS Y KULTUR | LX – ARTS COUNCIL LUXEMBOURG
KulturLX – Arts Council Luxembourg was created in July 2020 as an initiative of the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture.
KulturLX will choose an artist from Luxembourg and Taller de Músics will open a call for emerging artists and will choose a Spanish leader. The artistic residency will take place in September in Barcelona and the concerts in both Barcelona and Luxembourg will take place between November and December..
- TALLER DE MÚSICS AND CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA MUSIQUE
El Centre National de la Musique is a public-private organization that operates under the protection of the French Ministry of Culture. The CNM in collaboration with the Institut Français, the Jazz à Juan festival and Taller de Músics have chosen two figures who will work with young Spanish musicians: the drummer Stéphane Scharlé and the lutenist Hussam Aliwat.
The artistic residence with the chosen musicians will take place from June 20 to 29. Two concerts are already closed at La Pedrera at the end of June in Barcelona and another two at the Jazz à Juan festival in Antibes Juan-les-pins in France between July and August 2023.
Lastly, four international mobility actions are proposed with attendance at two seminars that at the same time organize a festival, Fara Music in Italy and Jazz à Vienne in France and, on the other hand, at the Exib Músicaprofessional fair in Portugal and the More Than Jazz in Italy.