Thirty artists and groups have been selected to perform at MIDEM Talent Only next month. A new flagship event at MIDEM for the discovery and development of artists, MIDEM Talent Only offers four days of pop/rock, jazz and classical concerts, conferences and a range of networking events.

Headliners include The Black and White Years, produced by Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison, Troy Von Balthazar, former front-man of Chokebore and Finnish act 22-Pistepirkko. Classical and jazz performers include rising stars like pianist Paddy Milner, saxophonist Géraldine Laurent, trumpet player Ibrahim Maalouf, Slovenian pianist Bojan Gorisek and violinist Diego Tosi.

They will be joined by some key industry players at MIDEM Talent Only’s conferences, including Peter Gabriel both in his capacity as artist and in his role as head of the Real World label, Domino Records founder Laurence Bell, and celebrated producer Tony Visconti.

The event has already created strong buzz in the industry, with some 270 acts participating via the Sonicbids on-line promotion platform.

The MIDEM Talent Only concerts will be held from Sunday 27 to Wednesday 30 January, throughout the day and into the evening, and will be open to both professionals and the general public. The MIDEM international music market will take place in Cannes from 27 to 31 January 2008.

The full program for MIDEM Talent Only:

Talent Only pop/rock
(venue: Orange Magic Mirrors)
22-Pistepirkko (Finland)
Aronas (New Zealand)
Astrid Swan (Finland)
Chikinki (UK)
Dragonette (Canada/UK)
Drugs (USA)
Dúné (Denmark)
Gemma Ray (UK)
Gush (France)
Jake Ziah (Norway)
Kris Dane (Belgium)
Pascale Picard Band (Canada)
Phoebe Killdeer and the Short Straws (Australia)
Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family (France)
The Black and White Years (USA)
This is Radio Freedom (UK)
Troy Von Balthazar (Hawai)
Yaël Naim (France/Israel)

Talent Only Classical
(venue : Palais des Festivals)
Olivia Doray, soprano (France); Nina Uhari, piano (Finland)
Bojan Gorisek, piano (Slovenia)
Peter & Patrik Jablonski, piano (Sweden)
Diego Tosi, violon (France); Emilie Benterfa, piano (France)
Trio Janacek (Czech Republic)

Talent Only Jazz
(venue : Carlton)
Laurent Assoulen, piano (France)
Géraldine Laurent, saxophone (France)
Ibrahim Maalouf, trompette (Lebanon/France)
Jean-François Maljean, piano (Belgium)
Paddy Milner, piano (UK)
Giovanni Mirabassi Trio feat. Gianluca Renzi & Leon Parker, piano (Italy)

French mobile operator Orange will be sponsoring the MIDEM Talent Only concerts, the Orange Magic Mirrors area and the “Talent Only – Orange Stage” evening event. The US on-line promotion platform Sonicbids will be sponsoring the “Talent Only – Sonicbids stage” event and the networking lunch. The MIDEM Talent Only event is organized in association with A&R Worldwide, Musexpo, Music Week, Musikwoche and VIP Booking.

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