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CONCERTS AT MIDEM 2008: WHO’LL BE THE NEXT AMY?
14/01/2008
Just before they exploded onto the international stage, and when they were still totally unknown in many countries, Amy Winehouse and Patrick Watson were performing at MIDEM 2007. With 98 rock/pop, world music, electro, classical and jazz concerts, the 42nd edition of the MIDEM international music market will once again offer a range of new talents and will provide a springboard for the 495 artists performing there. MIDEM will be held in Cannes from 27-31 January 2008.
Every year, MIDEM showcases those who will be making musical headlines over the year to both professionals and the general public. These have included Razorlight and Mariza at MIDEM 2004, Katie Melua, Ayo and Nemanja Radulovic in 2005, Raul Paz and Yaron Herman in 2006, Buika, Amy Winehouse and Patrick Watson in 2007, to name but a few.
The following acts will be performing at MIDEM 2008 and are already enjoying significant buzz, which, in view of the amount of attention already being attracted by the performances, should intensify and promises an explosive year.
Pop/rock act Reverend & the Makers, currently all over the British charts but yet to find international fame, will be headlining the British night at MIDEM. Also performing at the event will be singer Tawiah, who has already been noticed for her work on tour with Mark Ronson, producer of records by Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen. Danish band Dúné, whose seven members are all in their teens or early twenties, will be at MIDEM to present the album that made their name right across Denmark in 2007, and will be receiving a Border Breaker award to crown an exceptional start to their international career. MIDEM will also be offering an 80s revival with the Black and White Years, produced by Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison, and Dragonette, fronted by the charismatic Martina Sorbara and already noted for their performances supporting mythical band New Order. For Yael Naim and the Pascale Picard Band, who have already seen enormous success in France and Quebec respectively, MIDEM will be an important boost to the international scene.
Electro has an important part to play at MIDEM 2008 with much-hyped and very classy performances from Danton Eeprom, who is soon to release an album, Yuksek, the latest signing from French label UWe who created a stir at the last Transmusicales de Rennes festival, and James Priestley, co-founder of the legendary Sunday afternoon ‘secretsundaze’ events, now being held around the world.
Argentinean phenomenon and maestro of the tango and the milonga, Melingo, will also be performing at MIDEM before the release in early 2008 of his long-awaited album “Maldito Tango” on the Manaña label, founded by Eduardo Makaroff from Gotan Project.
There are some great classical and jazz acts also waiting to be discovered, notably with one of the first major appearances of the young American soprano Takesha Meshé Kizart and that of the latest discovery from CNIPAL, French soprano Olivia Doray. There will also be long-awaited performances from trumpet player Ibrahim Maalouf, French saxophonist Géraldine Laurent and Slovenian pianist Bojan Gorisek among others.
98 artists and bands will be performing at MIDEM 2008, including around 30 within the framework of the new initiative for discovering talent, MIDEM Talent Only. The concerts mentioned, and all of those under the MIDEM Talent Only banner, are open to all participants, but will be by invitation only to members of the public.
A complete programme of all the concerts at MIDEM 2008 is available at:
http://www.midem.com/
Photos of artists are available for download from:
http://www.reedmidem.com/v3/Press/DownloadZone/en
Note to Editors
Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is a leading organizer of professional, international tradeshows. Reed MIDEM events have established themselves as key dates in professional diaries. The company hosts MIPTV featuring MILIA, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, and MIPCOM JUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, AMAZIA devoted to the creation and distribution of entertainment content, MIDEM for music professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia, MIPIM HORIZONS and MAPIC for the property and retail real estate sectors.
Reed MIDEM is a division of Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading organiser of exhibitions and conferences delivering over 460 events in 34 countries and serving 52 industries worldwide. For further information about Reed MIDEM visit www.reedmidem.com.
For more information please contact:
Reed MIDEM
Jane GARTON, Press Manager
Tel: +33 (0)1 41 90 44 39, Email: jane.garton@reedmidem.com
Mélanie AIGLE, Press Officer
Tel : +33 (0)1 41 90 49 95, Email : melanie.aigle@reedmidem.com
Fax: +33 (0)1 41 90 67 24
http://www.midem.com/
Every year, MIDEM showcases those who will be making musical headlines over the year to both professionals and the general public. These have included Razorlight and Mariza at MIDEM 2004, Katie Melua, Ayo and Nemanja Radulovic in 2005, Raul Paz and Yaron Herman in 2006, Buika, Amy Winehouse and Patrick Watson in 2007, to name but a few.
The following acts will be performing at MIDEM 2008 and are already enjoying significant buzz, which, in view of the amount of attention already being attracted by the performances, should intensify and promises an explosive year.
Pop/rock act Reverend & the Makers, currently all over the British charts but yet to find international fame, will be headlining the British night at MIDEM. Also performing at the event will be singer Tawiah, who has already been noticed for her work on tour with Mark Ronson, producer of records by Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen. Danish band Dúné, whose seven members are all in their teens or early twenties, will be at MIDEM to present the album that made their name right across Denmark in 2007, and will be receiving a Border Breaker award to crown an exceptional start to their international career. MIDEM will also be offering an 80s revival with the Black and White Years, produced by Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison, and Dragonette, fronted by the charismatic Martina Sorbara and already noted for their performances supporting mythical band New Order. For Yael Naim and the Pascale Picard Band, who have already seen enormous success in France and Quebec respectively, MIDEM will be an important boost to the international scene.
Electro has an important part to play at MIDEM 2008 with much-hyped and very classy performances from Danton Eeprom, who is soon to release an album, Yuksek, the latest signing from French label UWe who created a stir at the last Transmusicales de Rennes festival, and James Priestley, co-founder of the legendary Sunday afternoon ‘secretsundaze’ events, now being held around the world.
Argentinean phenomenon and maestro of the tango and the milonga, Melingo, will also be performing at MIDEM before the release in early 2008 of his long-awaited album “Maldito Tango” on the Manaña label, founded by Eduardo Makaroff from Gotan Project.
There are some great classical and jazz acts also waiting to be discovered, notably with one of the first major appearances of the young American soprano Takesha Meshé Kizart and that of the latest discovery from CNIPAL, French soprano Olivia Doray. There will also be long-awaited performances from trumpet player Ibrahim Maalouf, French saxophonist Géraldine Laurent and Slovenian pianist Bojan Gorisek among others.
98 artists and bands will be performing at MIDEM 2008, including around 30 within the framework of the new initiative for discovering talent, MIDEM Talent Only. The concerts mentioned, and all of those under the MIDEM Talent Only banner, are open to all participants, but will be by invitation only to members of the public.
A complete programme of all the concerts at MIDEM 2008 is available at:
http://www.midem.com/
Photos of artists are available for download from:
http://www.reedmidem.com/v3/Press/DownloadZone/en
Note to Editors
Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is a leading organizer of professional, international tradeshows. Reed MIDEM events have established themselves as key dates in professional diaries. The company hosts MIPTV featuring MILIA, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, and MIPCOM JUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, AMAZIA devoted to the creation and distribution of entertainment content, MIDEM for music professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia, MIPIM HORIZONS and MAPIC for the property and retail real estate sectors.
Reed MIDEM is a division of Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading organiser of exhibitions and conferences delivering over 460 events in 34 countries and serving 52 industries worldwide. For further information about Reed MIDEM visit www.reedmidem.com.
For more information please contact:
Reed MIDEM
Jane GARTON, Press Manager
Tel: +33 (0)1 41 90 44 39, Email: jane.garton@reedmidem.com
Mélanie AIGLE, Press Officer
Tel : +33 (0)1 41 90 49 95, Email : melanie.aigle@reedmidem.com
Fax: +33 (0)1 41 90 67 24
http://www.midem.com/
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