autodia at WOMEX 16

Autodia, the Greek non-profit Society of Intellectual Property Rights, will participate in WOMEX ΄16 at Santiago de Compostela, gathering thousands of artists and professionals in the field of World Music.

Autodia, the Greek non-profit Society of Intellectual Property Rights will participate in the Music World Expo WOMEX ΄16 that takes place at Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Cidade da Cultura), from 19 to 23 October, hosting more than 2.500 delegates from 90 countries worldwide and 680 exhibitors.

Autodia participates actively in these important international exhibitions, MIDEM -Cannes- and WOMEX, seeking new collaborations for the promotion of its repertoire. Its pavilion will host information on Society’s profile, services and repertory, while providing full coverage on music market regarding intellectual property issues in Greece, public performance, mechanical rights and music licencing. Autodia has already participated in WOMEX ’12 (Thessaloniki) and WOMEX ’13 (Cardiff).

The Society represents a large catalogue of Greek and international music works: Greek modern song, Rebetiko, Laiko, Traditional & Ethnic, Rock & Pop, Jazz & Fusion, New Age, Ambient, Cinema & Instrumental, Ancient Greek and Byzantine Music. It represents also important foreign publishers with large repertoires through Greek sub-publishers.

WOMEX is an international networking platform for the world music industry. The annual five-day event comprises a bustling Trade Fair, Showcase Festival, in-depth Conference Sessions, Daycases and Film programme, festive Opening and Award ceremonies as well as Nighttime Showcases spread throughout the beautiful Old Town. The Trade Fair brings together professionals from the worlds of folk, roots, ethnic and traditional music and also includes concerts, conferences and documentary films. It contributes to networking as an effective means of promoting music and culture of all kinds across frontiers

In response to very positive feedback about WOMEX ’14, the 22nd edition of WOMEX returns to Santiago de Compostela, the capital of the Galician region located at almost the most Western point of Europe. Santiago has been the journey's end for millions of devout pilgrims via the "Way of St. James" since the 9th century. Declared an UNESCO World Heritage city for the extraordinary and well-preserved architecture of its beautiful old town, Santiago de Compostela has been an important meeting place of faith, thinking and cultural exchange since the Middle Ages, reflected also by its prestigious university founded in the 15th century.

The annual WOMEX festivities commence with a grand Opening Concert, focusing on music from a particular country or region and celebrating the start of five days bursting with music, networking and cultural exchange. Every year, the WOMEX Opening concert sets the standard for the rest of the expo.

The Iberian Peninsula is culturally and linguistically diverse and its music has many different sounds, colours and textures. Iberians – Music Tapas Menu will show this diversity by concentrating these flavours and smells into five small portions of music, much like the region’s other famous tasty morsels, tapas.

Through the music of Galicia, Aragon, the Basque Country and Catalonia, we will explore the richness of Iberia’s different languages, influences of other cultures and different identities, all just rich and diverse as its cuisine and its climate. This welcome will offer a musical menu of tapas: great dishes in small portions. Directed by Galician musician and producer Pedro Pascual, it will present a combination of all ingredients to create some truly exciting flavours.

SHOWCASES: Official Selection, Atlantic Connections, with nine artists in music dialogue from Chile, Mozambique, Argentina, Peru, Spain, Guinea and the DJ Summit, where professionals and musicians seeking club sounds and electronic music from across the world, as well as the Artist Award Winner.

WOMEX will host network meetings («Latinos in the Global Music Industry network» and «Women of the World and Global Club Music Network») and a ‘Brexit session’, music documentaries to discover and record music, artists and rituals all over the world, during the inaugural ‘WOMEX Film Nights’, at Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago, as well as a dedicated conference session «Hand-On Music Films».

Organisers: Piranha Arts Local host and partners for the 2016 edition are Nordesía Producións. Next WOMEX edition will take place at Katowice, Poland, 25 - 29 October 2017.

Autodia’s delegates at WOMEX, responsible for its pavilion, will be Ilianna Antoniou, Communications & Public Relations and Anastasis Grivas, Music Archive.

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