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16/12/08
‘The Galician Way’, a trademark to raise the profile of Galician culture abroad
The Department of Culture of Galicia’s Autonomous Government aims to make Galician culture the principal channel for raising the community’s profile around the world. The major drive within the department headed by Anxela Bugallo during this legislation to promote our culture and artists abroad will be further enhanced by the launch of ‘The Galician Way’, an umbrella trademark for Galician music, literature, dramatic and visual arts and the audiovisual sector.
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Galician Tunes12/11/08
Spreading Galician music abroad
Galiza was one of the protagonists at Womex ’08, the International World Music Festival. Galiza was designated a "focus country" and set up a stand with 17 companies and two associations from the cultural sector, and celebrated the "Galician focus night" with the performances from Xosé Manuel Budiño, Narf and Mutenrohi.
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Galician Tunes12/11/08
Galicia at "Atlantic Waves" festival
By first time in its history, Galiza was represented at "Atlantic Waves " music festival, the showcase for Portuguese and Brazilian folk music in the UK. After 14 years, this international event, organized by the Gulbenkian Foundation, invited Galician artists to play their creations and share the stage with Portuguese and Brazilian players.
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Galician Tunes06/11/08
Narf and Budiño's music triunphs at Womex
Fair's audience distinguished the Galician musicians level, much higher of the official selection average.
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Womex 2008
Galicia will attend Womex for the second year in a row. However, this time will be different, since GalicianTunes is labeled 'Special Focus' at the Sevillian fair. This makes Galicia the only country that will place three of its artists on stage: Narf, Xosé Manuel Budiño and Mutenrohi. From 29 October to 2 November, Galician Roots Music will be the guest star at Womex. [...]22nd Guadalajara Book Fair
The Asociación de Editores Galegos (AGE, Galician Publishers’ Association) is considering as part of its foreign promotion campaign taking part in the International Book Fair (FIL) of Guadalajara (Mexico), which will take place between 29 November and 7 December. Galicia could be Honour Guest in 2011. [...]Future actions
Galician Tunes17/01/09
MIDEM 2009
The international music market meets one of its essential events of the year at Midem. The city of Cannes will host this new edition aiming to exceed last year's excellent participation numbers: 9.000 participants, 4.500 companies and 2.200 stands attended Midem 2008.
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I International Conference 'Places of Culture, creativity for development'
The aim of the Places of Culture Conference is to generate a debate within the broader theoretical framework of culture and development. Within this Framework we will examine the role of cultural facilities as tools for spatial development.
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