MMVV ATTENDS EUROSONIC 2012Oriol Roca, member of the artistic direction team of MMVV, attended Eurosonic Nordeslag 2012, one of the most important music fairs, to see alive some groups that could take part in MMVV 2012 and to set collaborations with other music agents. Eurosonic was on January 9th to 12th in Groningen (Holland) and offered almost 300 acts (performances, conferences and presentations) with bands from 26 european countries. Four groups from Catalonia played in this edition: Za!, Mujeres, Muchachito Bombo Infierno and Suicide of Western Culture. One of the most interesting conferences analyzed the results of and study about "Music crossing borders". You cab read the study following this link http://festival.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/news/headlines/article/european-music-professionals-are-enthusiastic-about-high-quality-european-and-dutch-talent/
MMVV attends the Arc Music Awards
MMVV AT MaMA PARÍSBy the end of October, Mercat de Música Viva de Vic took part in the music fair MaMa París, presenting the MMVV in a professional session. Oriol Roca, adviser of the artistic director, explain to the mainly French professionals what’s the mercat and which are the objectives for the future,"we want to promote the professional aspects, and to continue being an unavoidable meeting point for the professionals that buy and sell music from Europe and the rest of the world". In this sense, Roca also said that MVLab, the new brand created at the last edition, wants to facilitate business development, to be a place where exchange experiences and know how, to generate business and to contribute to the innovation and professional development of the sector. The presentation had the support of Institut Ramon Llull, a Catalan public institute which promotes the Catalan culture abroad. After the exposition, MMVV served an appetizer for more than 200 professionals.
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MARC LLORET, NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF MMVVThe musician Marc LLoret is the new artistic director of MMVV. The artistic director has two musical advisers: Maria Lladó, music coordinator of Institut Ramon Llull, and Oriol Roca, music and co-director of Fourni, a management company. Vic's City Council and the Catalan Government has agreed this new artistic direction team.
Marc Lloret is co-director of PopArb music Festival, in Arbúcies (Catalunya), and is musician and Keyboard player of Mishima, a catalan group. From 2006 to 2009, he has worked in the management and production company Produccions Contrabaix. He has also coordinated the guide of Catalan Sounds, published by Institut Ramon Llull.
On march 31st the period for the presentation of artistic proposals for MMVV2011 has been closed. We recieved almost 600 proposals, and about 70 will be chosen to be part of the program. By the end of May, the program will be closed, and by the beginig of June we'll announced it.
The 23rd Mercat de la Música Viva de Vic edition, which will take place from September 14th to 18th of 2011, will hold the annual members meeting of European Forum of Worldwide Music festivals (EFWMF), the most important european association of world music festivals. MMVV is member of this network, founded in 1991 and legally structured as a non-profit organisation in 1993.The primary concerns of the EFWMF are artistic and artistically related issues.
Although interaction between members - including sharing of information, experiences and contacts - is the core activity, EFWMF pursues an array of other activities. The EFWMF continuously seeks to facilitate and intensify links to non-European festivals and other networks within the world music community in addition to maintaining lines of communication with organizations dealing with general issues of importance to event organizers.
The network now has 42 festival members, representing a wide variety of European world music festivals. Together the EFWMF-festivals reach more than 2 million people in Europe, and is inviting hundreds of artists to its festivals all year round. The EFWMF is well connected to the world outside Europe as well, not only with it’s associate members, but also because of the intensive formal and informal networking.
The meeting in Vic will reinforce the international dimension of MMVV.
See the artist's list how choose Puig Porret prize 2010 click here
The artistic director of Mercat de Música Viva de Vic, Lluís Puig, will present the programme of the 22nd edition on June 9th, first in Vic, and afterwards in Barcelona and Madrid. We have recieved more than 600 artistic proposals, and around 90 will take part in MMVV 2010. You'll be able to check the list in this website on June 9th.
The new sign for MMVV2010MMVV has a brand new sign for it's 22nd edition. The new image has been created by Mireia Castanyer, and keeps the artichoke, the symbol of MMVV.
MMVV is invited at BAFIM 2009Mercat de Música Viva de Vic was invited to the music fair BAFIM 2009, which took place in Buenos Aires from November 18th, until the 22nd. Under the direction of Mariana Markowiecki, who was in MMVV09, BAFIM had 80 alive performances with diferent music genres, one hundred booths with representation of different companies, and several conferences and meetings. The catalan groups Manel and Nour were in the official programme.
MMVV attend to Womex 2009MMVV attend, from October 29th until November 1st, Womex, one of the most important international music fairs. During the last three years the appointment was in Sevilla, but in this occasion the emplacement will be Copenhaguen. MMVV will be at the Catalan Music booth (B4 190-193 204-207) or at European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals (B2 40-41-42).
Vic, 25 August. In-house productions and co-productions are one of the elements that turn festivals and trade fairs into colourful and memorable events. With this philosophy in mind, the Vic Live Music Market – scheduled from 16 to 20 September taking place in the capital of Osona – features three co-productions, this year. These include the inauguration concert by Cuban pianist Omar Sosa and the Jove Orquestra Athenea, a tribute by singer-songwriter Marc Parrot to fifty years of the Nova Cançó and Rock de souk by Nour, Speed Caravan and Rabah Donquishoot.
Cases de Música (Music Centres) Network
The Taller de Músics (Musician Workshops) in Barcelona is one of the principal mechanisms for the promotion of musical activity in our country; to coincide with its 30th anniversary, and the fact that Taller de Músics has been granted the necessary status for teaching university level qualifications, MMVV presents, as part of the festival line-up, Drum Dreams, a magnificent production just released by the Taller. The production will go onstage at Plaça dels Màrtirs on Friday night, 18 September.
El Mercat Musica Viva de Vic showcases a highly international event this year
JUNE 2009. From the 16th until the 20th of September, Vic Live Music Market (Mercat Musica Viva de Vic) MMVV 2009 plans a line up that features some 100 concerts; it is expected that around 100,000 spectators will be present at the event in addition to over 1,000 professionals and 100 specialised journalists. This is an unbeatable opportunity for both professionals and the general public to experience a consolidated event – more than 20 years in evolution - envisaged to provide an effective communications network for different agents within the sector. This, in turn, has generated new methods and channels for the diffusion and exportation of Catalan music, as well as other types of national and international music.
The registration period for different acts finalised on the 31st of March, with a total of 800 proposals received. Since then, the Mercat has worked hard to put together a full program of concerts and activities. This year, a range of co-productions will go on stage from other major events, such as the World Sacred Music Festival of Girona (Festival de Músicas Religiosas de Girona); Barcelona Musical Action - BAM (Barcelona Acció Musical), which forms part of the Mercè festival in Barcelona; the South Pyrenees Festival (Pirineos Sur Festival); the Boulevard Festival in Morocco; the Babel Med Music in France and the Meeting delle Etichette Independenti in Italy, amongst others. The event continues to feature collaborations with other regions in Spain, in addition to international artists and agents, which comprise 50% of the line up. A spirit of cooperation and the desire to strengthen a sense of community via performance have prompted the Mercat to commence joint productions with different specialised events in Catalonia, such as the Tarrega Theatre Festival (Fira de Teatre al Carrer de Tàrrega) and the Manresa Mediterranean Festival (Fira Mediterrània de Manresa).
In terms of the event’s professional reach, MMVV’09 will take place in a commercial pavilion with a concert stage and will host a range of information sessions in addition to meetings with different organisations from the sector. As regards its artistic scope, music will be organised into two areas: the Official Selection (Sección Oficial), which features evening concerts and showcases - concerts that can only be accessed by professionals, and the Upcoming Scene (Escena Emergente), comprising the Diversions stage, sponsored by La Caixa’s Social Program (Fundación Obra Social), which focusses on world musicians, the InVictro program as well as the Sona 9 competition and the Fressa initiative (Musical Movement of Osona).
With special focus on musical styles currently in existence and the main upcoming projects being developed by record companies, MMVV 2009 will host over 20 CD launches during the event. The different stages will be arranged according to musical specialisation to enable all spectators, whether from the public or professional sector, to create their own customised itinerary and selection.
The MMVV and ARC agree to award the ARC Prizes of Music and Entertainment in Catalonia in VicThe Association of Managers, Representatives and Promoters of Catalonia (ARC) will award the prizes within the setting of the 21st Live Music Market of Vic (MMVV), which will be taking place from the 16 to 21 September.
After six editions of the Arc Prizes, the Association of Managers, Representatives and Promoters of Catalonia feel that it would be a good idea to update the format of these awards and add a more global dimension to them. The ARC prizes of Music and Entertainment in Catalonia are recognition of the work undertaken by different people who are involved in the creation, production and promotion of music made in Catalonia.
The Live Music Market of Vic is a reference point for the international music industry. For this reason, both parties feel it would be apt that within this context they develop the “new” edition of the prizes of the Association of Managers, Representatives and Promoters of Catalonia.
MMVV is one of the most interesting festival by the musical industry of Madrid A survey made by the Autonomous Region of Madrid raises the Mercat de Música Viva de Vic (MMVV) as one of the three festivals most interesting by the musical industry, jointly with Womex (Sevilla) and Popkomm (Berlin).
