Jazzahead Bremen, 27-30 Apr. 2023
Booth 6E30
Supporting Catalan Creativity Worldwide
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Networking Reception
28 April 12:30 – 13:30
Stand 6E30
A networking reception coorganized by Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies – Catalan Arts Music, Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics, Basque Music and Plataforma Jazz
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The Government of Catalonia, through the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC), supports, for the tenth consecutive edition, the presence at Jazzahead! of a Catalan Delegation, with 18 representatives attending to the Fair as co-exhibitors at the Catalan Arts - Government of Catalonia Booth (6E30).
This booklet gathers information on the companies, artists, managers, venues and institutions attending Jazzahead! 2023. If you want more information on a particular one, please don’t hesitate to contact them directly. You can also get in touch with us at the fair booth or by contacting any of our offices -located in Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, London and Paris for further assistance. We hope you will have
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a chance to meet all of them and have interesting conversations.
Under the label of Catalan Arts, we strengthen the presence of Catalan companies and creative works at international fairs and key professional events, such as Jazzahead, in our aim to connect, mentor and support creative companies in their international journey. Please have a look at our website to find more about us:
www.catalanarts.cat
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Structures, companies and artists 07 AMJM- Catalan Jazz and modern music musicians association 08 Arco y Flecha 09 Bacana 10 blumusic produccions – Manel Fortià 11 Brasounds Productions 12 Diàspora Colab 13 Distrijazz 14 Jamboree - Masimas 15 Jazz I am 16 Julio Quintas Management & booking 17 Núria Domènech - MOMI MAIGA 18 Olot Cultura 19 Switrecords 20 Taller de Músics Institutions 21 Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) Data last updated on April 2023
Voice for Jazz Musicians in Europe - VJME
29 April 12:30h
https://jazzahead.de/en/program/einenachhaltige-zukunft-fuer-den-jazz/
AMJM- Catalan Jazz and modern music musicians association
MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION, OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES, PROJECTS
Voice for Jazz Musicians in Europe is a platform that will represent the rights of European jazz musicians. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 14 federations and associations of jazz musicians from all over Europe have been meeting to find a single voice for musicians at European level. The AMJM is one of them. The first objective achieved was to carry out a survey on the impact of COVID-19.
Contact +34 93 268 47 36
Contact at Jazzahead
Dick Them Hartmann
Junta Directiva AMJM
+34 619 06 42 38
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STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
Arco y Flecha
AGENCY, ARTIST MEDIATION, MANAGEMENT, COLLECTIVE
Arco y Flecha has been amusing itself with live music since 1995: developing projects, extending concepts, making tags useless, connecting the people and generating an exciting life beyond the mainstream. We are a booking agency working with musicians as Ken Vandermark (Made to Break, Shelter, DKV...), Dino Saluzzi, Elvind Opsvik, Ingebringt HakerFlaten, Ralph Alessi, Duot & Andy Moor.
Contact +34 932 500 247
Contact at Jazzahead
Sergio Merino
Director & Booking
+34 619 440 484
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STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
Bacana is an international music agency based in Barcelona, representing a dynamic range of artists, covering extensive and authentic music genres.
Contact
+34 695 16 38 75
Contact at Jazzahead
Christian Georgiadis
+34 695 16 38 75
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STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
Bacana BOOKING
blumusic produccions –Manel Fortià
FOLK MUSIC, FLAMENCO, JAZZ, IBERIAN FOLKLORE
Manel Fortià presents his most innovative and original project, Libérica, with an oustanding featuring of the great saxophonist and flamenco singer Antonio Lizana. Libérica makes an approach to iberian folk music from a new fresh point of view. After a season living in New York and having played with great jazz icons such as Dave Liebman or Chris Cheek, Fortià decides to return to his homeland.
Contact
+34 646 922 582
Contact at Jazzahead
Frederic Serrat
Mànager
+34 646 922 582
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STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
Brasounds Productions
BRAZILIAN MUSIC IN THE WORLD
Brasounds is a company based in Barcelona, oriented to the Brazilian music and culture and its interaction with the world. We offer highquality Brazilian music for events and contribute to the development, growth and management of new artists in addition to working with content production. Brasounds works with artists who interpret the essence of Brazilian music such as Ramiro Pinheiro, Esdras Nogueira, Marcus Moraes, Alma Brasileira, Gafieira Miúda and Duo Brasil.
Contact +34 627 78 08 96
Contact at Jazzahead
Ramiro Pinheiro
+34 627 78 08 96
Luis Gonzaga
+34 692 05 72 68
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STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
Diàspora Colab
MANAGEMENT, BOOKING AGENCY
A diaspore is the set of elements of a plant that, when dispersed, make the creation of a new life possible. That’s what we focus on at Diàspora Colab, accompanying musical projects to work in their development and growth: Alba Careta, Eva Fernández and Selma Bruna.
Contact
+34 605 79 22 14
Contact at Jazzahead
Olivia Casas Buendia
Cofundadora
+34 605 79 22 14
Alba Ramírez Freixes
Cofundadora
+34 638 18 78 16
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STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
Distrijazz DISTRIBUTION
Distrijazz is an independent Jazz distributor founded in 2002. We are a young and flexible company dedicated to the commercial development of the most important independent labels of jazz in the world. Our customers range from large chains to specialized independent stores and online stores.
Contact +34 636 07 78 87
Contact at Jazzahead
David Roldan
+34 636 07 78 87
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STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
Jamboree – Masimas
BARCELONA JAZZ CLUB, MASIMAS FESTIVAL, JAZZ, FLAMENCO
Jamboree is the Barcelona’s jazz club. With more than 60 years of history and where artists such as Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Lou Bennett, Jimmy Smith, Tete Montoliu, Ornette Coleman, Tom Harrell... and almost all the big names in jazz who have come to our country since 1960.
Contact
+34 699 44 63 23
Contact at Jazzahead
Josep Mestres
Programador
+34 699 44 63 23
Carme Saldó
Gerent
+34 619 75 38 22
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STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
Jazz I Am
INTERNATIONALIZATION, COLLABORATION, EXCHANGE, SUSTAINABILITY
JAZZ I AM is an international meeting focused on boosting partnerships among professionals by hosting conferences, workshops and Catalan jazz shows.
Contact +34 607 16 94 94 Contact at
16 94 94
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STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
Jazzahead Rosa Galbany Direcció +34 607
Julio Quintas - Management & booking
MANAGEMENT, BOOKING
Awarded by jury and audience at the BMW Welt Jazz Awards 2022, Marco Mezquida is touring his projects piano solo, Letter to Milos, his symphonic projects & “piano + AI”, premiered at Sónar Festival.
+34 687 62 88 05
+34 687 62 88 05
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Contact at Jazzahead
Julio Quintas Manager
STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
MOMI MAIGA presents NIO, a dynamic dialogue between cultures and strings. Kora, violin, cello and percussions from around, traveling from bulería to ethno jazz with an amazing musical sensibility.
Contact +34 695 53 90 12
Contact at Jazzahead
Núria Domènech
Mallarach
Manager & Booker
+34 695 53 90 12
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STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
Núria Domènech - MOMI MAIGA MANAGEMENT, BOOKING
Olot Cultura
VENUE
Olot Cultura is the department of the City Council of Olot from which the cultural policy of the city is managed: organization of cultural activities; management of equipment; conservation, research and dissemination of heritage; Coordination with other companies and entities that work in the cultural field in the city of Olot, and, in general, promote a concept of useful, open, plural and educative culture. Regarding music we organize stable music cycles and festivals of all kinds of music reaching up 100 concerts a year.
Contact
+34 972 27 27 77
Contact at Jazzahead
Jordi Serrat Cruz
Programador de música
+34 637 35 52 84
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STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
Switrecords
RECORD LABEL, MANAGEMENT, BARCELONA, IGNASI TERRAZA
Since 2006, Swit Records has devoted itself to carrying out two activities in the world of jazz. On the one hand, swit, as an independent music label, releases the recordings of Ignasi Terraza, one of the worldwide recognised outstanding pianists in Spain, as well as other jazz musicians whose creative bent is appealing. And on the other hand, Swit Records works on promotion and as an agency.
+34 619 31 65 53
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Contact at Jazzahead Josep Mª Méndez Rosselló Manager
676 99
STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
+34
91 59
Taller de Músics
MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION, PRODUCTION, SOCIAL PROJECTS
Taller de Músics is a breeding ground of artistic activity, though it is also a creative laboratory, an agent of social dynamism and cultural agitation, and a musical institution of international reference.Taller de Músics is much more than a pioneering school in the dissemination of jazz, flamenco and modern popular music. In its more than 40 years of history, it has built up its own system of education, creation, production and dissemination of music.
+93 443 43 46
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Contact at Jazzahead Cinzia Venier Management and production department director +34
STRUCTURES, COMPANIES AND ARTISTS
627 02 89 79
Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) - Catalan Arts
Catalan Arts is the brand used for the international promotion of Catalan companies that operate in the music, performing arts, books, visual arts and digital culture sectors. Hosted by the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC), Catalan Arts identifies the activities carried out by ICEC’s Market Development Department following the internationalization strategy implemented by the Government of Catalonia’s Ministry of Culture. Via ICEC’s network of offices (Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, London and Paris) we work on a variety of lines of action: funding, connecting, mentoring, promoting and supporting creative companies in their international journey.
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strengthens the presence of Catalan companies at international fairs and key professional events and offers all kinds of resources to professionals.
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Mireia
Market Development
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ICEC Berlin Contact
Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC)
ICEC Barcelona +34 933 162 770 internacional.icec@ gencat.cat
ICEC Berlin +49 30 551 95 40 berlin.icec@gencat.cat
ICEC Brussel / Bruxelles +32 2 230 72 21 brussels.icec@gencat.cat
ICEC London +44 207 842 0853 london.icec@gencat.cat
ICEC Paris +33 1 43 250 435 paris.icec@gencat.cat catalanarts.cat
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