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December 26th, 2011

BlogTV: A Rock Festival for the Children

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Is Santa Claus a rocker? It definitely seems to be the case in Lille!
“Père Noël est-il un rocker?” is an annual rock festival created and run by students from the Edhec Lille business school, to help share some Christmas spirit with disadvantaged families in the region. The idea is not to raise money, but presents—a [...]

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Lily Dionne

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October 12th, 2011

Tanjazz 2011

For the 4th following year, the BMCI Foundation showed its passion for jazz music by supporting Tangiers Tanjazz festival [...]

BlogTV: Lutherie Urbaine makes new music with old objects

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You like music, but you don’t dare sing outside the shower? You think that playing an instrument would be too much of an investment, or that it’s just not your thing? Then you are the ideal target for Lutherie Urbaine, an association that opens its doors to everyone, bringing together people all ages and levels [...]

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Lily Dionne

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August 3rd, 2011

“The Rolling Stones of Africa”

A Moroccan music group that was formed during the 1970s in Casablanca, Morocco, Nass El Ghiwane, draws its inspirations from the local poetry of the region. Committed lyrics over a musical background played on traditional instruments … [...]

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Aida Kadiri

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July 8th, 2011

Piano in the Spotlight

The 9th Annual National Music Competition of Morocco, organized by the International School of Music and Dance (EIMD) and supported by the BMCI Foundation, took place between 29 June and 3 July 2011.
This year, more than 320 young pianists, native Moroccans or residents of Morocco between 5 and 30 years old, participated in the competition. [...]

The Saint-Louis Jazz Festival 2011 in Senegal

The 19th annual Saint-Louis International Jazz Festival was held in Senegal from June 9-12 in the city’s legendary Place Faidherbe. [...]

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Aissatou Diagne

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May 16th, 2011

BlogTV: Encounters for change…with the Lutherie Urbaine association

To create musical instruments out of found objects abandoned on the street: this was the original vision of Jean-Louis Mechali, founder and artistic director of the Lutherie Urbaine association.
This week’s BlogTV is an intimate encounter filled with original and creative tunes…a story of a shared passion and the birth of a one-of-a-kind project as innovative [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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March 30th, 2011

Tigran Hamasyan: A Passion for Jazz

Born in Armenia in 1987, Tigran Hamasyan was drawn to music from the age of two … so much so that he found the piano and the tape recorder far more interesting than any toy! [...]

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