| In 2012, the Shanghai World Music festival started to be held twice a year instead of once annually, in Spring and in Autumn. The festival saw performances in the Xuhui, Luwan, Changning, Pudong, Jiading, Minhang districts. 14 of the elite groups in the World Music Circuit performed, and for the first time, the festival fostered a partnership with a commercial enterprise (Shanghai Wanke Real Estate Ltd). With the theme of “Natural. Music. Home”, the festival aimed to show the blending of edifices and music, how one can complement the other. |
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| GANGBE BRASS BAND |
| The Gangbe Brass Band was created in 1994 when 8 young jazz musicians, all from Cotonou-Benin, came together. Their option is to promote the originality of the music of Benin. The result is definitely both modern and t… |
| 2013-08-21 |
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| Nadara Gypsy Band |
| Without context Nadara is today the best gypsy band from Transylvania. As the taraf of haidouks, the group Nadara was discovered thanks to Tony Gatlifs movie " Transylvania " (Cannes 2006) the Original soundtrack of wh… |
| 2013-08-21 |
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| Pandit Raghunath Talegaonkar |
| Belongs to the Ajrada Gharana tradition of tabla and is a disciple of ustad karim khan,ustad lailu singh of Gwalior gharana and his father pandit raghunath talegaonkar. |
| 2013-08-21 |
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| HAYA |
| HAYA was set up in 2006 0nd produced by Quan Sheng,one of China's leading masters of Mongolian string instrument the Morin Huur. |
| 2013-08-21 |
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| Douglas Yeh Lee |
| Douglas Yeh Lee is one of the leading figures in China’s experimental and traditional music communities. |
| 2013-08-21 |
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| Wu Huanqing |
| Huan Qing has been looking for different musical elements through gathering and reorganizing folk music whose structures and tones give him new possibilities to create. |
| 2013-08-06 |
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| Asif Ali Khan & Party |
| Asif Ali Khan & Party is a young band from Pakistan,taking the stage to perform as they further the legacy of Ali Khan's own music teacHer, the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. |
| 2013-08-06 |
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| The Soul of Dolan |
| A band of passionate folk artists, The Soul of Dolan Ensemble present Dolan Muqam, a traditional hybrid of music-poetry that has been transmitted orally for centuries in Makit County, Xinjiang. |
| 2013-08-06 |
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| Tiloun |
| Tiloun tiails all tHe way from St Denis on Creole's Reunion island. His songs fall under the genre of Maloya, folk music native to His homeland that is comparable to the Blues. Tiloun was initiated into music from chil… |
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