Today, December 27th 2021, marks 14 years since the first concert organised under the Mapamundi Música brand.
On 27th December 2007, the first concert managed by Mapamundi Música took place. It was in Sevilla la Nueva, a town in the province of Madrid, by the trio Cherno More, with the Sudanese artist Wafir Shaikheldin and the Bulgarian brothers Nasco and Ivo Hristov. This picture of me is in front of the stage for the first concert in Spain by Chuchurumel, Portuguese band, in June 2008 in Móstoles. Great memories.
Personally, during these years I have been able to meet and befriend professionals whom I greatly admire for their professionalism and commitment and I look forward to welcoming more colleagues and collaborators.
Mapamundi Música has attended dozens of fairs, festivals and conferences and has had three artists on the official WOMEX programme (Gulaza, Monsieur Doumani and Hudaki Village Band), something that back in 2007 seemed a dream hard to reach.
All this time we have maintained our radio activity, mainly with Mundofonías.
In July 2018 I started publishing the monthly newsletter Mapamundi Música, with the aim of delving deeper into what’s behind the scenes and giving visibility to professionals to learn from, as well as contributing to the community with useful news and some reflections.
I hope that in 2022 we can finally leave behind the nightmare that is making life so difficult for us. Count on Mapamundi Música and the know-how of our artists. Trust us, you won’t regret it.
Thank you for your attention and very happy and successful 2022.
Araceli Tzigane