Sounds Of Europe

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Europe is a diverse region consisting of many nations, cultures, languages and traditions. In order to enhance the cohesion in such a diverse region, interaction, collaboration, understanding and exchange is necessary. Out of a shared passion for culture and music more in particular, 13 music festivals from 11 countries have a big wish to collaborate to show the richness of the European musical traditions all around the continent and to strengthen the whole sector active in this field. This field is our shared vision on music; all of the partners have a deep respect for music rooted in tradition – both local and migrated traditions, for the craft, the musicianship, and feel there is an urgent need of help in this segment of the music scene, to avoid traditions disappearing. This music rooted in tradition is not a static, historic interpretation, yet it is a very lively, although threatened, evolving expression of top musicians with a deep knowledge of their or other roots and an open view towards other styles and the future. It is about musical creativity rooted in tradition brought in a contemporary context. From the shared vision comes the project that wants to create a strong network for the exchange of artists, cultural actors and expertise, that wants to promote the participating artists with all means possible (both physical and digital), that wants to connect and activate audiences and cultural workers, and wants to organize all activities with the highest attention to ecology and sustainability.