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Merry Christmas to you and your families!

21.12.2011

Dear Members and friends of EOFed, dear Colleagues! Merry Christmas to you and your families! I wish you a peaceful and relaxing last week of an eventful year and all the very best in 2012.

I assume that many of you are busy with concerts and celebrations these days, and I wish you joy and satisfaction in all your activities, musical in the first place!

The Cultural Weapon

22.11.2011

A number of things strike one on entering Bamako, the capital of Mali. The first is the majestic Niger River responsible for much of the green in an otherwise dusty, gravelly, semi-desert city. Another is the industriousness of the people in an obviously poor country, as everyone is trying to generate even a meagre income selling mangoes, chickens and home-made furniture, or Chinese-manufactured T-shirts, electricity adapters and slip slops. Then there are some incongruously tall buildings and hotels, a number of the latter bearing the name “Libya Hotels”. One garish building is named after the Libyan dictator, Gaddafi, who has funded this – still empty - structure to house the Malian cabinet. There are two bridges across the Niger with a third being built by the Chinese.

Worth reading

28.10.2011

EMC publishes the magazine SOUNDS in Europe. Issue no. 6, 2010-2011, reports on and develops subjects relating to Music and Development. I my view of special interest is the Editorial by Erling Aksdal "The problem with good intentions". Inspiring reading!

Events

EOF '12

Here follow all the news about the European Orchestra Festival 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia.