Solin, Croatia: Ethnoambient Salona, the oldest world music festival in Croatia, will be held on August 13-14. The festival is a celebration of cultural diversity through music and a meeting point for all the cultures of the world. This year celebrating with: Kristi Stassinopoulou (Greece), Tenores di Bitti (Italy), Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Persian Gulf, France), Mojmir Novakovi i KRIES (Croatia) and more...
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Barcelona, Spain: The Universal Forum of Cultures will take place in Barcelona from May 9th through September 26th. Three main themes define the Forum: Cultural diversity, sustainable development and conditions for peace. more

Prague, The Czech Republic: First held in 1997, the Prague Festival Dance and Theatre Prize is the largest and most important amateur dancing event in Europe.

The 8th Edition of "Prague Festival - Dance & Theatre Prize" will be held from April 25th through May 1st 2004 in Prague and in various theatres of the New Czech Republic. The competition that has established itself as the largest and most important amateur dancing event in Europe. Prizes are awarded in the areas of classical dance, modern, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, funk and folk. Last year more than 700 dancers from 19 countries took part in the Festival. For more information contact: Prague Festival.

Helsinki, Finland: Stilimba is a world fusion group with West-African, South- American and Caribbean influences. The name Stilimba, joins together steel pans and concert marimba. In addition to these instruments Stilimba melts West-African malinké-balafons chiming seamlessly into the airy South-American flute sounds supported by quatro, tiple, tres, acoustic guitar, and percussion.

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Paris, France: Together is a new musical project comprised of Tshering Wangdu and Iretale. Tshering is Tibetan, born in 1970 in Kalimpong, India. In February 2000, Tshering settled in France to promote and make popular the ancient songs and dances of Tibet. On the Tibetan New Year Tshering met the members of Iretale, a band founded by two French musicians with classical musical training, Veronica and François Terrier. Iretale, a combination of the words "Ireland" and "Tale", is an imaginary country where legends are told through song, a place of a new kind of music that crosses traditional musical boundaries. Iretale & Tshering Wangdu have performed for the Dalai Lama's birthday celebrations and their collaboration has resulted in three song CD entitled Together that combines original compositions with traditional Tibetan folksongs.

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London, England: Maitre Ka-Fu is a one man project orchestrated by a 26 year old London visionary, Ugur Esenbel. After studying at a top London Art School, Ugur has created his current project Maitre Ka-Fu. The music you will find in Maitre Ka-Fu conjures up images of dark ancient rituals contrasted with the cold dry tones of technological progress. So, if you want something truly different, fresh, and poetic listen to Maitre Ka-Fu
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Formed in 1998, the history of the musical collaboration among the members of Terre Differenti began ten years ago when Fabio, and drummer Alessandro D'Aloia, played in their own jazz quartet. Other musicians joined the band after their collaboration with another project called Advena Avis, where medieval music was merged with electronic and ethnic elements.

The Italian the word "terra" has a many meanings. Terra is the soil and this signifies primitive, material concepts. Terra is the clay, and in arts we can use different clays to produce sculpture and colors. Terre Differenti refers to different lands -- unknown places to reach after a long journey, or different worlds, in space and time to discover.

Their debut album, Terre Differenti, fuses diverse elements to make a musical whole.

visit Terre Differenti at www.differentlands.com

Zagreb, Croatia: Dario Orioli is a rock musican and nomad painter whose work reflects urban Zagreb. His most recent painting exhibition testifies that Dario manages to react to visual stimulation of other urban centres (Denmark, Holland, Italy) and that he keeps the familiar inclination towards poetry for everyday sights of city traffic and urban folk.