GP Fresh Finds and Top Picks
You may be wondering what we do at Grand Performances when it’s not summer. Well first there is lots of rest (whew), a few international conferences, and most importantly, MORE [...]
WOMEX 2016 Conference Overview
photo 1: The daytime conference and tradeshow activities were held at Cidade da Cultura de Galicia (in Santiago de Compostela, Spain) which is a complex of buildings designed to reflect Galicia’s rolling hills upon which the development is sited. (Photo: Leigh Ann Hahn) photo 2: The Iran Music Association is just one of the 300+ exhibitors supported by countries, recording labels, festivals, educational and cultural institutions, individual artists. (Photo: Leigh Ann Hahn) photo 3: CHURROS!!! Just like the crispy deep-fried choux pastry we know and love in L.A. except that like their Mexican counterparts, Spaniards serve them with thick and rich hot chocolate. (Photo: Leigh Ann Hahn) photo 4: Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Kamasi Washington has been featured in a number of European music magazines. (Photo: Leigh Ann Hahn)
Reporting from APAP 2016
Happy 2016, GPeeps! We started our new year off bundled up in New York City for the APAP conference (Association of Performing Arts Presenters). This is a conference we go [...]
Artist picks from WOMEX 2015
Every October we hit the road and head to WOMEX, the World Music Expo. This year took us to the beautiful city full of thermal baths, Budapest. WOMEX brings over [...]