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The Cartagena Jazz Festival will present this year for the first time a joint poster in which the number of women and men who will offer concerts will be fair.
Thus, in this edition has been attended to the controversies arising from the lack of female presence in music festivals and fifty percent of the programming of the jazz festival of the port city will be carried out by women.
Thus, of the twelve concerts of the 37th edition, six of them have women as leaders on stage.
And is that for the Cartagena Jazz Festival will spend next month Luisa Sobral, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Maria Arnal, Eliane Elias, Cyrille Aimée and Concha Buika.
The festival that will begin on November 3 also features Jay Jay Johanson, José James, Michael Nyman, Zenet and Roberto Fonseca.
The Department of Culture of the City of Cartagena has always bet on the creativity of women in their programming, and now more than ever, has been evident in their two festivals with more trajectory and importance: The Sea of ​​Music and the Cartagena Jazz Festival .
"This summer, the controversy arose about the lack of presence of women in the music festivals and we could not be left out by having two of the most important festivals in the Region." The commitment to female creativity is strong and committed, for although the music market is made up of men, the Jazz Festival has done a 50% programming, with a balanced presence of women, "said the Councilor for Culture of the City of Cartagena, David Martinez Noguera.
"There is not much reason for this underrepresentation of women in the music scene and, certainly, public institutions must be committed to raising awareness of a world, the musical, mainly directed by men. visibility of women in the cultural offer of my city, "said Martínez, who is also an Equality Councilor.
November is synonymous with jazz in Cartagena.
The port city will celebrate 37 years of one of the longest-lived festivals in our country, from November 3 to 25 and loaded with figures.
Luisa Sobral, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Chick Corea accompanied by Steve Gadd, Jay Jay Johanson, José James, Maria Arnal i Marcel Bagés, Eliane Elias, Cyrille Aimée, Concha Buika, Michael Nyman, Zenet and Roberto Fonseca.
There will also be jazz in the streets of the historic center and in the halls of the city.
Fertilizers for the festival were sold out the first week they went on sale.
Loose tickets and more information at www.jazzcartagena.es
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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