The Gnaoua World Music Festival is a festival for mainly Gnawa music artists, held annually in Essaouira, Morocco. It was founded in 1998 by Moroccan entrepreneur Neila Tazi and her A3 Groupe, a private event-organizing company located in Casablanca.[1]
The festival provides a platform for concerts and exchange between the mystical Gnaoua (also Gnawa) musicians of Morocco and invited artists from abroad. In this musical fusion, the Gnaoua master musicians invite players of jazz, pop, rock and contemporary World music to perform together. The festival has attracted up to 500,000 visitors every year over four days, as many performances can be attended for free, unlike other festivals.[2]
See also
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edit- ^ "Neila Tazi". www.arabculturefund.org.
- ^ "The Worlds's Biggest Music Festivals" [sic], CNBC.
External links
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- Paris Holds Exhibition of Moroccan Gnaoua
- Gnaoua World Music Festival by the authors of Wiki Musique (in French)
- "Gnaoua & Musique du Monde".
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