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MUSIC FREEDOM DAY 2011 This page was last updated on 11 February 2011 Freemuse invites musicians and broadcasters to participate in a global event on the subject of music and censorship. Let others know about your plans for 3 March This page is for musicians, broadcasters, journalists and activists who plan to contribute to make Music Freedom Day a global awareness and advocacy event on 3 March We invite you to write in the form below how you plan to take part in the event: maral yakshieva   maralyakshieva@yandex.ru Hello! I'm composer, pianist and improviser from Moscow. I'd like to take part in Music Freedom Day 2011. I offer you my concert of improvisation music. I took part in many Festivals in Europe, Asia, the US. My album with legend American saxophonist Anthony Braxton (2CDs) was issued by Russian company SoLyd Records last year. I colaborate with famous international musicians and organised concerts in Moscow too. I hope that my participation will be one of bright events of your wonderful Festival and bring me new impuls for creativity too. www.letov.ru/maral.html www.myspace.com/maralyakshieva http://www.youtube.com/user/yakshieva?feature=mhw5#p/a/u/2/1vby0-QX5qI Best wishes, Maral Yakshieva. tel.+7495 3266927 Chris Wright   cwdirect@adventuresinmusic.biz AdventuresInMusic.biz is happy to support Music Freedom Day again this year. AIM's announcement will be up starting Feb. 1st. AdventuresInMusic.biz - great articles, recommendations, & radio. 15,000 worldwide visits a month. Opportunities for emerging artists. Peer Saer   peersaer@gmail.com I dedicate a guitar improvisation to Music Freedom Day 2011 and I will spread the news about the event in my network. Wordless tales about imprisoned musicians, travelers, refugees and citizens chained in oppressive systems. Fari   fari@resonancefm.com Super! More of this please, on vinyl, on stage, on TV...... Fari From: Peer Saer Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 8:49 AM To: freemuse@freemuse.org Subject: Peer Saer support for Music Freedom Day Great initiative: Music Freedom Day! In support I dedicate an instrumental guitar improvisation: Schemertijd [Dutch title: twilight time]. You may do with this track whatever you want in support of Music Freedom Day. I also made a link from my webspace to the information about Music Freedom Day, and I put the gif annimation on my front page in support: www.peersaer.webs.com I am a quite unknown and still ignored musician from the Netherlands, at present mainly focused on radio broadcasts and internet music sharing. I support the Freedom for travellers, refugees and citizens chained in oppressive systems. Peer Saer The Netherlands Right-click here to download the song in mp3-format See also: Main Page We invite you to write in this form: Type in the letters from the grey box above: Name Email Comment Related reading on freemuse.org Zimbabwe: Journalists and musicians discussed freedom of expression issues Arts journalists and musicians met on 10 March 2011 in Harare at the Book Café to explore and understand issues related to music freedom and its impact in Zimbabwe 23 March 2011 Zimbabwe: Music Freedom Day rocked the crowd In Harare, Music Freedom Day was celebrated in a carnival mood on 3 March 2011 at the Book Café, organised by Magamba and Pamberi Trust 18 March 2011 Cameroon: Lapiro receives award on Music Freedom Day On Music Freedom Day, 3 March 2011, Freemuse visited Cameroon and handed over a much awaited award to the imprisoned singer Lapiro de Mbanga 09 March 2011 Music Freedom Day: Local ownership creates diversity of innovative events Music Freedom Day 2011: An exiled DJ returns to Kabul, music is smuggled out from Burma, and Freemuse hands over an award to an imprisoned singer in Cameroon 09 March 2011 Commentary from South Africa: Music Freedom from self-censorship Day “Buying artists to advance some political party’s cause may not be censorship, but more often than not, it will lead to self-censorship,” writes Mike van Graan from South Africa 03 March 2011 Egypt and the Middle East: The musicians are taking incredible risks “Music has become a potent weapon in the struggles for freedom across the Arab world, but let’s bear in mind that the situation could change for the worse,” writes Mark LeVine 03 March 2011 Music Freedom Day: Meanwhile in Turkey, musicians are persecuted Singer Ferhat Tunç wrote this article as a personal comment to the Music Freedom Day initiative, describing the current situation for more than a dozen musicians in his country 03 March 2011 Zimbabwe: 2,000 musicians unite in protest on Music Freedom Day Close to 2,000 music composers in Zimbabwe protest, asking the national broadcaster to stop playing music for six hours on this year’s Music Freedom Day 03 March 2011 Music Freedom Day 2011 is marked in more than 20 countries Musicians, music clubs, cultural institutions, broadcasters and media in 20 countries joins the annual Music Freedom Day on 3 March 2011 02 March 2011 Myanmar/Burma: New Win Maw songs smuggled out of Burma The singer and human rights activist Win Maw continues his struggle for freedom of expression from the prison. 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