Association La Baudiere

National Network
France
Address

La Baudiere
85510 ROCHETREJOUX
France

Telephone
0033664150190
E-Mail
baudiere@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2012
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. International/Cultural relations
General Information
La Baudiere is an association of musicians who share cultural expression of various countries from the Balkans, Turkey and Middle East. Organization of musicians' residences, with an common artistic project (Projet Balk'Or) It also provides masterclass of oriental music, each summer (maqam, balkanic rhythms, violin, 'oud, drums, saz)  
Mission and Objectives

La Baudiere Association's aim is  to build bridges between East-European Turkish and Middle-eastern music.Our association welcomes musicians interested in Balkanic, Turkish and Middle-eastern music. Their presence during the summer residencies allows them to share the knowledge and practices of their traditions, in a creative perspective.
The second aim of La Baudiere is to transmit the musical language of these regions of the world, by the mean of instrumental and vocal workshops/masterclasses, mainly in summertime.
 

Main Projects / Activities

- Project of musical creation : the Balk'Or Project is the main project of La Baudiere. It is supported by the "Fondation de France" (dispositif des Nouveaux Commanditaires), and rooted in the local context of west France's department Vendée. For the moment, the goal of our work is to construct a show associating music and visual/narrative elements (Karagöz shadow theater, video animations), which shows the contntinuity between balkanic cultures, Turkey, and the arabic countries, as a musical travel.
-The second project is the creation of a Center for musical formation and transmission, strongly linked with Sorbonne University's Faculty of Music an Musicology.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

- Proposing musical teaching about Est-European/Turkish/Middle-Eastern traditions makes sense in France as it is related with the curriculum of Diplome d'Etat, Certificat d'Aptitude which allows musicians of these musical traidtions to become teacher of their instrument in french institutions as conservatories or music schools.
-The Balk'Or project, as it is supported by Fondation de France, and rooted in its local context, has an intercultural educative mission.
-It is very important to create bridge between different countries as Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine, Maghreb, by musicians' mobility.
-one of our aims is also developing and supporting women's musical practice, respecting gender parity in our projects.
-We also collaborate with other members of the ALF, as Terra Musica, Maison de l'Europe et de l'Orient. We have already intitiated a collaboration with Tunisia's CMAM.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

-We were already registered in the ALF Network, and we hope to develop by this mean our relation with al the ALF network, in particular with Tunisia and Greece. We also admire the very effective work of ALF, and it will be an honour for us to be included in the ALF Network

Contact (1) Full Name
Jerome CLER
Job Title
Prof. ethnomusicology, Paris-Sorbonne University
Head of the organisation
Jérôme Cler