Miami, FL. The music industry organisation MIDEM, organizers of the huge annual industry contact event in Cannes, France, has announced a new event to cover the Latin American and Caribbean music market.
The first MIDEM Latin American and Caribbean Music Market will be held in Miami, Sept. 8 – 11, 1997. Like the Cannes event, MIDEM Miami will be a trade show and festival, with an expected attendance of 2,500, and performances by as many as 40 musical acts. MIDEM Cannes attracts thousands of music industry agents, publishers, musicians and executives looking to sign deals and negotiate rights worth millions of dollars.
“With its extraordinary bicultural atmosphere, Miami has become the very heart of the Latin entertainment industry,” said MIDEM CEO Xavier Roy at a news conference yesterday. “In Latin America and the Caribbean, music is more than a cultural phenomenon, it’s a way of life. The economic boom and ever younger population in Latin America has created a huge demand for this music.”
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