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Here is a link to the Musica em Trancoso festival website. It includes sections in English and a press kit to download

The website of NEOJIBA, the training programme established in the year 2007 to promote musical education, instrumental tuition and social integration among children and young people in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It includes some sections in English

"A Brazilian beach town welcomes music lovers" - link to an article in English by Greg Wiser about the Musica em Trancoso festival which appeared online at the Deutsche Welle (German's international broadcasting service) website on 6th March 2012.

"Unvorstellbar, was hier abgeht" an article in German from the website of Wort.lu (Luxembourg's daily newspaper) focusing on Francois Valentiny, the Luxembourg-based international architect who designed the festival's magnificent amphitheatre.

You can watch a short but entertaining trailer about the festival filmed by Jean de Matteis on vimeo, containing a brief glance of me rehearsing with Tadeusz Szlenkier, tenor on the windswept stage at 00:43"

Read a short newspaper interview with Markus Kosuch, producer of 'Der Rap des Nibelungen' about the creative processes involved and the aims of the project (in German)

Listen to a short report from SWR2 Radio about the project, including brief clips of me singing and an interview with Chefkoch, who plays the part of Hagen (in German)

Watch a short video blog about the project by Prinz Pi, who plays the part of Siegfried (in German)

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