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Brahim El Mazned

Domain of Expertise: Cultural and creative industries
Nationality: Morocco
UN Working Languages:
English, French, Arabic
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Brahim El Mazned is the founding director of Visa For Music, the main Forum/Market for Music from Africa and the Middle East, and the artistic director of the Timitar Festival. He was selected as one of the 100 most influential in sustainable cultural development in “Les Aventuriers de la culture: Guide de la diversité culturelle”. Brahim has become, after more than twenty-five years in the Moroccan cultural world, an essential reference in the programming of world music as well as in the organization of major artistic and cultural events. He has also been a jury member for several events in Africa, Europe, the Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South America, and beyond. He has hosted conferences, meetings, artistic residencies and cultural projects in more than 50 countries around the world. He has created an anthology dedicated to the art of Aïta (Chioukhs and Chikhates of Morocco) which received the “Coup de cœur” prize from the Académie Charles Cros. Brahim is also a member of several institutions: the European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals (EFWMF), Hiba Foundation, All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), Global Music Market Network (GloMMnet), etc. In 2016, he also created MoMEx, an export office for the promotion of Moroccan music throughout the world.