Africa-Press – Mauritius. Mauritius is not only about stunning white sandy beaches and relaxing holidays, but also about art and music. This is the month of Jazz on the Indian Ocean Island Nation Mauritius.
This letter was sent to Gavin Poonoosamy, a Mauritius-based music promoter and cultural impresario. Gavin and his dedicated team of creatives, music educators, and producers, had been making their mark as an active International Jazz Day partner in the Southern Hemisphere.
MAMA JAZ is no mere collection of concerts in Mauritius; rather, the initiative is grandly conceived as “an adventure in human musical culture. ” Indeed, as founder Poonoosamy explains, the dedicated efforts behind MAMA JAZ are born not out of a quest for recognition or financial gain, but from a desire to foster human connection.
“We celebrate music and jazz every single day in different ways at a human level,” says Poonoosamy.
“To have an international day dedicated to jazz provides yet another incentive.
Focusing global joint efforts on one impact makes sense to us, just as much as connecting with the various jazz [and] music energy sources is exciting.
” It is known since 2016 as MAMA JAZ MAMA JAZ is a month-long festival based in Port Louis, Mauritius dedicated to creative music and jazz.
International Jazz Day is made possible thanks to the voluntary efforts of organizers at all levels of civil society in more than 190 countries worldwide.
Whether small or large, organizations have an important role to play in facilitating the global celebration, lending their resources and accumulated expertise to curate multifaceted programs that make significant impacts on the local community.
Thanks to these efforts, International Jazz Day has become a widely anticipated moment on municipal and regional cultural calendars, promoting capacity building in the relevant cultural sectors and increasing awareness of jazz and its role as a vector for peace and intercultural dialogue.
This page gratefully recognizes those institutions that have generously devoted their time and resources to ensuring that International Jazz Day is celebrated in a way that truly reflects its global identity.
Read below to learn about the work of these amazing partners. MAMA JAZ has been building awareness around International Jazz Day celebrations for Mauritian music lovers since 2016, and its ambitions extend far beyond April 30.
Under the leadership of Administrator, Technical Director & Producer Gavin Poonoosamy, along with a host of co-producers, local and international partners, and sponsors, in just a few short years MAMA JAZ has grown from an idea into a movement that confidently bills itself as “the only jazz month in the Southern Hemisphere.
” Now a highly-anticipated moment on Mauritius’ cultural calendar, the festival’s reach has grown by leaps and bounds, in 2019 alone impacting hundreds of thousands of Mauritians through national television broadcasts, packed concerts, and free educational initiatives.
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