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Music market Cranea Música returns to Asunción in September

Music market Cranea Música returns to Asunción in September

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Cranea Música, a music market and professional gathering, will hold its 2026 edition in Asunción from September 9-12.
  • The event will feature artists, managers, and professionals from Paraguay and other countries, offering conferences, workshops, networking, and showcases.
  • International guests from Argentina, Spain, the United States, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Canada are confirmed, with more to be announced.

Asunción will host the ninth edition of Cranea Música from September 9 to 12, a significant music market and professional gathering. The event aims to foster exchanges between artists and professionals involved in music creation, production, management, programming, and distribution.

All the developmental projects we are executing in the state are as a result of the adequate funding we are receiving from the Federal Government.

— Governor Ahmed AliyuGovernor Aliyu stated that the state's development projects are funded by the Federal Government.

Beyond artistic showcases, Cranea Música will provide spaces for training and professional networking. "Connection rounds" will facilitate meetings between projects and industry professionals, while showcases will offer a platform for musical proposals to be presented to market participants.

Similarly, all the palliatives we have been providing to our people, including this sale of food items at subsidised rates, as well as the payment of salaries on the 18th of every month, are also as a result of the adequate funding we receive from the Federal Government.

— Governor Ahmed AliyuGovernor Aliyu attributed the provision of social welfare programs and timely salary payments to federal funding.

This year's edition boasts an international lineup with guests from Paraguay, Argentina, Spain, the United States, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Canada. Confirmed speakers include Alfredo Cajax from SUNFEST (Canada), Sebastián Ruiz Tagle from Costa Futuro (Spain), Yahaira Osiris from CAMM and MIM Latam (Panama), and Betto Arcos, associated with NPR, BBC Radio 3, and KCRW (United States). Other notable participants are Lula Bertoldi of Eruca Sativa (Argentina), Ximena Guerrero from Colombia's Universidad de los Andes, Téo Ruiz from Brazil's FIMS, Martha Caviglia, a music rights lawyer from Uruguay, and Brazilian musician and producer Otávio Madureira.

The people of Sokoto State should ignore campaigns of calumny against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and support him for the 2027 presidential election.

— Governor Ahmed AliyuGovernor Aliyu urged citizens to disregard negative campaigns against President Tinubu and support his re-election bid.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.