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Iris Canaj

„I have finished my studies for MsC. Theatre Direction. Since then I am working as artistic curator at the installation “Reja – The Cloud”. I manage the everyday events and also the main event which is The Cloud Festival, coming on its 6th edition on 2022.

Since 2017 I am also one of the co-founders and the executive director of the „DoART” NGO. „DoART” is a bilingual name, Albanian it means „to love art” and in English it means „make art”. Our main event is The Festival of Street Performers, the one and only so far in Albania. We bring together young and passionate artists and also well-known artists from Albania and abroad, to perform in different disciplines of art, always near a cultural monument, by changing the location each year.

To create and organize events like this, one needs a good taste of music, to find the best collaborators, but also a great spirit for managing it and making it more popular without losing the core idea of art; to bring people closer while educating and entertaining them. We often collaborate with DJs, singers, music bands.

I want to be part of MOST Music to discuss a little bit more with colleagues abroad about the trends of the music art and the audience. If art is for everyone? If we should educate the audience with a better taste or give to the audience what’s easier for them to accept it, without considering the quality? Should we be “researchers” all the time, for new ways and present different kinds of art to interact also with the audience, or should we be mainstream? How is this trend going nowadays, especially during COVID-19? It would be a pleasure for me, to be part of MOST to share my experience and ready to listen to others’ experiences, so we can see how we can improve ourselves and also create bridges to collaborate with each-other on the near future, why not?!

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