Gustavo Mezo at Jazz I Am 2025 in Barcelona

From 12 to 14 March 2025, Monart founder Gustavo Mezo attended Jazz I Am, the international jazz meeting organised by Taller de Músics in Barcelona, with a full professional pass.

A meeting point in Barcelona

The 2025 edition took place at El Molino and Casa Montjuïch. Its showcase programme featured artists such as Lucía Fumero, Carmen Vela and the Andrés Coll Cosmic Trio, with a Focus Sweden that presented Sisters of Invention and the saxophonist Hannes Bennich. MeeThePro sessions connected artists and managers with programmers from festivals in Spain, Sweden, Bulgaria, Slovenia, France, Hungary, Italy and Austria, while MeeTheNet served as a meeting point for European professional networks.

Topics on the agenda

Panels addressed digital distribution on platforms from the record labels’ point of view, organised by the Catalan jazz musicians’ association AMJM, and the challenges of plurality and inclusion in Catalan jazz, organised by the Catalan Academy of Music. The Europe Jazz Network led a seminar on social inclusion through creative music, and a dialogue with the journalist Kevin Le Gendre explored Black music, Black culture and free jazz.

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