Staging musical heritage in Europe through continuity and change

This chapter charts a journey through the staging of musical heritage in Europe. It draws from the experience of programmers of world music festivals and performances who work across the continent. These programmers engage with music acts from diverse heritages and contemporary expressions thereof, from rural folk in Germany and Slovakia, to ritual and ceremonial sounds from Uganda and Thailand. They also work with the hybrid tunes emerging from serendipitous creative encounters that urban living facilitates between musicians coming from different traditions.