18.10.2021: Café Europa: Cultural Heritage

Zahra Mani
Zahra Mani ist Musikerin und Komponistin aus Pakistan und London. Sie lebt und arbeitet seit 2001 in Österreich.

Ihr musikalisches Schaffen umfasst Kompositionen für Soloinstrumente, Stimmen und Ensembles, Radiokunst und Klanginstallationen sowie elektroakustische und intermediale Performances. Manis Zugang zum Hörbaren prägt ihre Klangsprache, der ein fortwährender, subtiler Puls zugrunde liegt, und die Melodie, Rhythmus, Zeitstrukturen und Akustik stets hinterfragt.

Außerhalb der Musik und Klangkunst arbeitet sie auch als Kuratorin mit Vereinen wie dem Klanghaus Untergreith in der Steiermark oder Mani doo in Kroatien, die grenzüberschreitende Projekte im Alpen-Adria Raum und in Europa entwickeln, wie die aktuelle Initiative „RESCUE - Regeneration of Disused industrial spaces through Culture in Europe", die von der EACEA als Smaller Scale Cooperation Project kofinanziert wird. RESCUE ist ein Netzwerk, das von Italien über Slowenien und Österreich bis nach Deutschland reicht.

Zahra Mani ist Mitgleid vom E-Musik Kreis der Austrian Composers‘ Association und deren E-Musik Vertreterin bei der ECSA (European Composers‘ & Songwriters‘ Association). 2017 wurde sie mit dem Outstanding Artist Award für Musik vom damaligen BMUKK (heute BMKOES) ausgezeichnet. 

Zahra Manis Leben und Arbeit sind von einer grundsätzlichen Offenheit geprägt, die in ihrer Musik und in ihrer Kulturarbeit evident ist. Sie überschreitet Grenzen und schafft interdisziplinäre Vernetzungen, um Kunst und Kultur in einer kommunikativen Gesellschaft zu verankern und zu verfestigen.


Peter Tomaž Dobrila
Peter Tomaž Dobrila is an electronic and IT engineer and a musician who focuses on the creative use of the new technologies. He was presenting, showing and lecturing all over the world.
In 1996 he co-founded the Multimedia Centre KIBLA (MMC KIBLA) in Maribor, Slovenia, in 2008 he co-established the Scientific and Research Association for Arts, Cultural and Education Programmes and Technology EPEKA, in 2010 he co-established the Association for Contemporary Art X-OP. and in 2014 he established the Association for Art and Audio-Visual Production CODE BLUE / KODA MODRO.
In 2009 and 2010 he was employed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia as General director of the Directorate for Arts. In 2015 he was employed at the Ministry of Culture of the Republic in Slovenia in the Minister's Office.
He is co-initiator and co-author of the Maribor with partner cities winning candidature for the European Capital of Culture 2012, co-initiator of the Ljubljana 2010 - World Book Capital (UNESCO) and co-initiator of the Maribor 2013 - European Youth Capital and initiator and collaborator at the winning bid of Nova Gorica with Gorizia for the European Capital of Culture 2025 and collaborator for the ECoC Lendava 2025.
In 2011 he co-curated the Contemporary Art from Slovenia exhibition in the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.
In 2012 he was Commissioner for the presentation of Slovenia at the 13 International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, Italy.
Since 2016 he has (again) the Autonomous Artist status as producer and intermedia artist and works on numerous projects.
He has released two cassettes, These Beautiful Margins (1985) and Missa (1987), and has been ranked on 2 Ex-YU Electronica albums, works with various musicians and groups, including Marko Brecelj and Byzantine Cadillac, performs at home and abroad. He also plays on Cameron Bobro: Bethel, California CD (2016-17).


Sanja Popov Leban
Sanja Popov Leban, was born in Vojvodina on 9th March 1977, Republic of Serbia, where she successfully completed her education - University studies in 2009 at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad and obtained the title master 'Industrial Engineer' (level VII/2). Since 2009 she lives  in Tolmin (Slovenia) where she works as a producer and project manager in fields of culture and youth. In 2016, the Ministry of Culture awarded her the official occupation title of producer. She is a member of the management board of the Association Mink Tolmin and since 2010 also a member of the program council of the Sajeta Art & Music Festival. As a project manager, she is also active in educational activities and production of youth's programs. Since 2016, she has been a member of the Goriška Region NGO Council and since 2021 Member of Goriška Regional Development Council. She is participating with two projects in the Bidbook of ECoC Nova Gorica/Gorizia 2025.

 
Barbara Grazzini
Barbara Grazzini, Deputy President of InEuropa Srl.
For more than 20 years Barbara has had several high qualified experiences of information, training, support and management activities of European projects working for public and private bodies in Italy.

She coordinates the project development and management area of the company. She has been developing and managing EU projects for Italian public and private bodies in any field both in the framework of Structural funds (Interreg, ETC) and EU Action programmes (see the section Funded projects). She regularly delivers training courses on European project development process, tools and methods and on project management, coordination and reporting. Barbara ran projects for the creation of new learning processes working on empowerment, on guiding people and organisations in facing a new challenge and in transforming ideas into projects. Also works in the research and development activities drafting analysis and feasibility plans for private and public organizations and for InEuropa itself in the framework of EU programmes. Barbara acts as a catalyst and facilitator.

She is a certified LEGO@SERIOUS PLAYÒ facilitator.

Barbara Grazzini brought the GAP's concept and approach of "empowering people to live and work increasingly sustainably" in Italy. Since 2009 she has been cooperating with GAP UK to manage Environmental programmes in Italy promoting environmental behavior change within private companies and schools through training programmes and communication campaigns (see Waterexplorer and FAct!-Food Action Programme) .

Barbara is the national contact person of Global Action Plan International and member of GAP International Board of Directors at international level.

Sandra Kocuvan
Sandra Kocuvan ist Leiterin der EU-Beratungsstelle des Landes Steiermark und betreut den Thematischen Koordinationspunkt für Kunst und Kultur in der Alpen-Adria-Allianz. Sandra Kocuvan greift auf eine langjährige Erfahrung im kulturellen Feld zurück. Privat war Kultur immer schon ihre Leidenschaft. Und schließlich hat sie ihr beruflicher Weg über Stationen im Gesundheits- und Sozialbereich wieder zurück zur Kultur geführt. Ihr Knowhow setzt sie in beratender und vernetzender Tätigkeit zwischen dem Publikum, Kulturinitiativen, Künstlerinnen und Künstlern ein.