Zimbabwean musical bands will have an opportunity to perform in Brazil during the 15th annual Brasilia International Anti-corruption conference in November.
This is part of this year’s Fair Play Anti–Corruption Youth Voices competition under way in the country.
Fair Play is a global music and video competition for original songs by young bands, whose members are aged between 18 to 35. Its theme this year is anti-corruption.
The pre-selection process is being locally facilitated by Music Crossroads.
Mathias Bangure, director of Music Crossroads told NewsDay the auditions were already in progress and artists had been invited to submit their anti-corruption videos and songs.
“Artists are required to compose a song or make a video, or both and submit these online or direct to Music Crossroads. The works will later be judged in terms of the anti-corruption message, artistic quality and live performance potential,” Bangure said.
This year marks the third year that performing artists would be participating at the conference courtesy of a partnership between the Global Youth Anti-Corruption Network, JMI Foundation and the World Bank Institute.
The competition will be running under the theme “Mash down Corruption”.
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The selection of the final winning bands that will tour Brazil, will be made by a Fair Play jury consisting of international music ambassadors for the global youth movement against corruption, drawn from various regions of the world.
Bangure said the competition was part of the Music Crossroads programme to nurture artists and promote untapped talent.
“It is open to all performing artists in different genres and there are several opportunities that can be created
provided the artists win the finals in Brazil,” he said.
Africa Destiny is one of the local groups that have teamed up to support the campaign. So far, musical groups that have benefited from this initiative include Bongo Love, Mookomb, currently touring Europe, and Club Shanga who have over the years, toured Spain and Germany through the same programme.
