fulVisa for Music is the music fair and festival for Africa and the Middle East, held every November in Rabat. fulbridge has worked with the festival’s organisers, Anya Culture, as an official partner. In 2023 we interpreted the professional forum and a meeting of the International Music Council, using our own portable interpretation equipment. In 2025 we interpreted six conferences over three days, with delegates listening to the interpreter on their own phones.
2023: the professional forum, 22–25 November
- Client: Visa for Music, organised by Anya Culture, Rabat.
- Our role: official partner of the 2023 edition, held weeks after the Al Haouz earthquake of 8 September 2023. We also had a stand at the professional fair in the Théâtre Mohammed V.
- Languages: French, English and Arabic.
- Venues: the Théâtre Mohammed V, the Instituto Cervantes and the Onomo hotel, all in Rabat.
- Equipment: our portable interpretation kits: transmitters, interpreter microphones and receivers with earpieces for the audience. Being portable, the same kits served panels in three venues.
The International Music Council meeting, 22 November
The day before the forum opened, we provided interpreters and equipment for a meeting of the International Music Council (IMC), the global network of music organisations founded with UNESCO.
Seven forum panels and workshops
- Thursday 23 November: « Promotion du patrimoine musical africain » and « Réussites africaines & meilleures pratiques des ICC » at the Théâtre Mohammed V; « Que doit le jazz à l’Afrique ? » at the Instituto Cervantes; and a music production workshop on Ableton Live at the Onomo hotel.
- Friday 24 November: the ECSA International Creators’ Dialogue, organised by the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance, at the Instituto Cervantes; and « Cultures sous-représentées : entre particularisme et intégration dans l’industrie musicale » at the Théâtre Mohammed V.
- Saturday 25 November: « L’avenir de la création musicale à l’ère de l’intelligence artificielle » at the Théâtre Mohammed V.
On Friday and Saturday, our interpreters also accompanied international guests between sessions, whispering the interpretation (chuchotage) for one or two listeners at a time.
2025: six conferences on delegates’ phones, 20–22 November
- Event: the conference programme of Visa for Music 2025, Rabat, 20–22 November 2025: two conferences each day, six in all.
- Languages: French and English.
- Interpreters: one interpreter.
- Delegates: about 40.
- Equipment: no headsets to rent. Delegates listened to the interpreter on their own phones. We handed out earbuds and showed each delegate how to connect.
Listening on a phone was new to most delegates, so we showed participants how to use it. For a group of this size, it cost the organisers less than renting receivers and a full interpretation system.
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Festival programmes move between rooms and venues, often on the same day. We supply interpreters and equipment that move with them, with one quote: portable kits, booths and headsets, or interpretation on delegates’ phones. See interpretation equipment rental, simultaneous interpretation, interpreters in Rabat or our prices.