More than 100 musicians from over 12 countries including Spain, Ghana, Venezuela, Italy, France and India and going to assemble in Udaipur as the Southern Rajasthan’s City of Lakes is going to host World Music Festival starting from February 13th.

Organized by Hindustan Zinc in association with Wonder Cement and Rajasthan Tourism, the event will be first edition of India’s first World Music Festival.Conceptulatized and produced by cultural organization SEHER, the festival will also mark 60 year old diplomatic relations between Spain and India.

As per the news published on Business Standard website, The event will establish Udaipur as a major destination for World Music. Festival Director Sanjeev Bhargava said that, “A festival of this scale featuring such diverse music from so many different continents and regions coming together in one of the best tourist destinations of India would make Udaipur a culturally vibrant destination.

“An annual event where International and domestic travelers can mark the dates on their yearly travel calendar.”

World Music Festival will be held every year at the same time. One of the most popular Fado singers from Portugal, Carminho will be performing for the first time in India at the event. French composer Mathias Duplessy will also perform at the event, where he will collaborate with Rajasthani vocalist Mukhtiyar Ali from the semi-nomadic community called Mirasi from the Thar Desert.

The evening will come alive with instrumental Spanish Flamenco guitar and dance performance and the unique African beat music by Dobet Gnahore, a Grammy award winner from the Ivory Coast.