Jean-Paul Roland is the head of the festival Les Eurockéennes since 2001, founder of Opération Iceberg, experimental support for emerging artists in France and Switzerland, co-creator of DeConcert, an international federation of festivals, member of the festivals commission and the structuring and ecological transition commission at the Centre National de la Musique (CNM), and founder of the GéNéRiQ festival.
EUROCKEENNES DE BELFORT festival
Due to its eternal youthful spirit, the Eurockéennes de Belfort festival has not aged a bit since 1989. It stands out as a mirror of its time by keeping its place among the great historical European musical gatherings. For more than 3 decades, there have been more than 2,000 eclectic concerts and nearly 2,800,000 festival-goers of all ages, all backgrounds and all nationalities welcomed to the Malsaucy peninsula. A social mix, a diversity of musical styles, an interlude out of time synonymous with shared emotions in a respect for nature and a fidelity to the solidarity commitments of a festival 100% associative.
ICEBERG PROGRAMM
Initiated in 2013 by Eurockéennes de Belfort festival and the CMA Foundation (support and development of contemporary music in French-speaking Switzerland), 13 cultural actors (13 clubs in France and Switzerland, 1 festival in France and 1 support structure in Switzerland) offer each year an experimental support system to 11 emerging groups. For one year, Opération Iceberg offers these young artists residencies, training and concerts as well as privileged moments with technical coordinators, artistic contributors or new technology communicators.