Scandal around Sonora Carruseles' concert in Sofia!

loco_de_amor · Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 1

Dear Friends,

Today (july 7, 2007), at exactly 19:30, in Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria, should have started the first concert of Sonora Carruseles on the Balkan Peninsula. Unfortunately, as we all know, there is to be no concert. And still not received any press release from the management of the band!? Why did the concert fail to take place? Who is responsible? The answer to these questions, and more, you may find below:
On March, 13 2007 a contract was signed between Music Messngers, which is Sonora's representative for Europe, and Studio Elegua Ltd., i.e. Salsabor: the concert date indicated in the contract - July 7, 2007 ; the place - Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture. Soon after signing the contract, as stipulated in the contract, Studio Elegua Ltd. tranfered half of the concert fees to Music Messengers.

To our surprise, however, two weeks before the concert date Mr. Jean Morant, who is Sonora's manager for Europe and President of Music Messangers, began convincing the team to move the date of the concert to a later date - sometime in August. When asked why, he claimed that he would not be able to bring the band in Sofia on July 7 because he couldn't find plane
tickets. He was so persistent on his sudden desire to move the concert that it became evident to us that he had sold July 7, along with July 6th and 8th, to a customer of his in Spain (which he himself did not hide).

When Studio Elegua refused to change the date of the concert, Mr. Morant stopped answering his phone. Up until today still not heard anything from him - neither an apology with a compensation proposition, nor even a press release.

Studio Elegua have no bad feelings for Sonora Carruseles, and for the team they are still the number 1 salsa band in the world! However, while they have such "managers" like Jean Morant, who turned out to lack any sense whatsoever of professionalism IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED to anyone to work with them.