DJ: Willi Klopottek

Worked for 35 years as a teacher for social sciences and politics at a high school in Germany, but has been a music lover and bassist/guitarist in amateur bands since his youth too. In 1997 he discovered World Music after attending a concert of a band from Madagascar; soon with the result of being interested in all styles of local music from around the globe. Retired as a teacher 10 years ago, he moved to Luxembourg and there he started his weekly world music radio show Mondophon on independent community Radio ARA. He has his monthly column “Willis Tipps” recommending new world music releases in Luxembourgish weekly newspaper WOXX and writes for the German magazines Folker and Folk Galore.

klopottek@pt.lu