Overview
- President José Jerí inaugurated the two-day CIMP 2025 on November 18 at the Ministry of Culture’s Los Incas auditorium in Lima.
- The event was co-organized by the Ministry of Culture’s Directorate of Arts and the performers’ society SONIEM.
- SONIEM reported establishing direct contact with the Interior Ministry’s Organized Crime Directorate to channel extortion cases from artists.
- Organizers said the forum is advancing proposals for formalization, professionalization, and sustainability so musicians can work in dignified conditions.
- Panels feature Tony Succar, Leslie Shaw, Los Mirlos leader Jorge Rodríguez, and Milena Warthon, with free showcases of emerging and established acts through November 19.