East European Music Conference & Showcase Festival
East European Music Conference online camp 2021

East European Music Conference online camp 2021

Over 40 top international and Romanian music professionals and music icons share their expertise at East European Music Conference online camp 2021

  • Online conference broadcasted online, with free access, on ro and on the East European Music Conference Facebook page

In a Europe still affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with a cultural industry in standby, heavily impacted by unpredictability, professionals working in events and in the cultural industry feel an urgent need of defined support measures, of discussions aimed to shaping real solutions and of professional know-how infusion and practical advice meant to help them pass through these unprecedented times and see possible future steps for functioning in the „new normal”.

 

To support them, on 10th and 11th of December 2021, the East European Music Conference online camp’s guests will discuss about the most stringent music industry issues, sharing their expertise and answering to music professionals’ and cultural operators’ questions during a series of interactive panels which will be broadcasted online, for free, on eemusic.ro and on the East European Music Conference Facebook page.

 

 The online edition will include 8 discussion panels with European and Romanian experts, 13 interviews with icons of the international music industry, like Tuomas Holopainen (composer and founder of Nightwish band) or Ed Bicknell (Dire Straits manager and Managing Director at DAMAGE MGMT).

 

The online edition will include 8 discussion panels with European and Romanian experts, 13 interviews with icons of the international music industry, like Tuomas Holopainen (composer and founder of Nightwish band) or Ed Bicknell (Dire Straits manager and Managing Director at DAMAGE MGMT) and music shows which will bring even more energy and rhythm to these debates on the hottest current topics.

They will be joined by officials from Romanian authorities and local cultural and events industry like: Alexandra-Maria Rigler (Director of Centre for Projects from Timisoara), Radu Burnete (Executive Director, CONCORDIA Confederation),  Bogdan Ștefan Trîmbaciu (Director of the Project Management Unit – Ministry of Culture), Andi Mitroi (Cofounder of Summer Well Festival), Alin Vaida (Manager „Jazz in The Park” festival and Executive Director at FAPTE), Iulia Popovici (performing arts critic and curator), members of Romanian festivals, officials from Bucharest and Cluj Mayoralties and theater and cultural managers.

 

During the two full days of debates, experts will discuss on topics like „The cultural future of Europe” still under Covid-19 pandemic’s mark, about the national „Recovery and resilience plans” which EU member countries submitted for approval and how do the UE member countries elaborate a successful long term cultural strategy valid in the post – pandemic context, about „European financing sources for the cultural industry”, about „The “normal” and the “new normal” in the international events” (about characteristics, communities, about how do event bookers find artists/ music products fit for their specific events, about sustainable cultural strategies for festivals or for other cultural products) or about the new measures, norms, event production and crowd management models generated/ enforced by the post-pandemic context.

 The conference schedule and speakers list can be accessed on eemusic.ro, in the following weeks additional speakers and discussion topics will be included.

The live transmission of the online event will take place on 10th and 11th of December 2021 on eemusic.ro and on the East European Music Conference Facebook page, with free access.

East European Music Conference online camp 2021 is a project designed to support and enhance the professional development of persons working in the events and cultural industries, initiative co-financed by Sibiu Mayoralty and supported by Kaufland Romania.

Romanian Music Export, the first Romanian music and promotion program will host its first online edition on January 31st, 2021 

Romanian Music Export, the first Romanian music and promotion program will host its first online edition on January 31st, 2021 

Support for up-and-coming Romanian artists, locally and internationally

Romanian Music Export was developed in order to work as a promotional program in order to identify and support new Romanian artists, but also to help them in developing a national and international career. RME offers a stage for new voices, through the platform that brings together young artists, professionals in the music industry, festival directors and audience, with the strong belief that music is the universal glue that brings together, heals and motivates.

Romanian Music Export was borne during the second edition of East European Music Conference, on July 26, 2018, an event where producers, booking agents, promoters and cultural operators in Romania and Europe took part at the show of five Romanian bands, whose selection was made after a sign-up on the platform especially built for this program.

Any band in Romania could have signed-up, provided their songs were original pieces. The jury was two-folded, the preselection was done locally, while the final selection of the five bands was done by an international jury. 71 artists joined the competition and bands like Am Fost La Munte Si Mi-a Placut, Gramofone, JazzyBIT, NEXT EX and White Walls held amazing shows while during the breaks answered questions from the press and booking agents from big European festivals.

Romanian Music Export Online levels the field for future offline events.

The January 31st edition is essential for continuing the Romanian Music Export program, in order to make the offline 2021 edition possible, since the unprecedented situation created by the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation, postponement or turning to online of all events and cultural activities. The digital platform RME is created for Romanian artists, especially up-and-coming with a vital need of guidance and support in this time with no concerts and no payments and in a constant need or partners with whom to talk about solutions for rebuilding their careers in the near future.

The online event will host 10 panels of discussions like: “Can music help us thrive?”, “Health & Safety post pandemic events reopening”, “Freelance musician or artist. Can it be done?”, “Solutions from the music industry for reopening the cultural live”, “How do festival bookers choose newcomers for their line-up?”, “The future of clubs and small concert venues” and “Women in music industry”.

The speaker list includes: Fruzsina Szép (Director, Superbloom Festival – Germania), Greg Parmley (International Director Live Music Conference & International Festival Forum, UK), Michal Kascak (Founder / CEO – Pohoda festival, Slovacia), Christof Huber (Director, Yourope – European Festival Association Switzerland), Baris Basaran (Promoter / Head of Eastern & Central Europe – TEG / MJR – UK), , Lina Ugrinovska (International Booking / Password Production, North Macedonia), representatives of European festivals Summerbreeze Open Air (Germania), Wide Days (Scotland), Nova Rock (Austria), but also local representatives (ARTmania, Untold, Electric Castle, Summerwell, Jazz in the Park), as well as representatives from Ministry of Culture, club venues (Quantic, Rockstadt, Form Space, Club Control, Expirat), cultural and theatre managers, Romanian artists and representatives of booking and management companies. The entire program and guests can be checked online at https://musicexport.ro/.

The bands that will play during the Romanian Music Export Online are: Lucifer – A Rock Opera, Balkan Taksim, Psihodrom, Blană Bombă, White Walls, Dirty Shirt, Roadkillsoda, Gramofone, JazzyBIT.

The event will be streamed online on January 31st, at https://musicexport.ro/, but also on Facebook and YouTube channels, streaming being free of charge.

Romanian Music Export online is a musical and cultural entrepreneurship realized with support from the Ministry of Culture.

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