by alexhrFirst confirmations for EEMC 2018
Ivan Milivojev (founder Exit Festival), Nick Hobbs (founder Charmenko), Albert Juncosa (booker for Mad Cool Festival) Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt (counsellor IMMF) and Greg Parmley (Managing Director ILMC), along with other promoters, managers and event organizers in Europe are coming to Romania, at Thalia Hall in Sibiu for the second edition of East European Music Conference (July 27-28).
Ivan Milivojev, Nick Hobbs, Greg Parmley si Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt have confirmed their presence at the most important conference dedicated to the music industry in Romania. They will be joined by Holger Jan Schmidt, Albert Juncosa, Manfred Tari, Gordon Masson and Allan McGowan.
Ivan Milivojev is one of the founders of several festivals in Serbia and region, EXIT festival (Serbia, 2000), Warriors Dance Festival (Serbia, 2012), Sea Dance Festival (Montenegro, 2014), R:EVOL:UTION festival (Romania, 2015) and amazing art festival #DEV9T (Serbia, 2015). Fifteen years of festival experience along with projects such as Die Antwoord, Juan Atkins and Philharmonic Orchestra, Robbie Williams, RHCP, Franz Ferdinand , Madonna, The Chemical Brothers, Manu Chao, Gentleman, ZAZ, Cheikh Lo, The Prodigy and many other are certain proof of professionalism and quality.
Nick Hobbs is the owner of Charmenko, Charmworks & Charm Music Poland, & co-owner of Charm Music Czechia. He’s an independent promoter and talent buyer for festivals and venues who’s been specialized in Eastern Europe & the Middle East since the early 80’s. The artist agency, Charmworks, has an eclectic roster and works everywhere in Europe and beyond, especially representing exceptional artists from Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East.
Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt is the Policy Advisor to The International Music Managers Forum (IMMF), an organization that brings together artist representatives associations from 24 countries. It represents managers and the artists they work for to create better trading conditions for creators through networking, sharing, and discussions. Jake also works as a rights specialist for a selection of recording artists and music copyrights.
Greg Parmley is the General Manager of the International Music Conference (ILMC) and has been involved in the international music industry for over two decades, taking on important missions. He started being a publisher of IQ Magazine, or for eight years he was the director of ILMC’s media department. Starting in 2015, he launched the International Festival Forum, a large annual event, for agents and other types of experts involved in the festival industry.
After a first edition when over 400 people – guests and public – from the Romanian and European cultural medium, have exchanged ideas and reached conclusions, and the second edition continues the innovation in the Romanian market of such events with another avantgarde program: Romanian Music Export, which will be officially launched on July 26th.
On April 30th the registrations for the showcase scheduled for July 26th in Sibiu closed. Over 80 bands are now being analyzed by the national jury of Romanian Music Export and on May 18 the 30 bands going further for evaluation from the international jury will be announced.
The conference in Sibiu is organized in partnership with AROC – the Romanian Association of Concerts and Cultural Events Organizers, which includes among its founding members some of the most important promoters in Romania like Emagic, Electric Castle, Summerwell, ARTmania, Blaj aLive or Twin Arts.
Tickets are already available online on Kompostor for 190 lei for the three days. One ticket grants access to Romanian Music Export Showcase and days 1 & 2 of EEMC. Buying an EEMC tickets offers the possibility of buying an ARTmania Festival ticket at the special price of 110 for the two festival days.
East European Conference takes place the same time as the ARTmania Festival, contributing to the transformation of Sibiu, through art and music in a true European Capital of Culture.
