The shift towards the Mediterranean Region emerging as a hub for international success stories in the global music industry is already underway. Positioned strategically at the intersection of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, the Mediterranean is a crucial crossroads, facilitating collaboration among these diverse regions. With Europe’s status as a cultural melting pot, industry stakeholders have a unique opportunity to champion talent with Mediterranean roots and explore genre crossovers that distinguish us on the global stage. <\/p>
We’ve convened regional professionals to discuss the current landscape, strategise for the future, and collaborate on impactful public relations and talent development initiatives. Our forthcoming discussions will include actionable steps, regional status assessments, and highlights of local and international success stories from our cherished Mare Nostrum.<\/p>
The shift towards the Mediterranean Region emerging as a hub for international success stories in the global music industry is already underway. Positioned strategically at the intersection of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, the Mediterranean is a crucial crossroads, facilitating collaboration among these diverse regions. With Europe’s status as a cultural melting pot, industry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"event-cat":[492],"nationality":[],"music-genre":[],"destination":[],"topic":[],"language":[79],"class_list":["post-21665","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","event-cat-roundtables","language-english-el"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"","ams_acf":[{"key":"performers","label":"Performers","value":[{"ID":21678,"post_author":"1566","post_date":"2024-04-27 02:24:53","post_date_gmt":"2024-04-26 23:24:53","post_content":"\n Ethnomusicology and International Relations graduate working within the Music Industry for over 7 years in various positions as promoter, booker, music writer, radio producer and singer. Duygu Muhurdar is currently working on cultural diplomacy as Ethnomusicologist and continues as booking agent and programmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 35 years plus in the industry from local artist management in 80s, record label distribution in the 90s (Sub Pop, City Slang, Crammed, Lookout, Epitaph, Crypt, etc) joined Iguapop live concerts promoting company in 90s,merging into Gamerco in Barcelona in the 2ks and LN Spain since 2006. He is PR,Talent & Export for Live Nation Madrid, Head of The Spanish Wave Showcase export programme, Director at Andaluc\u00eda Music Forum, Dcodelab in Dcode festival, Kid Nation project and lecturer at LN Live Music Master at UCM.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Cesar Andion (ES)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"cesar_andion-es","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-09 10:33:44","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-09 07:33:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=17023","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":16917,"post_author":"1555","post_date":"2023-04-24 08:33:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-24 05:33:10","post_content":"\n After graduating from Berklee College of Music with a degree in Music Production and Engineering and in Contemporary Writing and Production, Trachonitis established his own recording facility, studio eleven63 in Nicosia, Cyprus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n From his studio, he works with the cream of the Cypriot scene and with acclaimed international clients, producing, recording and mixing records, songs, jingles, film scores, and designing sound for animations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n In addition to his studio work, he has extensive experience in live music through his role as production manager of Fengaros Festival and Louvana Records as well as being the coordinator of various European projects such as Eurotoire Circuit.<\/p>\n\n Linkedin: \u00a0https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/trachonitis<\/a><\/p>\n\n Websites: Before joining SIGIC, Primoz worked as a music consultant at the Ministry of Culture, Head of promotion projects in Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, Ljubljana, assistant researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana and the Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analysis (IRSA), and has worked as a guitar teacher since finishing his studies.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Primoz Kristan (SI)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"primoz-kristan-si","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-04-15 15:25:41","post_modified_gmt":"2024-04-15 12:25:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=17006","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":20794,"post_author":"1566","post_date":"2024-04-15 12:06:42","post_date_gmt":"2024-04-15 09:06:42","post_content":"\n Co-founder of Goodheart Productions, a creative agency of cultural producers established in 2015, focused on music. Over the years, the agency\u2019s activities have expanded into the fields of theater and dance. With a continuous interest in creating networks and collaborating with the right people, aiming to combine their unique talents to generate new ideas while achieving the maximum possible result at all levels of artistic creation.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Achilleas Stavrou (GR)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"achilleas-stavrou-gr","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-08 13:19:13","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-08 10:19:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=20794","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17956,"post_author":"1898","post_date":"2023-05-10 18:16:31","post_date_gmt":"2023-05-10 15:16:31","post_content":"\n Theodora Karakassi is the co-organiser of a lot of music events that take place in Athens. From production, to booking talent, to marketing, be it in ancient theaters, concert halls or underground clubs and across all genres of music. She is also an integral part of the Athens based Plissk\u00ebn Festival which has been running for 15 years. With a still active career in Architectural Design, the two businesses can easily merge into one in the form of creative industries. As a production company the team is behind exceptional programming of fresh and established International talent invited to Greece, and also building new concepts such as the EDEN Sunday Day parties. Since 2010 they have been pushing boundaries and and have featured artists such as Smashing Pumpkins, Bonobo, Caribou, Tony Allen, Giorgio Moroder, Cigarettes After Sex, Mulatu Astatke, Jungle, Tinariwen, Slowthai, Orchestra Baobab, Bicep and many more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n www.plisskenfestival.gr<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n www.havoc-studio.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","post_title":"Theodora Karakassi (GR)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"theodora-karakassi-gr","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-14 14:23:10","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-14 11:23:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=17956","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":21328,"post_author":"1566","post_date":"2024-04-23 18:47:08","post_date_gmt":"2024-04-23 15:47:08","post_content":"\n I am a music enthusiast, concert-goer and record collector, with nearly 20 years in the industry. I have worked in PR, collecting rights agencies and over a decade at Sony Music Spain, where I directed an independent label within the company, eventually serving as the director of international marketing. I founded About Music in 2016, specializing in music curation, programming, booking and production of shows, mainly for institutions both private and public (city councils, theatres, museums...) as well as for festivals (Iwa Festival...) and brands. I am also manager of Faizal Mostrixx, an ugandan afrofuturist electronic music producer, and teach about the industry at different postgraduate programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Artistic Director of the AthensJazz and huge admirer of the British Jazz explosion, Antonis Zouganelis is currently the music and events consultant of Technopolis \u2013 City of Athens and the Owner of the music consulting agency TheCluster. He grew up in Nikaia, Piraeus and studied at the American College of Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Having worked in the music sector for more than 20 years, he has been moving around in various positions and businesses within the industry. From artistic direction to artists\u2019 management and International bookings, from intellectual property to creative direction and production, from events & festivals production direction and management to marketing management and from entertainment concept design to cultural management and consulting in music projects & businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019s a versatile Gen X. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dream Job: Running a campsite by the beach<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moderator<\/strong>: Duygu M\u00fch\u00fcrdar (TR)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Links<\/strong>:
Linkedin: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dmuhurdar\/<\/a>
Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dmuhurdar<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Duygu Mu\u0308hu\u0308rdar (TR)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"duygu-muhurdar-tr","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-08 13:13:55","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-08 10:13:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=21678","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17023,"post_author":"19","post_date":"2023-04-25 08:17:15","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-25 05:17:15","post_content":"\n
Links:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/plisskenfest\/?hl=en<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Links<\/strong>:
Linkedin: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/diego-pablos-7945368\/<\/a>
Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_aboutmusic<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Diego Pablos (ES)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"diego-pablos-es","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-04-23 18:47:10","post_modified_gmt":"2024-04-23 15:47:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=21328","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17575,"post_author":"1566","post_date":"2023-05-07 13:52:03","post_date_gmt":"2023-05-07 10:52:03","post_content":"\n