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Involved for two decades in different fields and positions of the Music ecosystem (Co-Founder of Kosmos Radio 93.6, e-Terra Records and Van Dog Events), Georges has produced dozens of special events (for TV shows, Music Awards, Olympic Games) and has participated in numerous European Music Projects (HEMI Music Innovation Hub<\/a>, JUMP- European Music Market Accelerator, European Live Music Association).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is the Founder of the \u201cEuropean Music Day\u201d organizers network, the Founder and Artistic Director of the Athens Music Week, the co-founder of Music Tech Europe Association<\/a> and an Executive Board member of the Federation of Music Conferences<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a partner of Music Tech Europe Academy<\/a> programme and of the newly born project SONIC \u201cStrategic Opportunities for New Innovative Changes in Music Policies\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Born in Germany, Marc-Andr\u00e9 Schmachtel studied in Saarbr\u00fccken and Qu\u00e9bec\/Canada. He has been active for several film festivals in Germany and is working since 2008 for the Goethe-Institut, first in Cameroon, then as head of Goethe-Institut Nigeria. He initiated several projects in the film, theatre, music and fine arts sector, both on a national and international level. In 2016 he was posted to the headquarters in Munich and was in charge for TV and radio cooperation, focusing amongst other on the artistic dimension of radio-making. As consultant to the head of Culture Department he was in charge of the support programs to Ukrainian artists after the Russian invasion and took over the position of artistic director at the project space \u201cGoethe-Institut in Exile\u201d in Berlin, organizing large festivals with Belarusian, Afghan and Iranian exile diasporas. In 2024 he has been posted to Athens as regional head of cultural programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Links: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marcandre_schmachtel\/<\/a>; 
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