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Dr. Margarita Alexomanolaki (GR)

Kiki — Sat, 02 May 2026 11:08:36 +0000

Dr. Margarita Alexomanolaki was born in Athens Greece. She has studied piano at the Hellenic Conservatoire (1996) and Musicology at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens (1998). She earned her Mmus in Ethnomusicology at Goldsmiths College, University of London (2001) as well as her PhD in “Music and Memory in TV Advertising” (2006). In 2009 she succeeded at the exams for the National School for Public Administration in Athens, from where she was appointed to the Ministry of Culture. She has been Head of the Directorate of Preforming Arts and Cinema since 2018. She is married and mother of one child.

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Judith Massia (UK)

Artur — Fri, 01 May 2026 06:18:04 +0000

Founder & CEO of Ryaeir

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Lars Rasmussen (DK)

Artur — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:09:28 +0000

Panathēnea co-founder Lars Rasmussen is an angel investor in Athens, Greece with a computer science Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. In 2004, Lars and his brother Jens sold their mapping startup to Google, and there lead the team that created Google Maps. Lars was next a director of engineering at Facebook in Menlo Park and London, then co-founded music tech startup Weav. His favorite investments include Canva, Astranis, Neara, MOOD, Smash, PhosPrint and ResQ biotech. He enjoys boating the Greek islands, kite surfing, and coffee.

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Jay Stolar (US)

Artur — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:29:12 +0000

Jay Stolar is a multi-platinum, gold, and diamond-certified producer, songwriter, and executive producer with over 500 million streams and hundreds of sync placements across film, TV, sports, and games, including the Super Bowl, Olympics, League of Legends, and Fortnite. A multi-instrumentalist, Stolar has shaped songs globally for Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, G-Eazy, Aloe Blacc, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Jaxson Gamble. In Greece, he has worked with Konstantinos Argiros, Eleni Foureira, Sakis Rouvas, Marina Satti, Marseaux, and Solmeister, co-writing and co-producing Satti’s Eurovision hit “Zari” and Evangelia’s viral 2025 and 2026 hits “Vále” and “PARÉA”.

As Evangelia’s executive producer since 2019, he co-created her sound, built her catalog, and brokered her major label deals. Stolar is also co-founder of Hume, a creative studio building virtual artists with fair-use, human-led AI. He built DEATHPIXIE and Angel Baby from zero to over 700,000 combined monthly listeners and brokered deals with mau5trap, 10K Projects, and Create Music. DEATHPIXIE performed at Red Rocks alongside deadmau5 in the first virtual artist electronic concert. Now based between Athens and Los Angeles, Stolar leads creative direction across Hume’s roster and FATE RECORDS’ development as a label bridging the US and Greek industries.

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Emanuele Sanfelici (IT)

Artur — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:16:46 +0000

Emanuele Sanfelici is an Italian entrepreneur and CEO & co-founder of HAT Music, an AI-powered platform that connects emerging artists with music industry professionals, improving access and transparency in the sector. He holds a degree in Economics and Management for Arts, Culture, and Communication from Università Cattolica, combining business strategy with a strong understanding of the creative industries. Before founding HAT Music, he worked at PwC as a project manager, gaining experience in execution and team leadership. His path is deeply rooted in the music world, where he worked as a DJ, event organizer, and service provider for artists. Through this experience, he identified structural inefficiencies and barriers to entry in the industry. This led him to create HAT Music, with the vision of democratizing access to opportunities and building a scalable, tech-driven ecosystem to support the next generation of independent artists.

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Meet the French Connection ! Reception + DJ Set by Yannick Nadjingar at the French Institute of Athens

georges_admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:41:13 +0000

Enjoy a beautiful sunset and an inspiring evening at one of Athens’ most iconic cultural venues, the rooftop of the Institut Français de Grèce. A space long committed to supporting creative artists and cultural exchange becomes the setting for a relaxed gathering of music professionals

Yannick Nadjingar-Ouvaev is a music programmer at FIP radio in Paris. Bed-room DJ for too long, he joined Musart in 2015 for the enjoyment of everyone. Nadjingar played in a lot of venues as the Showcase, the Batofar and even at one edition of Château Perché Festival. If you are curious and dancer, Nadjingar is all what you need.

This event has limited availability; be sure to register here to secure your place.

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Nikolaos Tsakiris (GR)

Artur — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:33:14 +0000

Nikolaos Tsakiris has built a career around scaling startups into global contenders. As an Economist, Executive Strategist, and former CFO, he specializes in architecting high-growth ventures and transforming complex business challenges into international opportunities. During his tenure in the Swedish startup ecosystem, he was instrumental in leading companies to global recognition and prestigious industry awards.

Recognized as a top 2% LinkedIn creator worldwide with a commanding digital presence, his strategic perspectives on growth regularly generate millions of impressions and engagement. Now with Brainfood Cloud, he joins Athens Music Week 2026 to introduce Publio.ai, demonstrating how production-grade AI redefines the commercial power of content by seamlessly converting articles into multi-platform social content.

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Sofia Kamayianni (GR)

Artur — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:25:15 +0000

Sofia Kamayianni is a composer, musician, and educator. She studied piano, classical percussion, contemporary and theatre/film composition, and mathematics (MMus, University of London and MEd, University of Leeds). She has worked extensively as a composer, writing concert and musical theatre works, incidental music for theatre, film, dance and video art as well as installation pieces, working with numerous ensembles and soloists from Greece and abroad.

Blending recorded with acoustic sound is a notable characteristic of her musical work. She has also performed widely in concerts and festivals, both individually and as member of an ensemble. Her special interest in musical theatre can be found in many of her works. Her debut opera, The Cloud in Love, featured a unique use of a children’s and youth choir which captivated audiences. The opera enjoyed two sold-out runs at the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera in 2022 and 2023. Another standout music theater piece is “I Went Through…”, a collaboration with the celebrated Greek poet Kiki Dimoula She has collaborated with many organizations on creative educational programs.

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Evangelia (GR/US)

Kiki — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:52:05 +0000

Evangelia is a multi-platinum Greek-American pop artist redefining what it means to be a global Greek voice. As Spotify’s first Greek Global EQUAL Ambassador, she was featured on billboards in Times Square. She became the first Greek artist to headline a U.S. tour with Live Nation, has performed for over hundreds of thousands of fans across Europe and the U.S., and appeared at major U.S. festivals including SXSW, Summerfest, and Dusk Festival. In just three years, she has become one of Greece’s most-streamed artists, amassing over 200 million streams, with chart-topping hits including “Fotiá” with Eleni Foureira, “Alitheia?!,” “Páli,” “Vále”, and “Vradia,” which debuted at #1 on the Spotify charts. Her Greek Eurovision National Final performance of “Paréa” emerged as one of the competition’s standout moments, earning strong chart performance, viral momentum, and widespread acclaim for the song. Raised between Crete and New Jersey, her bilingual upbringing shapes a vibrant fusion of modern pop and traditional Greek sound. That fusion crystallized on her debut album Peproméno, a 13-track bilingual journey released ahead of her performance and nomination at the MAD VMAs. She is currently performing in an Athens residency at Fantasia alongside Petros Iakovidis and is preparing for her world tour. A former elementary school teacher, Evangelia carries that chapter into her artistry, making mental health awareness and education core to her values and advocating for both on and off the stage.

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Music, Mental Health & Social Impact: The EDRA Model for Inclusive Change Presentation

Artur — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:50:22 +0000

EDRA is a non-profit social cooperative with over 25 years of expertise in mental health and social inclusion. Through certified, high-standard services, the organisation supports approximately 1.500 people annually, from the socioeconomic reintegration of people with mental health conditions, to specialised programmes for children with autism, learning difficulties and intellectual disabilities, as well as support for people experiencing poverty or homelessness.

Recognising art as a powerful medium for healing and human connection, EDRA integrates music therapy into its core therapeutic programmes and organises the annual International Arts & Mental Health Festival ART4MORE (https://art4more.org), a festival at the intersection of artistic creation and social awareness. Through innovative awareness-raising initiatives and collaborations with more than 200 organisations across Europe in programmes such as Erasmus+ and Creative Europe, EDRA actively combats stigma and champions a more inclusive society.

Proud partner of Athens Music Week, because music heals, connects and transforms.

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