GUESTS
MONTSE PORTÚS
With more than 30 years of experience in cultural management, Montse Portús has been the Executive Director of Mercat de Música Viva de Vic since 2009, a key event for the music industry that brings together professionals to discover new proposals and create new business links. He participated in numerous national and international music markets. She is a vocal expert in music at the State Council of Performing Arts and Music and co-founder of the Association of Women in the Music Industry.
MONTSE PORTÚS
With more than 30 years of experience in cultural management, Montse Portús has been the Executive Director of Mercat de Música Viva de Vic since 2009, a key event for the music industry that brings together professionals to discover new proposals and create new business links. He participated in numerous national and international music markets. She is a vocal expert in music at the State Council of Performing Arts and Music and co-founder of the Association of Women in the Music Industry.
JONI SCHWALLBACH
Director of Ekaya Productions in Maputo, Mozambique. He is a composer, producer and member and musical director of the legendary Mozambican band Ghorwane. He is also the founder and director of MMM, Mozambique Music Meeting, a platform to promote Mozambican artists and expose local art and culture to a global audience.
JONI SCHWALLBACH
Director of Ekaya Productions in Maputo, Mozambique. He is a composer, producer and member and musical director of the legendary Mozambican band Ghorwane. He is also the founder and director of MMM, Mozambique Music Meeting, a platform to promote Mozambican artists and expose local art and culture to a global audience.
FELIPE FRANÇA
He is a social communicator and general director of Difusa Fronteira, an organization focused on promoting cultural exchange between Brazil, Latin America and Europe. He is responsible for the MUCHO Festival in São Paulo and manager of bands such as Francisco, el Hombre, Maglore and Vanguart, as well as booking the renowned Brazilian artist Lenine.
FELIPE FRANÇA
He is a social communicator and general director of Difusa Fronteira, an organization focused on promoting cultural exchange between Brazil, Latin America and Europe. He is responsible for the MUCHO Festival in São Paulo and manager of bands such as Francisco, el Hombre, Maglore and Vanguart, as well as booking the renowned Brazilian artist Lenine.
SONYA MAZUMDAR
SONYA MAZUMDAR
Cultural manager and founder and director of EarthSync, a music and film production company recognized for its award-winning documentary based in the Indian Ocean "Laya Project",and an artistic intercultural collaborator. He created the Indi Earth Project initiative in EarthSync to build a multinational collective of professional, cultural and educational collaborations for the regional development of the independent film and music industry. She is the co-founder of Culturas360, a unique global collective of 14 international music festivals in South and North America, Europe, India and Asia. She is also co-founder and artistic director of JazzRenyon, an international platform for the development of jazz in Reunion Island and the Indian Ocean region.
TANIA MONTEIRO
Booking agent at Associated Producers in Portugal. With a lot of experience in production, booking and management, she is immersed in the development of Portuguese artists internationally.
TANIA MONTEIRO
Booking agent at Associated Producers in Portugal. With a lot of experience in production, booking and management, she is immersed in the development of Portuguese artists internationally.
XAVIER NOVAES
Musician, writer and cultural manager in Doctor Zhivago.
Specialist in current music from both Spain and Latin America
Produces concerts and cultural events in Paris and Europe mainly. He begins his career at the emblematic Siroco in Madrid, works at the Sgae Foundation for 10 years producing more than 200 concerts worldwide and later creates his company. European manager of Julieta Venegas and Azul Ferreira. He also writes dark novels.
XAVIER NOVAES
Musician, writer and cultural manager in Doctor Zhivago.
Specialist in current music from both Spain and Latin America
Produces concerts and cultural events in Paris and Europe mainly. He begins his career at the emblematic Siroco in Madrid, works at the Sgae Foundation for 10 years producing more than 200 concerts worldwide and later creates his company. European manager of Julieta Venegas and Azul Ferreira. He also writes dark novels.
SONIA NISI
She is the founder and director of Sonica Vibes, an international concert production and artist management agency based in Marseille, France. Her artistic line focuses on the promotion of innovative and feminist musical projects that stand out for their live power and their inspiring capacity to build a fairer and more inclusive society. Sonia is also the creator and artistic director of Ciao MOKA, a festival of Italian cultures that has been held in Marseille since 2021 and over the years has established itself as a key figure in the programming of musical events in the Marseille region.
SONIA NISI
She is the founder and director of Sonica Vibes, an international concert production and artist management agency based in Marseille, France. Her artistic line focuses on the promotion of innovative and feminist musical projects that stand out for their live power and their inspiring capacity to build a fairer and more inclusive society. Sonia is also the creator and artistic director of Ciao MOKA, a festival of Italian cultures that has been held in Marseille since 2021 and over the years has established itself as a key figure in the programming of musical events in the Marseille region.
Daniel Granados
Advisor in cultural policies, he was Delegate of Cultural Rights of the Barcelona City Council, he runs the program "Cultura Paralela" on Radio Nacional de España (RNE) and is a professor of the master's degree in Cultural Industry and Sound Studies at the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) . He was the promoter and director of the Cultura Viva program in Barcelona.
DANIEL GRANADOS
Advisor in cultural policies, he was Delegate of Cultural Rights of the Barcelona City Council, he runs the program "Cultura Paralela" on Radio Nacional de España (RNE) and is a professor of the master's degree in Cultural Industry and Sound Studies at the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) . He was the promoter and director of the Cultura Viva program in Barcelona.
DIANA GLUSBERG
Agent and programmer at Niceto Club, one of the largest rooms in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. As an artistic director, she has been bringing the best of the national and international music scene to her stages for more than two decades. She is a promoter throughout Latin America, guest curator at festivals and music markets and was part of the first Cultural Council of the City of Buenos Aires in 2019.
DIANA GLUSBERG
Agent and programmer at Niceto Club, one of the largest rooms in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. As an artistic director, she has been bringing the best of the national and international music scene to her stages for more than two decades. She is a promoter throughout Latin America, guest curator at festivals and music markets and was part of the first Cultural Council of the City of Buenos Aires in 2019.
JOSÉ LUIS CRUZ
Promoter of music, dance and theater festivals and playwright. He is the founder of the Ollin Kan International Festival of Resistance Cultures in Tlalpan, Mexico City, he directed theater and dance at UNAM and was director of culture at the National Museum of Anthropology.
JOSÉ LUIS CRUZ
Promoter of music, dance and theater festivals and playwright. He is the founder of the Ollin Kan International Festival of Resistance Cultures in Tlalpan, Mexico City, he directed theater and dance at UNAM and was director of culture at the National Museum of Anthropology.
MAGALI BERARDO
Booking agent founded his company Musicalista in 2007 in Turin, Italy. Musicalista is a booking agency that represents in Italy artists such as Bombino, Fatoumata Diawara, Bab L'Bluz and many others. Magali is also a consultant and collaborates with important national cultural institutions. Active and a creative thinker, she has grown her agency which is now a strategic hub for Italian artists abroad and international artists in Italy.
MAGALI BERARDO
Booking agent founded his company Musicalista in 2007 in Turin, Italy. Musicalista is a booking agency that represents in Italy artists such as Bombino, Fatoumata Diawara, Bab L'Bluz and many others. Magali is also a consultant and collaborates with important national cultural institutions. Active and a creative thinker, she has grown her agency which is now a strategic hub for Italian artists abroad and international artists in Italy.
GIGI SAYS LUCA
Director of the Ethnos Festival, Italy. As an artistic director, he has been consolidated at national and international level for his creative and organizational ability to combine culture and tourism through the creation of projects and festivals with the emphasis on the architectural, landscape and historical beauties of the province of Naples.
GIGI SAYS LUCA
Director of the Ethnos Festival, Italy. As an artistic director, he has been consolidated at national and international level for his creative and organizational ability to combine culture and tourism through the creation of projects and festivals with the emphasis on the architectural, landscape and historical beauties of the province of Naples.
CARLOS SEIXAS
Director of the FMM Sines and Imaterial festivals in Portugal. The FMM Sines is a music festival particularly attuned to the contemporary world, migration movements, the crossing of cultures and transcontinental encounters. He is the curator of Ciclo Mundos, a live music program at Teatro Trindade.
CARLOS SEIXAS
Director of the FMM Sines and Imaterial festivals in Portugal. The FMM Sines is a music festival particularly attuned to the contemporary world, migration movements, the crossing of cultures and transcontinental encounters. He is the curator of Ciclo Mundos, a live music program at Teatro Trindade.
DAVIDE MASTROPAOLO
He directs the Italian World Beat, a project that was born with the idea of creating an Italian professional network to represent and promote artists, festivals, agencies, local bodies and artistic promoters abroad. Creator of the independent label Aguacola Records and founding member of CLARCC. It is also part of Napoli World, Italy's largest showcase dedicated entirely to world music.
DAVIDE MASTROPAOLO
He directs the Italian World Beat, a project that was born with the idea of creating an Italian professional network to represent and promote artists, festivals, agencies, local bodies and artistic promoters abroad. Creator of the independent label Aguacola Records and founding member of CLARCC. It is also part of Napoli World, Italy's largest showcase dedicated entirely to world music.
SAUL PRESA
Organizer of festivals, events and music concerts in the main theaters and auditoriums of the world. It represents and manages the careers of a carefully selected international artists at an international level. With more than thirty years of experience in the sector, he collaborated on projects that marked an epoch in the future of recent musical history.
SAUL PRESA
Organizer of festivals, events and music concerts in the main theaters and auditoriums of the world. It represents and manages the careers of a carefully selected international artists at an international level. With more than thirty years of experience in the sector, he collaborated on projects that marked an epoch in the future of recent musical history.
FRANCESCO FODARELLA
Artistic director of the Ariano Folk Festival in Ariano Irpino in southern Italy. A music lover. He starts listening to music in the 80s and discovering new genres that fascinate him when he gets into world music, where he finds his space and this prompts him to create his world music festival in Ariano, which he has been directing for 28 years.
FRANCESCO FODARELLA
Artistic director of the Ariano Folk Festival in Ariano Irpino in southern Italy. A music lover. He starts listening to music in the 80s and discovering new genres that fascinate him when he gets into world music, where he finds his space and this prompts him to create his world music festival in Ariano, which he has been directing for 28 years.
TINI SAQUETE
Co-director of Gatamusa Producciones, a cooperative company for the organization of public events, concerts and festivals with extensive experience as a management office for musical artists, organization of tours and production of shows in general
TINI SAQUETE
Co-director of Gatamusa Producciones, a cooperative company for the organization of public events, concerts and festivals with extensive experience as a management office for musical artists, organization of tours and production of shows in general
