World Pitch

WORLD PITCH is a one-year training programme for young world music professionals under Music Moves Europe in 2019-2020. What we offer is a unique one semester long training course for 10 young professionals already active in the field of world music.

The training offers a profound insight in all relevant aspects of the world music scene (management, agency work, programming, organization, PR, journalism, academic work, policies) with personal one-to-one trainings with Europe’s most recognised professionals. As the part of the program there is a paid fellowships placements for 5 candidates at market-leading organizations in the world music scene from different areas.

Partners:

BOZAR is a well-known venue for the world music genre with a strong focus on policy making too

Earth Beat is an Amsterdam based promoter representing artists from all the continents

Maetka – a Finnish agency representing Finnish artists abroad and bringing foreign artist to Finland

Glitterbeat – independent record label of “vibrant global sounds”, headed by Chris Eckman

DEX – international songwriting expo held in Budapest