2020. 10. 27.
Larisa Perde co-founded Vinyl, Rum, Tapas & Wine, an independent management and booking agency in Bucharest. They host a variety of Romanian and international artists from vinyl-only or digital DJs to live acts, world music, funk, jazz, soul, bossa-nova, tropical, disco, and more. VRTW is also a promoter, they hold over 50 events a year.
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Aysun Karadogan is a manager, producer and booking agent. Born in a small Kurdish town in Eastern Turkey, she grew up in Istanbul and lives in Germany. She’s been managing Aynur since 2004 and has also been involved in many international projects, such as Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble, Riccardo Muti, and more.
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Urszula Nowak is a music journalist and manager. She’s a a board member and co-organiser of Pannonica Folk Festival, presenting music from the old Pannonia region. As a freelance journalist she writes about music in major national folk and jazz magazines. Since 2011 she hosts the world & jazz music radio programme Balkanera.
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Founder and CEO of Hangvető, organizer of Budapest Ritmo and hosts of WOMEX in Budapest in 2015. Musicologist and musician, member of Tükrös ensemble since 1994 (double-bass). Connected to Hungarian folk music and the Táncház Movement since childhood. Active as publisher and event organizer in the folk and world music scene since 2001.
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Balazs Weyer is the programme director of Hangvető, host of WOMEX 15 and 20, Budapest Ritmo, and more. He is a member of the World Music Charts Europe jury and other bodies, such as the WOMEX samurai in 2014 and 2020. He coordinates CEMS, the Central European network of world music promoters, festivals and professionals.
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Musician, record producer, and co-founder of Glitterbeat Records, a label “built upon sounds and artists that transcend cultural pre-conceptions and genre specificity”. Over the last 25 years Eckman’s band, The Walkabouts released nearly 20 albums. He produced over thirty albums for artists like Tamikrest, Aziza Brahim, and more.
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