Midem/IAMA seminar programme 25 Jan, 2010

Monday 25 January 2010

14.30 – 15.45: MIDEM Classical Conference (in association with IAMA and IMZ)

“Live performance and the media – A necessary balancing act for the future of classical music and the performer”

             Moderator: Costa Pilavachi, Vice-Chairman, Van Walsum Management (UK)

             Speakers: Roland Ott, Managing Director, Opus Arte (UK)

                            Hervé Boissière, Medici Arts (France) (tbc)

                             Joan Matabosch, Teatro del Liceu Barcelona (Spain) (tbc)

Description: Most opera houses and orchestras would like to believe they can become labels and distributors. Few succeed and many will try.  But, the fact remains that the landscape of classical music is being played out in the digital media world that impacts on artists positively and negatively.  Whether promoter/presenter or media partner, there are partnerships and models for success but what are the pitfalls and what mistakes being made? Do we really know who the audience is or do we have to worry? Who is responsible for the reality check -  artist, presenter or manager?  

             Venue: Palais des Festivals, Auditorium A

16.00 – 16.30 : Conversation with Jan Sikorski, The Agency, and Jeffrey D. Vanderveen,

 Universal Music Classical Management & Productions

             Moderator: Atholl Swainston-Harrison, Chief Executive, IAMA (UK)

Management of artists is reinventing itself across all music genres - from classical to pop music - so what does it take to succeed today? What should music managers  & agents wake up to, taking into account the evolutions of the music industry as a whole? Which skills do they need to embrace to serve their artists at best? Two respected captains of industry unveil their respective opinion on questions we are critical to understand what future managers have to look like.