In January 2017, Portugal will be the Country Focus at Europe’s biggest professional conference and showcase festival: Eurosonic Noorderslag.
The musical programme of Eurosonic 2017 will therefore feature an exponentially higher presentation of Portuguese artists, who will have the opportunity to showcase their new music before an audience of over 4.000 music industry professionals, including booking agents, 400 festivals and other first-rank music professionals potentiating the circulation and internationalization of new European artists.
At the invitation of WHY Portugal, Portugal’s new music exchange platform, three of the main projects leads from Eurosonic will be present at this exclusive press conference: Robert Meijerink, Ruud Berends and Peter Smidt will be key participants at the press conference that intergrates the NOS Primavera Sound programme in Porto, next Saturday 11th of June, at 15:00.
This Eurosonic Noorderslag presentation proposes the following:
:: To gather several representatives from the Portuguese music business to inform on the general importance of the Eurosonic festival in the panorama of presenting and breaking new European musical artists;
:: To highlight to the Portuguese industry, guests, partners and media the advantages and relevance of a Country Focus feature such as the Portugal 2017 country focus, at an event of this stature and magnitude;
:: To inform on some of the best practices and ways through which Portuguese professionals and festivals can usefully extract value from the Eurosonic Noorderslag conference at the networking meetings, receptions and conferences that take place at Groningen’s Oosterport, as well as clarify any doubts with regards to this important aspect;
At the end of the session, WHY Portugal and Eurosonic Noorderslag officials will remain available for individual interviews regarding the presentations.
About Eurosonic:
Eurosonic Noorderslag takes place every year in the northeastern city of Groningen and celebrated its 30th edition this year. Over 4000 music industry professionals, 340 showcasing artists, Dutch and European, participate in a showcase conference event with over 175 panels and conferences.
It is the starting point for debating the state of the industry, as well as the main entry point for making useful business contacts in the European music business, touring, festivals, live music, media and startups. Over the years it has become the main springboard for launching new artists careers by European artists from all over Europe.
www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/news/festival/article/focus-op-portugal/
About WHY Portugal:
The WHY Portugal music exchange platform is an online directory featuring new Portuguese artists looking to internationalize their careers, as well as an online tool mapping out the Portuguese music industry: live music and recorded music, services, and other professional categories can be found on the platform – as well as key Portuguese music startups.
WHY Portugal shall potentiate b2b contacts between the national and international music industries, as well as celebrate protocols with key music events so as to provide windows of internationalization for Portuguese artists and the professionals who represent them.
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk