Continuing the conversation on a recurring, but ever so necessary, topic
We are still a long way from a representative and inclusive music industry. But what is actually happening in the Nordic countries and how do we benefit from each other?
In the panel:
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Sofie Holst Hansen works at Tempi within the field of sustainable development. Her heart beats for creating a more intersectional industry including mental health.
As a project manager for the Danish initiative Kunst & Kultur i Balance (The balance of Art and Culture) she has a lot of experience of how to start the work and make the changes.
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Founder, Killer Inc
After working many years with publishing/sync, PR and Head of PR in major record labels and festivals, Inger started Killer Inc in 2011 focusing on PR and marketing for Norwegian and international artists and festivals within all genres. Now also with booking, mentoring, workshops, project management, board member for ex: Lux Boreal, Global Music Match and Ex.tra!
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Managing Director and Head of international promotion at Musikcentrum Öst/Sweden, a non-profit multi-genre agency and network for freelance musicians and bands under support of The Swedish Arts Council. Co-founder of the global gender balance initiative Keychange and co-lead of the present edition 2019-2024.
Keychange is a collaboration of 12 countries and the project covers three areas — career development project for female and non-binary artists, a pledge initiative for balanced programming and structures in festivals, music companies and organizations, and a campaign for political and structural gender balance in the global music industry.
Background as club organizer and musician from early eighties and on. BA in film studies followed by 20 years at The Swedish Film Institute, running distribution funds, head of cinema distribution and programming, acquisition of rights and project management. One of the founders of Sound of Stockholm, a festival for avant-garde and experimental music that both has been awarded the most gender equal festival in Northern Europe by the female composers of Sweden.