Meet them and listen FOR FREE with 200 delegates from 11 countries in the three-day conference program of the KONTAKT conference, showcase, and festival. Additionally, 26 music performers at 5 locations in Belgrade promise an unforgettable experience at the country’s most significant music conference.<\/p>\n
Organized by the production house “Kontakt Conference,” the promotion company Odli\u010dan Hr\u010dak, and the Center of Belgrade Festivals – CEBEF, with the support of the British Council and under the auspices of the City of Belgrade, the new edition of the Kontakt conference, showcase, and festival awaits us from March 21 to March 24. For the eighth year in a row, Belgrade becomes the central and indispensable meeting point for music professionals, not only from the region but from all over the world, and the concert audience enjoys exclusive music content.<\/strong><\/p>\n Proof of this is the never higher attendance of delegates at program themes that connect music scenes, cities, and countries, actively helping in exporting local performers, as well as improving the quality of club and festival scenes.<\/p>\n In its mission, Kontakt makes no distinction between big and small protagonists, actively working on connecting individuals and institutions, academic and entrepreneurial scenes, the non-governmental and public sectors.<\/strong><\/p>\n The main goal of Kontakt is professional socializing, learning, and networking of members of the music scene from the countries of the former Yugoslavia, whose music ecosystem is thematized as a common business and cultural space and introduced into global cultural and market flows.<\/p>\n This year, thanks to a partnership with the British Council, leading global agencies will participate in Kontakt as our main conference, which deals with the advancement of creative industries in Serbia and the region.<\/p>\n Representatives of the world’s largest agencies – United Talent Agency (UTA), Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and William Morris Agency (WMA), will discuss their views on our market, our country, share their experiences in collaborating with cultural workers from our area, but also about the difficulties of bringing big global names to our geographical latitudes and longitudes.<\/p>\n This year, the Kontakt conference can boast nearly 200 delegates, including names like: Modern music production and contemporary trends, women’s entrepreneurship, functioning of the non-governmental sector and public institutions, introducing new music professionals into business flows, EX-YU time travel through records and stories – are just some of the conference themes of the eighth Kontakt.<\/p>\n
\n– Chris Tofu<\/strong> – one of the leading people in the British festival scene, who participates in the organization of dozens of festivals throughout the year, and who received recognition from British Queen Elizabeth II for his dedication in this area;
\n– Malcolm Haynes<\/strong> – Banksy’s best friend, who has participated in numerous of his projects, and before that, in building the widely famous Bristol music scene,
\n– Grant Marshall<\/strong>, better known as Daddy G, founder of Massive Attack, as well as
\n– Gordon Mason, Carlos Abreu, Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt, Tor Breon,<\/strong> along with numerous directors and representatives of important institutions; promoters, booking and PR agents, and other key figures of the regional and European music scene.<\/p>\n