Radar Madrid announces its first international guests for next October. More than a hundred international professionals will pass through there. At the same time, it expands its call for artists.
A few weeks ago the birth of Radar Madrid was announced, a new music market whose main purpose is to internationalize Spanish talent and do so with the support of institutions and all agents of the cultural fabric. It will take place throughout the October 19, 20 and 21 at the Movistar Arena in Madrid
Charco, in collaboration with the Community of Madrid, has launched Radar Madrid, a new international music market designed to promote the projection of Spanish talent, connect the local industry with the global ecosystem and consolidate Madrid as a strategic reference within the Ibero-American and European music circuit. More than one hundred international professionals will attend (Europe, Latin America, Asia and Canada) and representatives from the United States, a country that will be the special guest of this first edition.
Within the framework of this launch, the opening of the call for artists for its showcase program was also announced, which will be held in La Sala del Movistar Arena. A unique opportunity to present your music live in front of a qualified audience of key professionals from the global music industry. And the best news is that The call is extended until June 30.
For three days, the meeting will offer a program designed to promote professional exchange and collaboration between actors in the sector, with a focus on the live and singing businesses. Aimed at promoting international opportunities, facilitating access to stages and festivals, developing new audiences and generating synchronization opportunities outside the Spanish market.
It will include panels, listening sessions, speed meetings, workshops, networking spaces and showcases of national artists, along with the participation of music supervisors, festivals, booking agents and promoters, among others, consolidating itself as a strategic platform for connecting Spanish talent and the global industry.
You can find the rules and the link to submit your musical project to the call in this same link.
Among the professionals who will attend, we will meet festival programmers, promoters, artistic hiring managers, cultural managers and leaders of large musical projects within the continent. Music supervisors who have worked on projects for Netflix, HBO, Apple TV+, Prime Video, BBC and more; professionals with music catalogs present in “Stranger Things” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”as well as members of the board of directors of the ASM Association for Music Supervision. Experts in film, television, trailers, documentaries and advertising, and specialists in music licensing.
Among the most notable additions is the keynote with Thomas Golubićone of the most influential music supervisors in the contemporary audiovisual industry. Music supervisor, record producer and DJ, Golubić has been nominated twice for the Grammy Awards and four times for the Emmy Awards for his work on productions such as “Breaking Bad”, “Better Call Saul” either “The Walking Dead”among many other film and television projects.
Other guests will be:
Enzo Massardo
Music supervisor and leader of the Education Commission of the Spanish-Speaking Music Supervision Association (ASM).
Jennifer Noya
Music supervisor and member of the board of directors of the Spanish-Speaking Music Supervision Association (ASM).
Mark Garfield
Founder and co-director of Pop-Up Music, an independent music sync agency.
Isaac Allaway
Award-winning music supervisor specializing in film and television trailer campaigns with Feel for Music and shapeSHIFT
Lena Obara
Music supervisor, musicologist and music editor with more than 20 years of international experience in film, television, advertising and radio.
Alexandra Archetti
CEO and director of Oslo World, one of the most important festivals and cultural organizations in Norway and a benchmark in cultural exchange and artistic mobility.
Benjamin Street
Founder of Wild Paths Festival, co-founder of Voodoo Daddy’s and member of the Shambala Festival programming team.
Elena Beltrami
Director of La Línea – The London Latin Music Festival and Como No Promotions, one of the main music promoters from Latin America, Spain and Portugal in the United Kingdom.
Arthur Vaccari
Specialist in artistic contracting and project management at OHA! Music, a live music agency based in Hamburg, where it works with emerging and established artists.
Lisa Branigan
Events manager, founding director of Re-Play Music CIC and production manager of Green Futures Field at Glastonbury, where she unites music, sustainability and social impact.
RADAR Madrid was born with the aim of consolidating itself as a strategic meeting point between artists, professionals and key agents of the international music industry. Its programming will include conferences, professional panels, networking sessions, sector meetings and showcases of national artists, designed to facilitate real collaborations and new opportunities for global development.
The meeting is structured around two main conceptual axes: Live as a driver of internationalization, with a day focused on the live industry, where attendees will be able to discover new markets, connect with buyers of international venues and festivals, and explore avenues of financing and subsidies that allow promoting the circulation of artistic projects outside of Spain.
The other main focus of this edition will be The song as a global asset, focused on the development of international audiences and opportunities for musical synchronization (sync). This space will allow you to delve deeper into the licensing processes, as well as connect with music supervisors, sync agents and professionals specialized in music placement in film, television, advertising and video games.
