The international music market, which will be held in October, announces more than 50 international guests and more than 1,000 musical proposals for its first edition.
This new meeting of the music industry aspires to become, from its first edition, a strategic meeting point between the Spanish music industry and the main professionals in the sector at a global level.
Radar Madridwhich will be held from October 19 to 21 at the Movistar Arena, has already revealed more than 50 of the 100 international professionals who have confirmed their attendance. These are industry players from sectors such as festivals, agencies, music supervisors, publishers, distributors, cultural institutions and leading companies from Europe, Asia, Latin America and the United States. Representatives from Coachella, Glastonbury, Sziget, SummerStage, Colors of Ostrava, Montreux Jazz Festival, Lollapalooza Argentina, LatinoLife, Oslo World, Vive Latino, OCESA, WME, and Spotify USA join the guests already announced for its first edition.
Among the new confirmations are Henry Huerta, Head of Artist Hiring at Goldenvoice, the company that promotes festivals such as Coachella and Stagecoachresponsible for programming at the Roxy Theater and the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles, while working closely with the company’s festival artist booking teams. They will also participate:
Lisa Nasta, from Green Futures Field at Glastonbury.
Márk Bóna, from Sziget Festival.
Erika Elliott, of SummerStage and the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival.
Filip Košťálek, from Colors of Ostrava.
Alexandra Archetti Stølen, Oslo World.
David Torreblanca, from the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Ruth Koleva, from Sofia Live Festival / So Alive
Pilar Collado, from DF Entertainment / Lollapalooza Argentina
Reference programmers will also participate:
Rafael Mariño, from the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Claudia Yannick, from Vive Latino-OCESA.
Catalina Amador, from Páramo Presenta and Isla Presenta.
Carlos Seixas, from the FMM Sines festival.
Annika Antwi, from FKO Scorpio.
WME’s Jacob Fox.
Laura Quinlan, Rhythm Foundation.
Paula Abreu, from Princeton University.
Alejandro García, from UNFIT / Made With Pencil Crayons.
Alessandro Sforza, from Gotobeat.
José Luis, from LatinoLife.
Marie Fol, cultural mobility advocate and advisor.
The response from the sector has been equally extraordinary in the artistic call. More than 1,000 musical proposals have been received from all over Spain to participate in its more than 25 official showcases, a figure that reflects the great interest that its first edition has generated.
One of the main axes of Radar Madrid It will be dedicated to song and musical synchronization, with specific programming aimed at composers, publishers and artists interested in developing their careers in international markets.
The day will bring together more than twenty music supervisors and synchronization agents, responsible for projects for platforms and companies such as Netflix, HBO, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime Video, BBC or Sky TV, who will share their vision of the audiovisual market and how to establish relationships with the international industry.
