As part of the Music Ambassador program, we commission Berlin-based players in the music industry to present Berlin as a location for business both inland and abroad to establish sustainable networks. Until March 2024 there was the possibility to apply as a Music Ambassador*in at the Berlin Music Commission (BMC) and after acceptance to receive a part of the travel expenses for the project period mid August, 1st 2024 to November 30th, 2024. The Travel Grant Program was announced for the eighth time in 2023. The ambassadors were selected by the jury, which was composed as follows: Evyonne Muhuri (Makakali), Ima Johnen (Musikwissenschaftlerin & Transformationsdesignerin), Karin Mueller (MA Music Academy Berlin)
The following 12 individuals will receive a travel grant between August 2024 and November 2024.:
- The following 12 people will receive a travel grant between August 2024 and November 2024:
- Remaclus Schuurbiers (CTM-Fesival & DISK-Agency)
- Ilgaz Yalcinoglu (Kudur, BT ARTS) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Melbourne/Sydney/Canberra/Hobart, Australia / Now or Never Festival
- Matthias Jung (Landesmusikakademie Berlin), Utrecht (NL) and Oxford (UK) / NIMEUtrecht (New Interfaces for Musical Expression) and AIMC Oxford (International Conference on AI and Musical Creativity)
- Steffi von Kannemann (Better Things) – Montreal, Canada / Pop Montreal
Denis Granan (Fluctua Records) – Lisbon, Portugal / MIL Festival - Arielle Fischer (Endel Sound GmbH) – Amsterdam, Netherlands / Amsterdam Dance Event
- Kathleen Kinzel (hopkinz.Management & Marketing ||| Lime Caviar Music) – Tokyo, Japan / Tokyo International Music Market (TIMM), Osaka
- Jacqueline Strempel (Malavidamusic, Carnations and Chocolates Festival) – Manchester/UK / WOMEX
- Mariane Michel (Urban Trout Records, CultSup) – Manchester, UK/ WOMEX
- Miguel Buenrostro (Cosmoaudiciones, Artistic Director) – Manchester, UK / WOMEX
- Mauricio Lizarazo Prada (Pachamama Culture) / Mexico City, Mexico / WOMEX
- Alexander Roland Lieber (Nativo UG) – La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Kerstin Mayer (Funding advice) – Kigali, Rwanda / ACCES Music In Africa Conference
- Richard Akingbehin (Refuge Worldwide) – Tbilisi, Georgia
The project promotes the international networking of Berlin’s players and strengthens the internationalization of Berlin’s music industry as a whole. It helps individual players as well as small and medium-sized enterprises to establish contacts in the international music business and thus promotes their growth into healthy economic enterprises with high sustainability. A Music Ambassador has the task of representing Berlin as a music location. The program is specifically aimed at projects that generate coordinated knowledge and experience transfer between Berlin and other music locations and promote networking with other music locations. One focus is on network exchange and cooperation between music networks. Preference will be given to joint projects, joint conference projects and delegation trips. Activities for the initiation and preparation of such projects would also be recognized.