It is the Holiday season and there’s nothing like sitting back and reflecting on what the previous year has brought us. It’s been a year since the Austrian Music Export officially launched, and what a year it has been. Between constant concert showcases, B2B events, conferences, workshops, and more, the Austrian Music Export has had a rather successful first year and doesn’t seem to show any signs of stopping.
Fortunately for us there has been a keen interest in music in and from Austria. Particularly gratifying is the fact that local artists were able to draw a lot of international attention to themselves and celebrate significant successes in this year, for example, the young Austrian band Elektro Guzzi, who was awarded with the international “European Border Breakers Award” (EBBA) in January.
The attendance of various festivals and events has been excellent and exceeded our expectations. Among many highlights of the year, the Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference was able to draw a very positive balance. True to the motto “East meets West”, the festival was not only able to present a top-notch music and conference program, but also achieved a peak attendance with 10,800 visitors.
Follow this link to see all Austrian Music Export activities in 2012
As the new year approaches, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued partnership, trust and support. It is peers like you who make our jobs a pleasure and keep our initiative successful.
We would especially like to thank:
…our funding and project partners: the Austrian Cultural Fora, Advantage Austria and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, the Austrian Collecting Societies AKM/GFÖM, austro mechana/SKE, LSG, IFPI Austria, ÖSTIG, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture, the City of Vienna Municipal Department 7 – Cultural Affairs and the ORF.
..our festival partners: MIDEM, Reeperbahn Festival, Berlin Music Week, Europavox, Primavera Festival, Warsaw Music Week, European Music Fair Warsaw, Eurosonic Festival, Tallinn Music Week, m4music, SXSW, Jazzahead, Europavox, Spot Festival, ℅ Pop, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Moving Sounds New York, Iceland Airwaves, MaMA, Womex, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Glimps, Slovenian Music Week, Popfest Wien and Waves Vienna Festival
…export offices and music organisations abroad: Swiss Music Export, bureauexport (F), Adam Mickiewicz Institute (PL) and Poland Music Export, MXD (DK), Music:LX (L), Music Export Canada, Initiative Musik (D), the European Music Office and the International Association of Music Information Centres.
And last, but definitely not least: A big thank you to all our dearest artists and labels in Austria! May your holiday season and the new year be filled with much joy, love and success! We look forward to working with you in the coming year and hope to continue and strengthen our relationships for many years to come.