Dear SoH Festian
The 2023 Panel Discussions were free to attend and took place at Arter’s Auditorium in English. Festival Pass holders could join without prior subscription.
Moderator:
Ramin Sadighi
Founder and Director of Show Of Hands Festival
Founder and CEO of Hermes Records, Grammy nominated producer (2006), WOMEX Professional Excellence Award winner (2015), mentor in Arts Management at Columbia College Chicago (2007-2010), co-founder of “Culture & Music” magazine.
Panelists:
Simon Broughton England
Freelance Writer and Filmmaker
Editor in Chief of Songlines Magazine, Co-Editor of Rough Guide to World Music Book, Highlight Documentaries: Brundibar! (1995), The Music of Terezin (1994), Sufi Soul (2005), Sacred Music “Gorecki & Paert” (2008)
Björn Meyer Sweden
Musician and Bass Player
Co-Founder of Bazaarpool Music Network and Label, Co-Founder of Bazar Blå,
Swiss Music Prize winner (2019)
Wolfert Brederode the Netherlands
Musician and Pianist
Teacher at Royal Conservatory in the Hague and Fontys University in Tilburg (Netherlands), Edison Jazz Award winner (2016)
Tansu Özyurt Turkey
Record Label Manager
Former label manager at A.K. Müzik & Opus 3a
Panelists:
Lalin Akalan Turkey
Founder and CEO of xtopia
Technology curator of Sonar Festival (Istanbul edition)
Founder of Digilogue arts tech platform (Zorlu performing arts center)
Kerim Selçuk Turkey
Record producer
Co-founder and Managing Partner of A.K. Müzik Production, founder and MD of Kara Müzik Publishing,
co-founder of Association to Conserve Pioneering Art
Bijan Pasban Hazrat Iran
Music NFT analyst
Executive producer (Hermes Records), co-founder and coach at EDUCO
Panelists:
Melih Fereli Turkey
Founding Director of Arter
Art and culture consultant of Vehbi Koç Foundation, lecturer at the Center for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM), general manager of Istanbul Foundation for Culture & Arts (1993-2001), board of directors member of Philharmonia Chorus, London (1985-1992)
Francesco Martinelli Italy
Jazz historian, Concert promoter, Journalist
Teacher at Siena Jazz University, author of the book “History of European Jazz”, director of “Arrigo Polillo” Jazz Center Studies co-organizer of Pisa International Jazz Festival (1976-1982)
Nik Bärtsch Switzerland
Musician, Pianist and Producer
Founder of Ronin Rhythm Records and MONTAGS Music Dojo, Founder of Ronin and Mobile ensembles, Author of “Listening: Music – Movement – Mind”, Swiss Music Prize winner (2016), Recipient of the Art Prize of the City of Zurich (2019)
Klaus Gesing Germany
Musician and Woodwinds player
Teacher at Conservatorio Giuseppe Tartini in Trieste (Italy), Grammy nomination with Norma Winston Trio (2008), co-Founder of Amiira Trio