Toni-Matti Karjalainen
Academic Research Fellow
Helsinki
“I see Universities as great contact networks and impartial embassies between different countries”
“Roundtables bring different people from different countries and industries together to talk, that is the beginning of every possibility.”
Cheung Fai
Founder/Chairman, Fever Cultural Group
Beijing
Enforcing the copyright laws is now starting to happen in China
Ed Peto
Music Market Specialist, Beijing
Nevin Domer
COO, Maybe Mars
Beijing
“Most people in Europe and in the US don’t know much about Asian bands – besides bands from Japan.”
“The jazz festival audience is a lot younger in Indonesia compared to Europe or the US.”
Paul Dankmeyer
Artistic Director
Jakarta
Pelle Lidell
A&R Manager
Stockholm
“You have to be one with your fans in order to succeed.”
“This is not just a collaboration between two singers, it's a collaboration between two cultures and two beautiful countries.”
Zhu Jing & Saara Aalto
China / Finland
Everyone is looking to bring their music abroad
Xavier Norindr
CEO, Crosslight Global Entertainment, France
Rob Schwartz
Billboard Magazine, Fusion For Peace Productions
Tokyo
Chung Shefong
Trees Music & Art
Taipei
“People don't often have the will to understand the others”
Building concepts is important in all parts of the creative industry
Bojan Boskovic
MAD, Belgrade
“A lot of the Chinese bands are new and different.”
Tobias Wälti
Miro China
Zürich
