Sophie M. Rasmussen is Head of Administration at Institut for (X) in Aarhus. (X) has a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces for events and often hosts concerts. Institut for (X) is a culture and business platform for young designers, musicians, artists, entrepreneurs and craftsmen working side by side. Since 2009, the institute has been located in and around a former customs building in central Aarhus, Denmark. The various more or less temporary buildings in the area house workshops and office facilities created by initiatives of all sorts representing approximately 90 projects, 50 businesses and 35 associations. Come and hear Sophie talk about Institut for (X) and about her self!
Digital Open Venue
Här är ett urval av åRets Digital Open Venue talks.
Anna is the founder of Sleeve, a startup built to empower active, working musicians by making it seamless to monetize their craft and strengthen their connection with fans. Anna is presenting her self and the platform!
Sean-Poul de Fré Gress is a cultural entrepreneur and agent who has spent the past 15+ years building bridges across music scenes in Denmark, the Nordics, and internationally. As founder of Bellerose agency, he manages and books artists with a focus on both artistic growth and longterm career sustainability.
Jan Monahazian is the founder of an music project called Jazz Pilots! If you are interested in new forms of teaching free form/improvisational music for people of all ages. Jan and Musikcentrum Syd are looking for you to take this project to Sweden! Maybe you are are the project partner Jan is looking for!
Copenhagen and Denmark have some emerging talent in the music business. Independent agents as Sacha Kjøller from Kant agency. KANT is a feminist, ambitious, Nordic music agency that deals with music outside of categories, with a focus on Nordic jazz, folk and contemporary music.
Tanya Korenika is an emerging key player in the alternative music scene, running UCE Agency and a queer venue in Tallinn, Estonia. She promotes bands, gender equality and collaboration among artists, emphasizing personal connections in touring. The Baltic music market, with 5 to 6 million people, offers significant opportunities, especially with trends favoring large shows. Funding for cross-cultural projects and platforms like Tallinn Music Week support local musicians and international music business community in connecting and performing.
Meet three agents of change and cultural workers in Ukraine:
ALONA DMUKHOVSKA, Co-founder of Music Export Ukraine
Alona works in the music industry for almost a decade. Starting as a volunteer for the music festival she soon grew to the position of program director taking care of 100+ acts performing the biggest festival stages in Ukraine. She believes in the power of education and networking having done the music exchange projects in Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and even in the Middle East (Kyrgyzstan, hello!).
ANTON SHIFERSON - Crisis Management In Culture - Underground Electronic Label’s Perspective.
Anton is a post-industrial musician (Ship Her Son); A graphic and sleeve designer; The head of a digital department in IT; An event co-organizer; Responsible person for distribution at the electronic label Dnipropop.
MARICHKA CHICHKOVA - UKRAINIAN WORLD OF CULTURE - ON THE EXAMPLE OF A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPECIES CULTURE CREATURE
Marichka is a musician, composer, culture manager, head of an NGO that provides Local cultural support. Shes talks about how she manages to be a cultural creative in times of war and how she and her peers organizes a big out door city festival in Lviv each year!
JAZZ TRAIN to MALMÖ & COPENHAGEN!
DIGITAL OPEN VENUE: Meet Anna Lidell from Sleeve.fm
Anna is the founder of Sleeve, a startup built to empower active, working musicians by making it seamless to monetize their craft and strengthen their connection with fans. Today Anna is presenting her self and the platform! Join in for an interesting meet and a Q& A session as well! OPEN FOR ALL! RSVP NOW!
Meet Sean-Poul De Fré Gress from Bellerose agency
DIGITAL OPEN VENUE MEET
On the 6/10 at lunchtime 12.00 CET! Sean-Poul will give a talk about his background and his current doings as a booking agent and social mover shaker in various projects. Sean-Poul is an innovative open mind in a music business that is built on traditional foundations & infrastructure. Join in on a digital meet and take the chance to grow your network and ask a few questions.
MEET JAN MONAHAZIAN FROM DEUTSCHE JAZZ UNION AND JAZZ PILOTS
Digital Open Venue!
In 2025, the Jazzpilots of German Jazzunion and Jan Monazahian successfully held a six months workshop series about music mediation and forms of musical community building - the Jazzpilot.Campus. Participants learned about planning and organizing their own mediation project, how to apply for funding, how to establish personal and communal value, and of course, how to create engaging projects. Join in and ask questions!
ONLINE FILM & MUSIC NETWORK MEET
Digital Open Venue - Meet Tanya Korenika at UCE agency - Touring in Baltikum and abroad
DIGITAL OPEN VENUE -Ukraine in focus - Touring in Ukraine in 2025!
Crowdfunding och Patreon grupp i vår!
Crowdunding workshop with Marcus Bader from Musikcentrum Syd. Quite a few of Musikcentrum Syd members have pulled through some succesful crowdfunding and Patreon projects. In this peer-to-peer group we talk about the whole process and gives tips and tricks to manage your campaign! We also try and inspire and help each other with joint marketing etc. RSVP!
WAKE UP, PIXIE! Online morning Yoga for Musicians and Creatives
ONLINE MORNING YOGA EVERY FRIDAY IN MARCH! I have a very lazy dog named Pixie, who I have to drag out every morning. As a freelancing musician and creative, I've always struggled to establish a consistent morning routine. I’m also prone to laziness and find it hard to stick to regular practices. That’s why I decided to become a yoga teacher—if I’m the teacher, I can’t skip class! Last year I started to offer online morning yoga that’s called WAKE UP PIXIE and now I hope you would like to try it to. It has really helped me to stress down, become more flexible and creative. OPEN FOR EVERYONE BUT PLEASE RSVP!
DIGITAL OPEN VENUE - MEET Love Kjellsson, folk musician - Circus Hialös, Knekke Greine and China as an expanding markets
Måndag, den 10 mars kl: 18.00 på DIGITAL OPEN VENUE - Love Kjellsson shares experiences from touring in China, focusing on performances that combine traditional music and circus elements. He talks about the expanding cultural market and their online discovery for opportunities in China with European artists. Limited seats so RSVP!
DIGITAL OPEN VENUE - " NORDIC VOICE" ANNA FÄLT
Måndag, den 3 mars kl: 18.00-19.00 ca - Do you want to learn about how ANNA FÄLT managed to tour in New Zeeland? Come and hear her talk and ask Anna questions. After the Q&A session we will run a speed meeting session with the attendees. This to build and/or expand your international network! Limited seats so RSVP!
INBJUDAN TILL Q&A OM MUSIKCENTRUM SYD "RECORD LABEL"!
19/2 kl: 15.00! Vill du vara med och bidra till att det skapas något nytt för Musikcentrum Syds medlemmar? Häng med på en timmes långt Q&A med Musikcentrum Syd och bli en del av något.. ganska nytt! EN MEDLEMSDRIVET SKIVETIKETT FÖR ETT FRITT OCH MÅNGFALDIGT MUSIKLANDSKAP! Så kanske vår slogan ska låta? Kom och lär dig mer om hur vi tänkt eller inte tänkt.. Begränsat antal platser så OSA!
DIGITAL OPEN VENUE - Fråga musikjuristen Andreas Wendén
Fika with an artist sessions på Scania Sounds!
Fika is back with two sessions at the Swedish, Malmö located new showcase festival Scanian Sounds. On Thursday the 14/11 at 15.00 CET Anna Aloka Dj and event organizer etc from Ukraine and at 16.00 CET Chandrani from Bengal (Indian) folkfusion band KROSSWINDZ will be seated in front of their laptops ready to meet with Scania Sounds participants from southern Sweden!
Digitala speed meetings på Scania Sounds!
Scania Sounds, Musikcentrum Syd and Baltic Artists in Development partners up with two online speed meeting sessions during the Scania Sounds B2B networking hours. Sit anywhere in the world and meet with participants at the Scania Sounds showcase festival. Start or grow your own network in the independent music world!
Ny video på Musikcentrum Kunskapsbanken - Att skriva projektansökan - Med Astrid Selling
Ny video på Musikcentrum Kunskapsbanken!
Astrid Selling är folkmusiker, teatermusikkompositör och erfaren projektledare, både för nationella och internationella projekt. Hon är också verksamhetsledare för Musikcentrum Syd. Astrid kommer att vägleda dig genom processen att skriva ansökningar utifrån sitt perspektiv.
Ny video på Musikcentrum Kunskapsbanken - Patreon för musiker!
WORKSHOP: Managing time in creative collaborations - Christina Luthy from Lund University
Workshop with Christina Lüthy, Postdoc, from Lund University Time is a precious resource in creative collaborations. Hopes, expectations and uncertainties regarding how time should be invested intensify the experience of time and can lead to tensions and struggles that affect the collaborative process. Begränsat antal platser. Anmäl dig!






















