Who are the EMC Fellows?

Aleksandra Bajde is a Slovenian composer-performer with a background in social sciences.  She has studied and acquired professional experience in different European countries. She is currently in charge of communication, organising projects, and fundraising at the Austrian Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music and is also pursuing a doctoral degree in political science with a focus on EU cultural diplomacy.

"Working in an international environment with a special focus on the future of European music, EU cultural policy and musical heritage is of the utmost importance to me. I believe that the EMC Fellowship Programme provides precisely such an environment, in which I can optimally combine and apply the knowledge and experience from my musical and political/sociological background. I think that exchange of ideas and expertise with other fellows and professionals will pave the way for new perspectives and lead to far-reaching results. I am grateful to have been chosen for this Fellowship Programme, and I look forward to this valuable new professional experience!"

Anete Goldmane is currently working as a producers assistant and project manager at Cēsis Concert hall which is one of 4 regional concert halls in Latvia. In her daily work the most interesting part is linked with international collaborations and implementation of new projects.

"I expect that EMC Fellowship program would be a great networking opportunity and chance to learn from international colleagues. I find its given opportunities very essential in my future professional life."

Sari Löytynoja is a Cultural Producer and at the moment she’s working at Helsinki Festival, which is the largest arts festival in the Nordic countries, organised annually in late summer. Since January 2020 she has been the Youth Representative and president of the FMC Youth working group of the Finnish Music Council. In addition to this she’s working also an Event Producer at the Finnish Musicians’ Union, which gives to her another point of view in the music field. Her interests in the music field are the musicians’ rights, freedom of expression and equality.

“I’m very glad to be a member of this group and looking forward to discuss important topics related to music business and contact with people with the same aims!”

Guillermo Rodríguez is a young pianist from Spain. After studying for 4 years in Krakow and two in Germany, he continues his studies at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Brussels. He is Co-founder of the Spanish National Federation of Music Students where he acted as Vice president and Team Manager. His involvement in issues such as the enhancement of artistic education, musical diversity or raising the voice of musicians from Eastern Europe led him to participate in conferences at a national and international level.

"The Fellowship Programme  seems the perfect opportunity to widen horizons through interaction with my peers from different fields. I look forward to learn from their different visions and perspectives in order to have a fruitful impact and enrich the different discussions and panels we would take part in."

Daniël de Keizer (1985) is music promotor/ programmer at Flemish Arts Centre De Brakke Grond, a networking organisation and venue for Flemish arts in Amsterdam. Here he works with festival, venue and media partners to promote up-and-coming Flemish artists and help build their careers. Alongside his role at De Brakke Grond, Daniël founded the music consulting company Eighty5ive where he consults and coaches artists and organisations, handles PR, manages artists and is an agent for Dutch artists such as Joya Mooi and Gita Buhari. Previous to his job as a programmer, he worked in marketing roles for Paradiso and HipHopHuis in Rotterdam.

Andrea Voets (1989) is the artistic director of Resonate Productions: the world's only organisation for musical journalism. She makes documentary-concerts on emotional blinds spots in society. Since 2018, she does this at De Balie : the leading Dutch house for debate. In Wings & Roots -shaping identity between cultures- (2019), 4 musicians hold 12 nationalities are in session with a trans-cultural psychiatrist on what it means “when you always relate and never belong”. While We Live -a compass to connection- (2020) shows a social roadtrip through Greece, that offers ways out of the fundamental crisis of loneliness in many societies.
 Andrea is a harpist and teaches her own course of practical music philosophy at the Hanns Eisler conservatory in Berlin.She divides her time between the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Greece.

"As an inter-cultural European, this diverse continent is my home. I constantly need different (cultural) perspectives around me to feel comfortable and challenged. I feel there is a lot of need for reflection in the musical field, that goes deeper than the solving the symptomatic problems of audience-reach and a lack of funding. Identifying structural problems (the blind spots) that transcend all borders, is what I enjoy most. Good conversations and time together are indispensable to that: that's why I am really looking forward to being a Fellow."