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Contact: Julia Krüger Contact: Nadja Clarus Tel +49 30 46302-326 Tel: +49 30 9013 8477 [email protected] [email protected] Companies Around 1,450 companies with about 13,300 employees Ableton and a turnover of about 1.9 billion euros p.a. ALV Digital Ask Helmut Headquarters of Universal Music Deutschland, Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG), Audio Palace Euro Arts, Sony / ATV Music Publishing and Viacom International Media Networks Beatport Bellevue Instruments Creative music scene as a driving force for the music industry Bitwig with innovative start-ups such as Idagio, Endel Sound and Skoove Blackbox Music Boiler Room Closely integrated music and technology scenes with companies DEAG such as Ableton, Native Instruments, MAGIX and Holoplot Details Dubplates und Mastering 250 venues and clubs, 10 renowned orchestras, 2 concert halls, Endel Sound 4 opera houses, 100 classical ensembles and 880 choirs, EuroArts Music 1,000 rock/pop bands, 1,000 jazz musicians and 1,200 DJs FluxFM framed immersive projects Music Hack Day Initiator Eric Eitel and the winning The Berliner Philharmoniker orchestra live Gemma Ray @ Hamburg × Berlin Music & Inter- “Capital of Talent”: approximately 3,200 students with a focus on music get a gig team invited to the Deutsche Telekom stand at IFA active Night – SXSW showcase 2018 as well as over 40.000 pupils attending 155 music schools Gigmit grammofy HearDis Heckmann Audio Hörstmann Unternehmensgruppe For classical music fans, the annual Berliner Festivals | Trade Fairs | Awards Holoplot Berlin, the capital » Berlin is the perfect mix of tech, » Four wonderful opera houses, Berlin Festival Idagio of the music industry creative and the disruptive “blow Philharmoniker Waldbühne concerts and the world-famous symphony orches- Classic Open Air IRRUPT Around 1,450 companies with about 13,300 your mind” scene. It is a very at- West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are the high- tras such as the Berliner Philhar- Club Transmediale Lizzy Berlin employees have their headquarters on the tractive location for us, also to find lights of Berlin’s summer cultural calendar. moniker and our Staatskapelle Deutscher Orchestertag talents and build networks. « Berlin not to mention many other Lofelt Fête de la Musique River Spree and generate a turnover of about Then there’s the Classic Open Air at Gendar- renowned orchestras, ensembles Magix Hanns-Eisler-Preis 1.9 billion euros per year. Nowhere else in Roman Sick menmarkt, Musikfest Berlin and the Young and choirs from baroque to con- M3C Systemtechnik JazzFest Berlin Germany do more people make a living from CEO Holoplot GmbH Euro Classic festival, to which the best youth temporary music – where else does Melodrive KulturInvest! music and form an international uniquely orchestras in the world are invited. For jazz that exist? It’s hard to find a match to Berlin’s exciting Mimi Hearing Technologies and varied music scene! « Listen to Berlin Award MNTN diverse music scene. The mixture of classical lovers, there is “Jazz in Town” and “Jazzfest Lollapalooza MOD Devices and popular music, small businesses and Berlin”. Jürgen Flimm Loop Nagual Sounds large multinationals, music/cultural insti- Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden MaerzMusik Native Instruments tutes and newcomers has made the city one Berlin also offers music fans a series of regu- Mobile Music in the making Noisy Musicworld A city with a beat Most Wanted Music / Hybrid Music Lab Reasonate of the most central music hubs in Europe. Creatively, Berlin is also on an international larly recurring major events that radiate far Music Hack Day Recordjet Successful music companies such as the level. This applies to classical music with in- beyond the city limits, including Fête de la Musikfest Berlin Shazam market leader Universal Music Deutschland, ternationally leading symphony orchestras Musique and festivals such as club trans- New Music Award Skoove the concert organizers Deutsche Entertain- such as the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Ber- mediale and Lollapalooza. On behalf of the Senate Administration, Open Air Classic Sommer Soundbrenner ment AG and the fourth-largest music pub- liner Philharmoniker, eight other renowned the Berlin Music Commission connects the Pop-Kultur SoundCloud Red Bull Music Academy Spinnup lisher in the world BMG Rights Management orchestras, three internationally recognized city’s music industry and offers advice and re:publica Spotify can be found here. Software manufacturers opera houses and numerous ensembles and Musicboard, Associations coaching on various topics through his Stadt nach acht Upchord such as MAGIX, Native Instruments and Ab- choirs. But the other side of Berlin’s music and Networks Com-petence Center. The digitization of the Tech Open Air (TOA) Viacom International MediaNetworks leton supply cutting-edge solutions. Idagio scene also sets the tone. The city is a magnet Important music associations such as the industry will be discussed and communi- Ultraschall Berlin zplane development has joined other global streaming services for composers, musicians and DJs from all Bundesverband der Musikindustrie and the cated on the Most Wanted Music in work- We make Waves Young Euro Classic like Shazam, SoundCloud and Spotify along areas of music. The wide range of profes- Verband unabhängiger Musikunternehmen shops, panels and talks. With more than

Labels | Publishers the river Spree. Startups like Endel Sound, sional recording studios makes Berlin the (VUT) have their headquarters in Berlin. In 1,000 participants, over 70 individual events Initiatives | Associations !K7 Holoplot, Melodrive and Mimi Hearing Tech- ideal production location and its proximity 2013, the Berlin Senate created the Music- and 130 speakers, as well as the listen Berlin Music Commission BMG Rights Management nologies provide innovative impulses, con- to the many music events allows companies board, the first of its kind in the country. to Berlin Award, it is the capital’s largest Bundesverband der Musikindustrie e. V. Bosworth Music nect various industries and integrate new to adopt trends quickly. The ease of access The goal of the Musicboard is to actively networking event. The Federal Association Bundesverband Musiktechnologie Bpitch Control Deutschland e. V. City Slang technologies. to the scene makes the discovery and mar- support Berlin’s pop music scene and of Music Technology Germany is also at Bundesvereinigung Embassy of Music keting of new artists easier. Plus it has an strengthen its cultural and economic appeal home in Berlin. der Musikveranstalter e. V. Keinemusik internationally celebrated club scene. The beyond the city limits. Clubcommission Berlin Kitty-Yo Deutsche Gesellschaft für elektro- » Berlin is creative and dynamic Berlin Clubcommission, an association of Project Future, the Berlin state initiative to akustische Musik e. V. (DEGEM) Meisel Musikverlage and its large network of hungry Berlin’s club operators, already has more support the growth areas of ICT, media and Deutscher Musikverleger- Melodyfarm entrepreneurs provide the ideal than 140 members alone; it is estimated the creative industries, also pursues the verband e. V. (DMV) Modeselektor/Monkeytown Records » As ever, Berlin is one of the most conditions for founders. There are that a total of up to 400 clubs in Berlin com- objective to intensify interaction within the Die Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Motor Entertainment numerous founder events and a exciting places for creative minds Leistungsschutzrechten mbH (GVL) Nucleus genuine start-up scene in certain pete to win the public’s favor. and especially for musicians and music scene and with other industries. Club- Digital Musician OstGut Ton parts of the city. « the young music industry to invest, commission Berlin has been both the mouth- DO!School network and experience music. « Oxygen Sound Studios piece of the Berlin club scene since 2000 and Funkhaus Berlin/ MONOM Piranha Frank Briegmann Katja Lucker supports its members through industry- GEMA Generaldirektion Berlin Rolf Budde Musikverlag CEO Universal Music Deutschland Events, Festivals and Awards Head of Musicboard Berlin GmbH Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Sony /ATV Music Publishing Berlin is the city with the most diverse con- specific training, consulting, public relations Urheberrechtsverletzungen e. V. (GVU) Teldex Studio Berlin, cert and event offering in Germany. Musical and networking. The goal of Initiative Musik, Initiative Musik gGmbH Traumton Records events in every imaginable music genre an institute funded by the Federal Govern- Musicboard Berlin GmbH Tresor Records shape the cultural life of the capital city. In- ment for the music industry in Germany, is Music Pool Berlin TRIXX Studios ternational stars appear daily in the city, but to promote up-and-coming musicians, inte- Netzwerk tAPP Universal Music Projekt Zukunft Warner Music Group Berlin also provides countless young up- grate people with a migrant background and Sound of Berlin (SOB) andcoming musicians with an audience and promote German music abroad. The Venue Berlin places to demonstrate their skills. Verband unabhängiger Musik- unternehmen (VUT)