Last month we hosted a number of international guests in Australia, building inbound programs based on awards, conferences and festivals that were happening around the country.
We started August with a series of workshops focused on the Indonesian music market. Partnering with YouTube Music, and with the support of the ASEAN-Australia Centre, we welcomed into the country Mikael Aldo, YouTube Music Lead For Indonesia, and Sun Eater Group Director Kukuh Arfianto. These workshops took place at AIR Indie-Con in Adelaide along with Sydney and Melbourne.
Shortly after we bid farewell to our friends from Indonesia, we took LA-based music supervisor Joel C. High from creative control to the NIMAs in Darwin, where he got to experience some of Australia’s best Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander talent. As well as the NIMAs, Joel met with industry and artists in Darwin, Sydney and Melbourne, where he also attended the opening of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).
Consistent with our broader strategy of strengthening connections between Australian music and the global screen sector, we partnered for a second time with MIFF to bring in an international delegation of supervisors who had worked on films screening at the festival. Alec Hanham, Jenn Moss, Libby Davitri and Mike Turner got to meet with Australian composers and publishers in Sydney and Melbourne, see MARA perform at Phoenix Central Park, experience the APRA Art Music Awards, and see a number of films at MIFF featuring Australian musical works.
Thank you to all the partners we collaborated with to make these inbound programs happen, and of course all the international guests who trusted us enough to jump on long-haul flights and come and immerse themselves so fully and wholeheartedly in the Australian music scene.
Here are a few photos from last month’s inbound programs. MIFF Awards photos by Tom Noble Creative, APRA Art Music Awards photo by RC Stills.
