MUSIC MOVES EUROPE TALENT AWARDS 2020 CEREMONY
Friday January 17, 2020 | 19:00 hrs | Stadsschouwburg, Groningen
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Just one more week until the winners of the 2020 Music Moves Europe Talent Awards are revealed. During a vibrant sixty minute show, a total of eight winners selected by the jury will be revealed as well as the winner of the Public Choice Award. The Music Moves Europe Talent Awards is the EU prize for popular and contemporary music.
TIMELINE
18:30 – Doors open
19:00 – Start ceremony
20:00 – End ceremony / start ESNS
Sessions
The Music Moves Europe Talent Awards hosts music sessions with six of the nominees in the Grand Theatre (main hall) on the day of the ceremony. Join us from 11:30 until 17:00 hrs. Sessions only for visitors of ESNS Festival & Conference.
LINE UP
11:30 – Perfect Son
12:45 – NAAZ
13:45 – 5K HD
14:45 – PONGO
15:30 – Meduza
16:30 – Au/Ra
*We advise everyone who wishes to attend the ceremony or one of the sessions to come early. Capacity for both events is limited!
**Sessions only for visitors of ESNS Festival & Conference.
About the ceremony
Central to the ceremony is the celebration of emerging European musical talent. During a lively sixty minutes show designed by Guy Weizman (Noord Nederlands Toneel), the winners will receive an award and an amazing prize package focused at boosting their international careers. After the ceremony, all nominees present in Groningen will perform live across the city as an official part of the ESNS festival.
Prize package
There are eight jury awards to be handed out during the ceremony. Each winner selected by the jury receives a prize worth € 10.000- funded by the EU programme Creative Europe, to be spent towards promoting their international careers. A total of € 7.500 of the prize package covers all expenses made for promotion and/or touring. Additionally,
winners get a business package of the value of € 2.500 on targeted training provided by our music industry partners: the live sector (Liveurope, Yourope and Live DMA), the recording industry (IMPALA and Digital Music Europe), the International Music Managers Forum (IMMF) and co-organizers of the awards Reeperbahn Festival and ESNS. The
European Music Exporters Exchange (EMEE) helps winners navigating through this list of tailored services.
Public Choice Winner
Since the nominees were revealed at Reeperbahn Festival, fans across Europe could choose their favorite emerging European artist through an online vote. The winner of the Public Choice Award 2020 receives a monetary prize of € 5.000 and is offered to play a filmed music session at the Deezer Studios in Paris. This is part of the contribution made by Digital Music Europe and is presented by Deezer.