Aarhus Rådhus - Receptionen
(Lukket arrangement)
Det tyske event- og bookingagentur, FKP Scorpio, er vokset fra blot to ansatte til nu at være en eventgigant med 80 medarbejdere, som bl.a. arrangerer 16 festivaler i 5 europæiske lande samt turnéer for alt fra både upcoming kunstnere til internationale superstjerner. Folkert Koopmans vil – i lyset af FKP Scorpios udvikling til en virksomhed i international skala – tale om iværksætteri på live-musikscenen.
Folkert Koopmans: admin. direktør og grundlægger, FKP Scorpio (DE), Allan McGowan: Vip News, IQ Magazine samt Wintrup Songs Ltd (interviewer) (UK)
Præsenteres af MusikWoche i samarbejde med Dansk Live og NorthSide Festival.
Folkert Koopmans: Besides the planning and execution of national concerts in Northern Germany, FKP Scorpio promotes the most popular German Open Air Festivals – among others the Hurricane, the Southside, the Highfield, the Chiemsee Summer, The Rolling Stone Weekender and the Metal Hammer Paradise. They also promote concerts in Switzerland (Greenfield festival), Sweden (Getaway Rock and Bråvalla), The Netherlands (Indian Summer and Best Kept Secret) and Denmark (NorthSide).
In 2011 Folkert Koopmans was honoured as “Promoter Of The Year” and in 2013 he received the Arthur Award as the “Promoter’s Promoter” at the 25th International Live Music Conference.
Allan McGowan: Allan McGowan has some forty years of experience in the advertising, music and entertainment industries. He has worked in record retail, and as a concert promoter, artist manager, and booking agent. He has regularly presented and moderated panels and acted as an Agenda Consultant for many major international trade events, including the International Live Music Conference (ILMC)in London. At present he is News Editor for Vip News, an on-line data and news service for the live music industry, and Associate Editor of IQ Magazine – the journal of the ILMC He also administrates music publishing company Wintrup Songs Ltd.
