Following an invitation after last year’s visit to Athens Music Week, we conducted a workshop this year, addressing especially the relationship between the music side and the film/tv sector in Greece and surrounding regions.

Europe in Synch host Markus Linde was joined by experts Orestis Plakias (Cinema Department Director of multi-awarded Greek independent film- and tv-production company Foss Productions), film-music composer Panos Karananos and synch-expert Markos Fragos (Musou Music Group)

EinS Panel: Markus Linde w/experts Panos Karananos and Markos Fragos

Participants included licensing expert Christina Mergoupi of rights society Autodia, Greek publishers, artists and producers and up-coming Romanian HEMI project Synch About It. Together we spent a day full of interdisciplinary insights, lively and occasionally challenging discussions. One of the results was consent that this session should be only the initial event towards a regular dialogue within the music sector with regards to education and professionalisation and stronger structures. A learning we took from many of the past workshops in different countries.

AMW EinS Workshop participants including Act in Synch guest Nis Bøgvad (left), EinS Markus Linde (right), expert Orestis Plakias (2nd right).

A major conclusion for the local audience was, that the music sector should benefit from continuing interest of film/tv in original Greek music both “classical” and modern. Europe in Synch will continue to be a catalyst in these developments.