Balazs Weyer

Country

Hungary

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Position / Title

director of programming

Organisation

Hangveto / Budapest Ritmo / MOST / Upbeat

Field of work

Promoter
Festival Booking
Media/Press
International Cooperation
Institution
Producer
Music Supervisor
Government/City

Professional events

Budapest Ritmo, Tallinn Music Week, Babel Med XP, WOMEX, See Festival, PIN Music Conference, A To Jazz, Future Echoes, European Jazz Network showcase, Fira Mediterranea de Manresa, Visa For Music, Bratislava World Music, Ethnogala, Nordlysk Festival, Festival Imaterial, MusiConnect Italy, English Folk Expo, Go Danish Folk, Mazurkas Of The World, EXIT, Musica Mundo, Tel-Aviv International Showcase, Folk Alliance

Short Bio

Ethnomusicologist and director of Hangveto, a world music production company in Hungary and the larger region. He is curating several festivals, including Budapest Ritmo. He is the artistic director of Creative Europe project 'MOST' and is representing the city of Veszprem in the UNESCO Cities of Music network. He is a curator of several festivals and showcases and a member of the World Music Charts Europe jury. He is also a producer and music consultant of movie and TV soundtracks, a documentary maker, a music journalist and the chairman of Music Hungary, the music industry association of his homeland. He is a European Capitals of Culture consultant for cities on cultural development projects.