Music Festivals Management

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Music Festivals Management

• Irina Kizilova
• Institute for Cultural Programs
• St. Petersburg

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Saint Petersburg

• Museums and Exhibits
• more than 180 museums
• more than 130 art galleries and exhibition halls
• yearly held
• more than 200 exhibits from the museums' funds
• more than 600 contemporary art exhibits

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• Libraries, Theaters and Concert Organizations
• 380 libraries
• more than 100 theaters and theatrical groups
• 18 concert organizations
• more than 20 orchestras
• 35 concert halls

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Festivals and Celebrations

• Up to 250 international festivals
• Music festivals
• Theater festivals
• Cinema festivals
• and more than 40 celebrations yearly

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Festivals need sophisticated festival managers
that creative industries can provide.For ICP
development of the creative industries is a
significant education activity.
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Role of Music Festivals

• Promote the positive image of St. Petersburg as a
  cultural center of international significance
• Develop new sectors of economy such as cultural
  tourism and creative industries

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• Educational Program Arts Management Towards
  Year 2003
• Participants - leading specialists of St.
  Petersburg cultural organizations
• theaters
• museums
• libraries
• concert organizations

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• Educational Program
• Music Festivals Management
• Program in cooperation with
• Sibelius Academy
• 2005-2006

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Organizers

• The Institute for Cultural Programs
• (St. Petersburg)
• The Sibelius Academy Continuing Education
  (Helsinki)

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Supporting Organizations

• Ministry of Education, Finland
• Committee for Culture St. Petersburg City
  Government
• Finnish Institute in St. Petersburg
• Consulate of Finland in St. Petersburg
• Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

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Aims of the Program

• To share knowledge on central issues related to
  music festival management
• To advance networking, international co-operation
  and facilitate joint projects especially between
  Russian and Finnish festivals

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Structure

• Three two-day modules
• Carrying-out individual or team projects under
  the guidance of international consultants
• Business meetings and activities with
  participation of festivals managers, art agents
  and other specialists from Finland
• Educational trip to Finland

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Methodology

• Theoretical lectures are endorsed through
  practical group assignments and the participants
  own projects
• Events and meetings with Finnish festival
  managers, agents and experts enable the launch of
  new networks, joint-projects or international
  co-operation in an easy and feasible way for
  everyone

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Coordinators of the Program

• Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg
• Institute for Cultural Programs
• The Sibelius Academy Continuing Education
• The Association Finland Festivals
• ENCATC (European Network of Cultural
  Administration Training Centres)       

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Leading Cultural Organizations Programs
Participants

• Mariinsky Theater
• Shostakovich St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic
• Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory
• State Hermitage Museum

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Major Music Festivals Programs Participants

• Arts Square
• Stars of the White Nights
• Nordic Music
• Neva Choral Assemblies
• White Nights Swing

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Informational Support

• St. Petersburg Next Month Main Cultural Events
• St. Petersburg Next Year. Calendar of Events
• Web site of the Committee for Culture
  www. spbculture. ru
• Web portal of the project Development of tourism
  in North-west Russia www.nwrussia.ru

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Northern Dimension indicates educational
programs in arts management as the priority for
the development. Institute for Cultural
Programs is planning to start the programMusic
Festivals Management for North-west Russia and
Northern countries
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Music Festivals Management

• The educational program aimed at the development
  of professional contacts and international
  promotion of music festivals for managers of
  North-west Russia
• and Northern countries

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Opportunities

• 15-year experience of Institute for Cultural
  Programs in continuing education courses for
  cultural professionals
• The partnership between Institute for Cultural
  Programs and the Sibelius Academy Continuing
  Education Center since 1997
• International art management programs
• Arts Management towards 2003 1999-2000
• Music Festivals Management
  2005-2006

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Informational Resources

• Calendar of Music Festivals Northern
  Dimension
• Web portal Music Festivals Northern Dimension
  devoted to music festivals in North-west Russia
  and Northern countries

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Short-term Objectives

• Increase qualification of music festivals
  managers
• Making a platform of continuing education for
  music festivals managers
• Development of the international partnership of
  music festivals managers

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Long-term Objectives

• Formation of the Music Festivals Managers
  Association of North-West Russia
• Making the web site on music festivals of
  North-West Russia and Northern countries
• Publishing Calendar of Music Festivals

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Join the collaboration!

• Institute for Cultural Programs8, Rubinstein
  St.,191025St. Petersburg, RussiaTel./Fax. 7
  812 571 58 38
• develop_at_icp.sp.ru

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Thank you!