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As every year, Czech Music Crossroads will be attended by more than 3 dozen music business experts from all over the world. Performing musicians will thus have the opportunity to approach experienced managers, bookers, festival organizers and publicists. Some of them will also speak as part of the conference program .
Götz
BÜHLER
GERMANY | Music journalist, author, presenter, advisor to jazzahead!
Götz Bühler is a music journalist, author, and radio/TV presenter known for hosting the Jazz thing Mixtape on ByteFM, OneJazz, and the German Jazz Prize broadcasts. He also serves as the Artistic Advisor to the jazzahead! trade fair, conference, and festival.
Held annually in Bremen, Germany, jazzahead! is the world’s largest gathering for the jazz industry. In 2026 it will celebrate its 20th anniversary, with Sweden as its partner country.
Andraž
KAJZER
SLOVENIA | Artistic director, festival manager, MENT Ljubljana
Andraž Kajzer is the artistic director and festival manager of MENT Ljubljana, a four-daymusic discovery festival and conference held in the Slovenian capital since 2015.
His previous experience ranges from serving beer and painting walls to running an indie label, editing a print magazine and a webzine, making a documentary about free music, working as a music journalist and attempting music criticism, promoting gigs, organizing smallinternational tours, and working as a sound technician.
Neveen
KENAVY
EGYPT | Founder and artistic director, She Arts Festival
Neveen is a cultural leader, artistic director, and founder of She Arts Festival, Egypt’s first international festival dedicated to women in the arts. She is a key figure in Egypt’scontemporary cultural scene, with extensive experience in cultural programming and festival management.
At the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Neveen serves as Artistic Director and General Coordinatorof the International Summer Festival and the Jazz Tales Festival. She has also worked as Artistic Consultant for Fabrica music theatre and is a member of the Advisory Committee at Centre Résonances – Égypte.
Her work focuses on women’s empowerment, cultural exchange, and innovation. She has developed mentorship programmes for emerging female artists, collaborated with major international institutions, and represented Egypt at global platforms. In 2020, she became the first Arab female jury member at Jazzahead in Bremen and continues to serve on juries for regional and international music competitions.
Neveen has earned multiple international recognitions, including selection by the German Embassy in Cairo (2022), the Recording Academy’s American Music Mentorship Program (2024), and the Japan Music and Cultural Exchange (2025). She holds a Diploma in Artistic Criticism, a Master’s in Film Music, and a certification in Strategic Planning.
Anna
MAŠÁTOVÁ
CZECHIA | Cultural Manager, Journalist, Lecturer, AMPromotions
Anna Mašátová is the editor of the ArtCafé program on Czech Radio Vltava, assistant professor at JAMU, and deputy editor-in-chief of the cultural magazine Uni. She serves as a jury member for the Czech Anděl Awards, the National Awards of the Ministry of Culture, Slovakia’s Radio_Head Awards (World Music and Folk), and WOMEX 2025.
She is the founder of AMPromotions, an agency focused on music PR, management, and booking. Anna is committed to educating musicians and professionals, developing infrastructure, and fostering networking platforms. She regularly speaks at international conferences such as WOMEX, MENT, and World Music Festival Bratislava, and has mentored in the MOST project. She also coordinates Crossing Borders in Music, a project for the European Capital of Culture České Budějovice 2028.
Lucia
MIKLASOVÁ
SLOVAKIA | Festival director/CEO, World Music Festival Bratislava
Lucia brings together a strong foundation in classical music and marketing with over 15 yearsof professional experience in marketing strategy and event production for both the public and private sectors.
In 2025, she joined the World Music Festival Bratislava as PR & Production Manager. She iscurrently the CEO of this event, which has been internationally awarded as Best World Music Festival 2025 just recently.
Lucia also founded and leads the artist management agency Artistiq, focused on the careerdevelopment of pop, folk and rock artists.
Hanka
PODHORSKÁ
CZECHIA | Music Manager, Booking agent
Hanka Podhorská is a music manager and booking agent at Indies Production, part of theIndies Scope label, and a member of the programme board of SoundCzech.
In addition to organising concerts in the Czech Republic, she brings her artists to stagesacross the world (Mexico, India, Pakistan, Borneo, Réunion Island, Egypt) and regularly attends international showcase festivals and conferences.
She currently represents, among others, Dorota Barová, Hrubá Hudba, BraAgas, Zimnice, Kafka Band and Bratři.
Øivind Andersen
SJØVOLL
NORWAY | Board member, Tromsø World Festival
Øivind Andersen Sjøvoll, Board member of Tromsø World Festival, has been a manager and club organiser in Tromsø since 2002.
He has also been actively producing exquisitely formed and far-reaching music for the last two decades, releasing cosmically centred sounds on several labels.
His main monikers are Kohib and Ransel.
Milan
TESAŘ
CZECHIA | Music director, curator, Radio Proglas
Milan Tesař has been working as the music director at Proglas Radio in Brno since 1995. In 2024 he became its programme director and one of its co-owners. Over the years he has produced several thousand interviews with musicians and numerous radio shows focusing on folk, jazz, world, blues and alternative music.
He also writes about music for variousmagazines and newspapers and collaborates with Czech Radio (the Czech Radio Jazz station).
He is the chief dramaturge of the Maraton hudby Brno festival and heads the Folk and Jazz section of the Czech music awards Anděl. He is a member of the expert panel of the World Music Charts Europe and has served as its chair since 2020.
Eric E.
VAN MONCKHOVEN
ITALY | CEO, consultant and booking agent, Music4You / World Music Lab
Eric E. Van Monckhoven is the CEO of Music4You / World Music Lab, which provides support services to entrepreneurial artists and independent agencies and organizations, including radio chart promotion, outreach support, booking assistance, coaching, and project facilitation.
He has more than 25 years of experience as a consultant, project manager, and grant writer in the field of social and cultural cooperation. For over 10 years, he also worked as a bookingagent in the world, folk, and jazz music sectors.
Eric is a board member of the European Folk Network and part of the coordination team of the European Folk Day.
He is based in Sicily, Italy. At Czech Music Crossroads 2026, he represents Kanazoe Orkestra.
Anna
VILANOVA
SPAIN | Project manager, curator
With a degree in Sociology and a Master’s in Cultural Policies, Anna has led the Professional Area of Fira Mediterrània de Manresa since 2014. Fira Mediterrània is the strategic fair for artistic proposals that draw on root sources, tradition and popular culture as drivers of creativity.
This multidisciplinary fair has three main itineraries: a music programme featuring Mediterranean, world music and folk scenes, highlighting new works from the Catalan roots landscape; a dance itinerary offering dynamic perspectives on traditional roots and folk culture; and a line devoted to memory, legacy and oral storytelling, including performance and outdoor arts such as theatre and circus. The Professional Area also serves as a meeting and exchange hub, acting as a point of contact and sales for both the performing arts and music sectors. The 28th edition will take place in the city of Manresa from 15 to 18 October2026.