Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Arts Today

May 30, 2024, 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm

In-person event at the Sony Auditorium | Reina Sofía School of Music

How to develop an artistic career in the current context? In this meeting of young artists from all disciplines we will discuss different topics that will help us answer this question.

• Prelude to the Session: Exploring the artistic personality - Workshop for students with reduced seating capacity (request your seat in the registration form).

Programme

4:30 pm - Introduction

• Welcome and introduction: Òscar Colomina, Dean of the Reina Sofia School of Music

4:40 pm Artistic personality development: how it evolves, how it is built, how it is found.

• Starting point: Esther Viñuela, Coordinator of the Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Programme, Reina Sofia School of Music
• Roundtable moderated by Antonio Agustín García, Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Complutense University of Madrid:
  • Lucía Loren, artist and professor at the University of Nebrija
  • Muriel Romero, dancer and choreographer at Instituto Stocos
  • Belén de Santiago, actress and assistant director at The Cross border Project
  • Pablo Cáceres, musician in Emilia y Pablo duo

• Performative Interlude, performance by the Emilia and Pablo duo

5:35 pm - How does the artist negotiate with his context?

• Interview: Daniel Canogar in conversation with Sonia Mulero, director at the Banco Sabadell Foundation.
• Coffee Break.

6:15 pm - Employment and entrepreneurship: where and how to make a living as an artist.

• Reconnection: Laura Vázquez, Coordinator at the Alumni Program and Professional Guidance, Reina Sofía School of Music
• Intervention: Jordi Martí Grau, Secretary of State for Culture
• Roundtable moderated by Charo Izquierdo, journalist, writer, lecturer, business advisor:
  • Jordi Martí Grau, Secretary of State for Culture
  • Sean Gregory, Head of Innovation and Engagement at Guildhall School Music and Drama
  • Fátima Anllo, Director of the Independent Creation Observatory
  • Lucas Vidal, composer
• Performative interlude, performance by the Stocos Institute: Muriel Romero (dance) and Pablo Palacio (interactive music).

7:20 pm - Closing of the day

Conclusions: Julia Sánchez, CEO Reina Sofía School of Music