Conference programme

The Flight

Composing for Games

Ivor Novello award winning duo Joe Henson and Alexis Smith began collaborating in 2005 when they co-produced an album for Joe’s band Seventhsun. After realising they had a similar approach to life and wildly divergent musical tastes, they formed a creative partnership that quickly encompassed songwriting, production, and composition.

The duo have worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry as well as being A-list composers for video games. 2014 saw the release of hit survival horror title Alien: Isolation, and they followed this up with 2017's Horizon: Zero Dawn, the Playstation 4's biggest selling new IP to date, and then Ubisoft Québec's Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

The Flight's television projects include the BAFTA nominated BBC documentary series Drugsland, and Kids on the Edge, produced for Channel 4 by Century Films.

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Mathieu Lavoie

Composing for Games

Mathieu Lavoie is an award winning composer, entrepreneur and educator. Doctor in composition (University of Montreal, 2012), he co-founded Vibe Avenue, a leading audio and music creation studio for visual media, with fellow composer FX Dupas, in 2013, and holds a position of professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal.

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SØS Gunver Ryberg

Composing for Games

SØS Gunver Ryberg is an accomplished composer and sound artist from Denmark. She creates genre-defying electronic music and her characteristic style is recognised for insistent rhythms, combined with a meticulous exploration of powerful textures and emotions. She is known for her high quality performance and productions with critically acclaimed releases, live concerts, soundtracks, dance and theatre work and multichannel installations.

Within video games she worked on the sound and music for the multi award winning INSIDE by Playdead which won prizes and nominations like BAFTA. She composed the score for the Danish film Cutterhead, which also won prizes and nominations like “The Camille Awards” European Film composer awards for Best Electro Acoustic Score Cutterhead 2021.

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• Gunver Ryberg

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Panel Discussion

Composing for Games

Panel Discussion

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• The Flight
• Gunver Ryberg
• Mathieu Lavoie
• Pieter Schlosser
• Helge Borgarts

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IN THE TRACKS OF JEAN-MICHEL BERNARD

Film screening

Jean-Michel Bernard  is a French pianist, composer, educator, orchestrator, and music producer. He is well known for regularly writing, performing, and scoring for films, such as The Science of Sleep, Hugo, Paris-Manhattan, Ca$h, and Be Kind Rewind.
Bernard will play live a piano concert after the screening. 

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• Jean-Michel Bernard

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Case Study "STOWEAWAY"

Reality Check: Science-Fiction

What role does music play in film? How can sound enhance a visual experience? And when does the plot need a moment of silence to really take effect? From cinema to series, the composer Volker Bertelmann has imbued numerous productions with his special brand of empathetic and suspenseful sound. One of the best examples of his nuanced work is in Garth Davis' drama "Lion" (2016), whose film score, written together with the composer Dustin O’Halloran, was nominated for an Oscar.

Bertelmann draws from a large artistic reservoir for his film compositions. He has been creating experimental soundscapes in his studio in Düsseldorf for many years under the pseudonym Hauschka. Sometimes he prepares his grand piano with foreign objects, sometimes he builds electronically distorted sound structures, and sometimes he explores the puristic beauty of the piano. His is an innovative oeuvre that has led to numerous collaborations, for example with violinist Hilary Hahn.

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• Volker Bertelmann aka Hauschka

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Case Study "SPIDES"

Reality Check: Science-Fiction

Mario Grigorov is a Bulgarian-born film and television composer and concert pianist. A musical prodigy from the age of five, he became one of the youngest students ever admitted to the Sofia Conservatory. He went on to study music in four different countries before the age of eighteen, becoming an accomplished concert pianist and improviser in the styles of jazz, classical and electronic music.

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• Mario Grigorov

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Case Study "TIDES"

Reality Check: Science-Fiction

Lorenz Dangel has studied contrabass, film and classical composition in Berlin, Munich and London. Triggered by the need to experience music in its various functional and expressive possibilities, Dangel has consciously chosen a broad creative field.His affinity for narrative becomes clear through both his concertante works and theatre projects.

His roots in classical music as well as his curiosity for the experimental influence his work in the field of film music. His music is characterized by its ability to move between these genres. 

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Jonathan is a music recording and mix engineer from Berlin, Germany who specializes in film scores. Starting his professional career in 2010 he was able to choose the ‘tape op route’ by working full time as pro tools operator and assistant engineer for the scoring stage of Film Orchestra Babelsberg until 2015.

In 2013 he began taking on more recording and mixing duties and in the years to come he was able to work with a variety of highly established national and international clients, among them Ryuichi Sakamoto, A.R. Rahman and Clinton Shorter.

Today, with well over 60 film scores mixed or recorded, he looks forward to forging new relationships with the next generation of film composers and to continue his pursuit of assisting in capturing and shaping the very sounds his clients envision.

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• Lorenz Dangel
• Jonathan Feurich

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Blue Hour

Reception

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Lunch Break

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IMMSANE AcadeMeet

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International Matchmaking

Reality Check: Matchmaking

Meet International Music Supervisors, Agents, Labels and Film Music Professionals in intense 10 minute One-on-One Meetings.

Limited number of participants – Separate Registration required.

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User-generated content / Buyout Issue at Netflix and in Games

Music Politics

Update on latest developments in Music Politics.

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• Anselm Kreuzer
• Marc du Moulin
• John Groves
• Matthias Krüger
• Tina Pepper
• Thomas Theune

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Streaming

Music Politics

Update on latest developments in Music Politics with Helienne Lindvall.

Helienne Lindvall is an award-winning professional songwriter, musician and columnist. She's Chair of the Songwriter Committee & Board Director of British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors (BASCA). She's also the writer behind the Guardian music industry columns Behind the Music and Plugged In, and the former Head of Business  & Songwriter relations for song data management platform Auddly, backed by hitmakers Max Martin and Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus.

Hailing from Sweden, she worked as a session singer, recording artist and performer in Stockholm and NYC before settling in London, where she signed a publishing deal with BMG Scandinavia and, later, UMPG. Since then she’s been working with recording artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including Roger Sanchez, Big Daddy Wilson and the Dark Tenor, collaborating with award-winning writers including Jörgen Elofsson (Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears), Patrik Berger (Icona Pop, Robyn) and Steve McEwan (Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Eminem).  In 2016, her song A Better Man, co-written by Andrew Fromm (Backstreet Boys, Mark Anthony) and Peter Kvint (A-ha, Andreas Johnson) made the UK Eurovision finals. Recent releases include Unwant You and Locked In Your Love by Menrva, Glass Keys and Dani Senior

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• Anselm Kreuzer
• Helienne Lindvall

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Organic Workflows - Getting the most out of your virtual instruments (with Orchestral Tools)

Reality Check Tools

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• Julian Merker

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Software Tools

Reality Check

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Case Study ETHNO

Composing for TV Series

Susanne Hardt (born April 30, 1993 in Mainz) is a music theorist and (film) composer. She completed a bachelor's degree in music theory (Dresden) and a master's degree in film music (Potsdam Babelsberg) and is currently doing her PhD on the influence of different compositional structures in film music on the perception of the audience (Dresden, Lausanne).
She has received several awards for her compositions, most recently the special prize of the competition "Beethoven - back to the future" (2020). In addition to contemporary pieces, she wrote music for various films, series and computer games, including the TV series “Ethno” (2020), the movie “Project Adler” (2021) and the interactive storybook “Somewhere” (2021).

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• Susanne Hardt

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Academy Award winner Nicolas Becker

Composing for Film

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• Nicolas Becker

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Nathaniel Méchaly

Composing for Film

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• Nathaniel Mechaly

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HARPA Award Winner Flemming Nordkrog

HARPA Award Winner

Flemming Nordkrog is a Danish composer based in France.
Winner of HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award and winner of the Danish Award Carl Prisen 2021 for his score for Mathias Mariani's ‘Shine your Eyes’. 

In 1996 at the age of 23 he fell completely in love with composing for films, when he scored his first projects for the The National Film School of Denmark. Over the years, he has created music for more than 25 feature films, and numerous TV-series, documentaries, TV-movies and short films in Denmark, France, Belgium, Brazil and the US.

Flemming has recently finished the score for the first Danish HBO series, Kamikaze, which will be premiered on HBO Max from November 14th. He has also recently finished score for the French feature film, Ogre, by Arnaud Malherbe, presented this year at the Deauville American Film Festival as well as the score for the new film by Philippe Lioret, Sixteen. 

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• Flemming Nordkrog

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„Getting to Yes“: Negotiating techniques and strategies

Reality Check

„Getting to Yes“ - An interactive introduction to improving your negotiation skills with a combination of basic theory and practical exercises.

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• Ama Walton

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Music Supervisors

Reality Check/Sync

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• Beda Senn
• Andreas Suttner
• Martin Häne

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AI in Music Consulting and Music Search

Reality Check

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• Jan Nedved

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Yoga for Studiohocker

Reality Check

Does your back hurt again? This yoga session will give you the relaxation you and show great yoga tips for you at home.

You do not need to bring anything for this course.

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• Tessa Knapp

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Blue Hour

Reception

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WDR Thinktank

What shall the sound of an orchestra be? Are there particular musical characteristics that shape an orchestra sound?

The goal of this workshop is to create a recognizable sound for the WDR Funkhausorchester. Let's brainstorm together with Corinna Rottschy (Managing Director WDR Funkhausorchester), Frank Strobel (Chief Conductor WDR Funkhausorchester), Martin Weller (Manager Staatsorchester Braunschweig), composer Yati Durant and John Groves (Groves Sound Communication)!

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In cooperation with the WDR Funkhausorchester

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• Martin Weller
• John Groves
• Frank Strobel
• Yati Durant

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The European Talent Award Pitching Project

In Collaboration with HFF München

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Mental Health For Composers

Reality Check

Psychologist Anne Löhr is co-founder of the "Mental Health in Music" Association (MiM). In her profession as a trained systemic therapist and coach, she advises and supervises artists, bands, individuals and teams in the music and creative industries throughout Germany.  In her work, she combines her many years of expertise from working in psychiatric and psychotherapeutic settings with her insights into the industry as a musician and creative. Her consulting focusses on main mental health topics in the industry such as stress, anxiety, depression and burnout, prevention, conflict, crisis management and mediation, personality and team development as well as dealing with publicity and feedback. In early 2020, she founded the Mental Health in Music Association (MiM), which works to raise visibility, awareness and improve mental health in the music industry. In addition to workshops and talks, the association offers funded individual counseling. As a musician, she is also a member of various female-in-music networks (Raketerei, V-Breakfast, MusicWomenGermany).

John Groves is a British composer, musician, producer and specialist for the use of sound and music in communications. (Sound Branding) In recent years, he has concentrated on psychoacoustics and the applied use of sound in a healthcare context; from sonification and navigational sounds in medical equipment, to Receptive Sound Therapy programs that help improve sleep, manage stress, and more.

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• Anne Löhr
• John Groves

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Reality Check Bizz - Track Check Production Music

Reality Check

How good is my track, really? On Friday, November 19, the music supervisors Beda Senn (SRF), Milena Fessmann (Cinesong), Andreas Suttner (Klangidee) and Martin Häne (Nuvotone) will evaluate and give their feedback on submitted songs.

Those who want to participate, have to send their HI-Res.mp3 file (named "TrackCheck_yourlastname_yourfirstname") until November 19 at presse@soundtrackcologne.de. Please send only one track!

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• Milena Fessmann
• Martin Häne
• Beda Senn
• Andreas Suttner

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Networking Lounge

Networking

Networking Lounge kindly supported by Orchestral Tools.

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Screening: SHINE YOUR EYES

Film screening

Nigerian musician Amandi travels to São Paulo to find his missing brother and bring him back home. He has to face the situation to appease his parents, but the search is not entirely altruistic either: he worries that he will have to provide for the family. Soon Amandi has to discover that his brother is not who he said he was. With music by Flemming Nordkrog, winner of the HARPA Award 2021 for Best Score.

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WDR Funkhausorchester: Wunderschön - Griechenland

Concert

Pikilia" - the "Best of Greece" is not on the appetiser platter this evening, but on the sound menu of the WDR Funkhaus Orchestra. Once again, the musicians have been bitten by the wanderlust bug. This time they plunge into the deep blue of the Greek Aegean between ancient temples and hearty village taverns. Between dances and Rembetiko, "Wunderschön" presenter Tamina Kallert and Greek-Canadian singer Frances Pappas trace the ingredients of Greek music.

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Remote Collaboration

Reality Check

Jean-Michel Bernard is a French pianist, composer, educator, orchestrator, and music producer. He is well known for regularly writing, performing, and scoring for films, such as The Science of Sleep, Hugo, Paris-Manhattan, Ca$h, and Be Kind Rewind. He began playing the piano at the age of two and has collaborated with Claude Chabrol, Ray Charles, Lalo Schifrin, Ennio Morricone, Francis Veber, Etienne Chatiliez, Fanny Ardant, Michel Gondry (Human nature, The Science of Sleep, Be Kind Rewind..) and Martin Scorsese (Hugo Cabret) among others.

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Martin Villinger was born in Glasgow and grew up in Jerusalem, among other places. He feels at home all over the world and speaks 6 languages. His new concert series "Culture Clash" fits in with this. He is married to Catherine and together they have 4 children.

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• Bernd Keul
• Jean-Michel Bernard
• Martin Villiger

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UNORTHODOX

Composing for TV Series

Most recently, Antonio scored the original music for the runaway international hit Netflix series, Unorthodox. The score for Unorthodox has received high acclaim, praised as a “breakthrough score” in Film Music Magazine. It received two 2020 Emmy nominations, in the categories of Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music, and Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special.

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• Antonio Gambale

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BARBARIANS

Composing for TV Series

Ali N. Askin composes, produces and performs music in the most diverse genres, styles and formats. He has composed for concert halls as well as for films. Electronic music, jazz tunes and club tracks are as much a part of his works and productions as concert music and music theatre. As a musician (keyboards, electronics), he has been active in a variety of projects and bands. In the early 90s he became known internationally through his work as an arranger and assistant for Frank Zappa & Ensemble Modern (The Yellow Shark, Greggery Peccary And Other Persuasions). For over 20 years he has been a successful film composer for German and International TV and movies. In 2008 he received the German Film Academy Award ("Lola") for Best Filmscore for the movie "Leroy". Recent film scores include "Dogs of Berlin" and "Barbarians" (both Netflix).

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• Ali N. Askin

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Lifetime Achievement Winner 2021 - Rachel Portman

Rachel Portman began composing at the age of 14 and read music at the University of Oxford. She gained experience writing music for drama in BBC and Channel 4 films, including ‘Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit’, Mike Leigh's ‘Four Days In July’ and Jim Henson's ‘Storyteller’ series.

Since then, Portman has written over 100 scores for film, television and theatre, including ‘Oliver Twist’ by Roman Polanski, ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ by Jonathan Demme, ‘One Day’ by Lone Scherfig, ‘The Lake House’ by Alejandro Agresti, ‘Never Let Me Go’ by Mark Romanek, ‘The Legend of Bagger Vance’ by Robert Redford or ‘Mona Lisa Smile’ by Mike Newell. Most recently Portman wrote the score for the documentary ‘Julia’ which chronicles the life of TV chef and author Julia Child and was released in 2021.

‘The fact that I am a women never stopped me‘ Rachel Portman told the SWR. In 1997, she became the first female composer to win an Academy Award, which she received for the score of Jane Austin’s classic ‘Emma’. She was also the first female composer to win a Primetime Emmy Award, which she received for ‘Bessie’ by Dee Rees. She has received two further Academy Nominations for ‘The Cider House Rules’ and ‘Chocolat’ by Lasse Hallström, which also earned her a Golden Globe Nomination as well as Bafta nominations for ‘Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit’ and ‘The Woman in Black’.

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• Rachel Portman

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PR and project acquisition part 1

Reality Check

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• Valerie Dobbelaere
• Thomas Mikusz

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PR and project acquisition part 2

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Games Music Workshop with Pieter Schlosser Part 1

Full Day Workshop

Submit your music to a given cutscene and get it analyzed, receive improvement suggestions and discuss it intensively with Pieter at the workshop. Improve your skills right away by Streamlining and enhancing your workflow for efficiency and speed in order to focus on creativity with him.
The workshop is limited to 10 active participants and 2 passive observers, which do not have to submit own music and are not part of the practical work, but can witness the whole workshop.

Pieter is a video game and television composer with credits to his name such as DESTINY 2, Disney Channel’s SECRETS OF SULPHUR SPRINGS”, Telemundo’s MALVERDE: EL SANTO PATRON, Hulu’s LIGHT AS A FEATHER, the IMAX documentary IN SATURN'S RINGS, NBC’s YOU, ME AND THE APOCALYPSE and Freeform's THE LYING GAME, as well as additional music on the TRANSFORMERS franchise, ABC’s RESURRECTION, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D., THE ASTRONAUT WIVE'S CLUB to name a few.

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• Pieter Schlosser

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Games Music Workshop with Pieter Schlosser Part 2

Full Day Workshop

Submit your music to a given cutscene and get it analyzed, receive improvement suggestions and discuss it intensively with Pieter at the workshop. Improve your skills right away by Streamlining and enhancing your workflow for efficiency and speed in order to focus on creativity with him.
The workshop is limited to 10 active participants and 2 passive observers, which do not have to submit own music and are not part of the practical work, but can witness the whole workshop.

Further information and application form here.

Pieter is a video game and television composer with credits to his name such as DESTINY 2, Disney Channel’s SECRETS OF SULPHUR SPRINGS”, Telemundo’s MALVERDE: EL SANTO PATRON, Hulu’s LIGHT AS A FEATHER, the IMAX documentary IN SATURN'S RINGS, NBC’s YOU, ME AND THE APOCALYPSE and Freeform's THE LYING GAME, as well as additional music on the TRANSFORMERS franchise, ABC’s RESURRECTION, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D., THE ASTRONAUT WIVE'S CLUB to name a few.

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• Pieter Schlosser

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European Talent Competition screening part 1

Competition Screening

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European Talent Competition screening part 2

Competition Screening

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PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD

Competition screening

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SoundTrack_Cologne Award Ceremony

Moderation: Hanna Sophie Lüke

Welcome:
Dr. Ralf Heinen - Mayor of the City of Cologne
Prof. Sibylle Stürmer - Vice President IHK Cologne
Michael P. Aust - Festival Director SoundTrack_Cologne

SOUNDTRACK_COLOGNE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
TO RACHEL PORTMAN
Laudatory speech: Gary Yershon
Music: Jean-Michel Bernard

PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD

WDR FILMSCORE AWARD
Sponsored by WDR

EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD SOUNDDESIGN
Sponsored by Chaussee SoundVision

SEE THE SOUND AWARD
Prize for the Best Music Documentary

GET TOGETHER AFTERWARDS 

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• Jean-Michel Bernard
• Helge Borgarts
• Anna Ditges
• Ralf Heinen
• Tasja Langenbrach
• Fitore Muzaqi
• Michael Seal
• Michael P. Aust
• Sibylle Stürmer

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