DELEGATES 2025

Said Chaouch

Worldmusic Oasis (Sweden)

Said Chaouch is one of the Swedish pioneers of world music. He founded & launched the record store “Worldmusic Oasis” in the 1990s. His long experience and passion for world music have allowed him to become an active promoter, booking numerous artists such as Tinariwen, Papa Wemba, Skatalites and many others on various Swedish stages. Said also works as music advisor, lecturer, DJ and festival reporter.

Frank Reglin

PROFOLK – national association for Song, Folk and Worldmusic (Germany)

A founding member of PROFOLK – national association for Song, Folk and Worldmusic in Germany, this means over 40 years with PROFOLK (35 years as member of the managing
board). He is a representative for the North of Germany, responsible for European contacts and more. Frank is a founding member of EUROPEAN FOLK NETWORK (Bruxelles) and a member of the programming staff of the organization JAZZ FOLK KLASSIK in SYKE, that organizes concerts with European musicians playing jazz, blues, folk, worldmusic etc.

Christian Pliefke

NORDIC NOTES (Germany)

Since 1992 active as co-operator of various labels. In 2005 h founded his own label NORDIC NOTES (Eläkeläiset, Okra Playground, …), other labels (CPL-Music, Beste! Unterhaltung) and a music publishing company. The focus at Nordic Notes is on world, folk and singer songwriter from Northern Europe. CPL-Music stands for folk and world music, focus on the Baltic States,Eastern Europe, Eurasia (Divanhana, Dobranotch, Alice in WonderBand, SOLE …) Christian is founder, editor and publisher of Magazin Folk Galore since 2020.

Kim Burton

Songlines (United Kingdom)

Kim Burton is an ethnomusicologist specialising in the music of South-East Europe, migration and landscape, and has been published in a number of journals as well as the Rough Guide to World Music and Songlines magazine. She is also a translator, and works as a pianist and accordionist concentrating on Latin music.

Anna Mašátová

Cultural manager, journalist, lecturer, AMPromotions (Czech republic)

Anna Mašátová is a Cultural manager, journalist, and lecturer based in Prague, Anna has led workshops, mentoring sessions, and panels at events such as WOMEX, Ment Ljubljana, Czech Music Crossroads, World Music Festival Bratislava among others and was a mentor at MOST program. She is an active member of grant committees and juries for music awards. Anna is a Founder of AMPromotions, an agency specializing in music PR, management, and booking, she currently works as an editor for Czech Radio Vltava and an assistant professor at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts.

Milan Tesař

Music and radio journalist, festival programmer of Maraton hudby Brno (Czech republic)

Head of popular music editorial office since 1995. Author/moderator of the music programs Slyšte, lidé!, Jak se vám líbí, hitparáda Kolem se toč. Author of the scripts of the programs Třikrát z Proglasu, Noční, Hudební listování, Synkopy na kanapi. Music dramaturg (selection of songs for the all-day broadcast and, after consultation with specific editors, also for their programs). Administrator and builder of the music archive of Proglas (except folklore, brass and classical music). Administrator and author of a large part of articles on the Proglas music website. From 2021, he also takes care of the new website www.hudebnirozhovory.cz. Member of the international jury of the World Music Charts Europe ranking, since December 2020 secretary of this panel of European radio music columnists.

Jana Ambrózová

Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS
Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia)

Jana Ambrózová, a dedicated lecturer and researcher with over 13 years of experience in higher education. She is the Head of the Department of Ethnology at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, and researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS, Slovak Academy of Sciences. Her research centers on the living heritage, musical traditions of minorities and traditional string bands in Slovakia and Central Europe, with a strong focus on theoretical and methodological approaches. Jana is an active member of several international scholarly organisations and plays a key role in promoting cultural heritage through her work with UNESCO. She is also the founder of the Tradana (Civic Association), leading extensive research on traditional string and cimbalom ensembles (2018–2019). As part of this initiative, she produced several CD recordings for and in vital cooperation with the Romani string ensembles from Central and East Slovakia.

Peter Wiegold

Composer, conductor, and innovator of contemporary music (United Kingdom)

Peter is the director of The Third Orchestra, a new orchestra with a 360° approach, with musicians drawn from right around world cultures, from classical, jazz, popular, folk and experimental traditions. They are based in London and Berlin. The orchestra emerged from his Club Inégales, Euston, London, which in 180 events brought together artists from across a prodigious range of world cultures playing alongside his band, Notes Inégales.

Peter is also a distinguished composer and conductor writing for the BBC Proms, The London Sinfonietta, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and many others. He has led several creative ensembles within major orchestras, the last, ‘Alchemy’, within the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Araceli Tzigane

Mapamundi Música, TWMC (Spain)

Araceli Tzigane is the director of Mapamundi Música, co-creator of a radio program Mundofonías and co-founder of Transglobal World Music Chart. These initiatives have grown to become a European benchmark in the field of world music. Mapamundi Música is the registered trademark associated with the cultural management activity specializing in world and roots music, in operation since late 2007 – providing mentoring, communication and consultancy for musicians. Araceli has been a co-creator of a radio program Mundofonías since 2006, broadcasted on over 50 stations across 18 countries in Europe and the Americas. In October 2015, the Mapamundi / Mundofonías team, alongside Ángel Romero (World Music Central), established the Transglobal World Music Chart. This network comprises over 60 specialized communication professionals in world music across 5 continents.

Rok Košir

MOST Music Agency (Slovenia)

Rok Košir’s experience with music dates more than two decades back when he joined the
program board of the Druga Godba festival. In 2014 he became an interim director of the
international festival from Ljubljana, Slovenia. He found hi new challenge in writing
Creative Europe project Voices of Minorities which connected festivals from Italy, Belgium,
Hungary and Slovenia. One of the main objectives of the project was helping local artists
from involved countries to enter international market. That was – and still is – also his aim at
Slovenian Information Music Centre (SIGIC), which he joined in 2016 and became a
president of board in 2025. Since 2024 he runs MOST Music Agency which represents a
diverse roster of artists who fuse musical heritage with contemporary sounds. He collaborates with various venues and festivals both in Slovenia and internationally.

Mohamed Ben Said

Akacia Productions (Tunisia)

With 20+ years of experience in music, cultural strategy, and international cooperation, Mohamed Ben Said is a leading figure in the Middle East and North Africa region’s independent music scene. Based between Paris and Tunis, he directs Akacia Productions, promoting contemporary North African and Arab music. Since 2020, he has been Executive Producer of Tunisia’s Dougga Festival and leads the TUNES program, fostering collaboration between Europe and MENA. He partners on Creative Europe projects (Sounds of Europe, Transmed) and works with major festivals like Hammamet, Carthage, and JMC. He has represented Tunisia globally and collaborated with artists such as Ibrahim Maalouf, Ibeyi, and Tamino. In 2025, he will speak at WOMEX (Finland) on North African festivals as agents of cultural change. Mohamed is a connector of continents and generations, reshaping the global presence of Arab artists.

Tijana Stanković

Ethnomusicologist, musician, radio author (Serbia)

Tijana Stanković is a Belgrade-based musician and ethnomusicologist whose work lives at the crossroads of sound and story. A performer with over two decades of experience in vocal, violin and studio work, she is equally drawn to the raw edges of improvisation and the layered histories of folk music. She performs extensively across Europe, both solo and within various ensembles, and is deeply engaged in field research and music writing. Her discography spans traditional and contemporary genres, often blurring the line between them. As the author of Od zlata jabuka, a long-running program on Serbian National Radio, she explores the development of folk music through decades of cultural governance and collective memory—amplifying the voices of musicians, masters of living traditions, and artists working within the realm of folk music.

Róbert Gregor

Gregor Agency, New Model Radio (Slovakia)

Since 1992, Róbert Gregor has been the director of the artistic agency and music label Gregor Agency (since 2007 Gregor Agency – G.A. Records s.r.o.), which focuses on supporting and promoting Slovak music. Under its label, several compilations and exceptional albums by Slovak musicians and bands have been released (e.g. J.B. Kladivo, Martin Burlas, Ali Ibn Rachid, Mango Molas, Hudba z Marsu, PPE, AMO, Billy Barman, Kvety Nikotínu, Space Recorder, Karol Mikloš, and others). The full catalogue is available at www.gregoragency.sk. Gregor also has long-standing experience in organizing and promoting cultural events, having represented various artists and agencies. Since 1999, he has worked as a correspondent for WMCE (World Music Charts Europe), dedicated to promoting world music internationally, and today contributes to the Transglobal World Music Chart, which brings together music editors from around the globe. Between 1992 and 2011, he was also an editor and host of original music shows — first on Rock FM Radio, later on Rádio Ragtime and Rádio_FM — while contributing music articles to various magazines. Since 2014, he has been active as a journalist for New Model Radio www.newmodelradio.sk and its NMR TV YouTube channel. In addition, Róbert Gregor is an occasional guest at international music conferences (WOMEX, Czech Music Crossroads, Future Sound of Prague, Balkan Most), which keep him in close contact with music experts from different countries.

Katrin Pröll

Director, Salam Music & Arts Festival & Founder, Atlas Promotion (Austria)

Katrin Pröll is the Director of the Salam Music & Arts Festival in Vienna, an interdisciplinary platform spotlighting music, arts, and cultural dialogue focused on the Southwest Asia and North Africa region. Through festival programming, she brings together innovative international and local artists whose work often engages with pressing global and social issues. For over 20 years, she has also led Atlas Promotion, a cultural agency managing international music, art, and performance projects. Katrin is dedicated to fostering intercultural exchange, supporting visionary artists, and creating sustainable formats for diverse global audiences.