That's how it went. and it will become even better!
Impressions Berlin Music Week 2010:
Numbers & Facts
| a2n | 253 Speaker, 130 Sessions + Key-Notes, More than 2.000 visitors / participants in Panels + Workshops |
| Popkomm | 470 exhibitors from 20 countries, 60% of companies from abroad, 7,500 industry professionals, 800 accredited journalists from 20 countries |
| Berlin Festival | Both days were sold out with 15,000 visitors, 35% of whom were from abroad. |
| Kulturbrauerei | 40 events, over 12.000 visitors |
| Club Nacht | 44 notable venues, record visitor attendance |
| ClubSpreeBerlin | 15 notable venues in the area around the Spree/ Friedrichshain- Kreuzberg |
| U-Ton Projekt | Presentation of Berlin-based artists, musicians and labels at Undergroundstation „Platz der Luftbrücke“ |
Quotes:
»I think we can now say that Berlin is back on the map for international music events.« (Economy Senator Harald Wolf)
»The Berlin Music Week was inspiring and future oriented: while at other conferences the 'crisis in the music business' is the main subject on the agenda, 'change as a chance' was the focus of discussions at the Berlin Music Week conference.« (Internet forerunner Mike Masnick and producing legend Rupert Hine)
»With the Berlin Music Week we have established, in Berlin, one of the most important international music fairs. Rarely have we been to such a lively music fair, where all sides of the music business were so well represented.« (Horst Weidenmüller, Managing director of !K7 Records and Co-President of IMPALA Independent Music Publishers and Labels Association)
»I was impressed by the response from abroad; so many international partners got in touch at the start of the fair that I barely had a chance to leave my office to see the rest of the fair.« (Rolf Budde, Managing Director of Rolf Budde Musikverlag GmbH)
»A week full of creativity, innovation, trends and records. Whether in the clubs, on the Spree, on the streets or in the airport, for seven days the Berlin Music Week converted the city into a stimulating musicmetropolis.« (Patricia Stohmann, Projektleitung Berlin Music Week)