Benjamin Demelemester
France
CNM (Your French Music Partner)
International Project Manager
I am International Project Manager at Centre national de la musique (CNM) in France. My mission is to help the French music industry professionals (labels, tour agents, publishers, managers, etc.) export their projects and connect with international professionals all over the world.
I have been working in the music sector since 2002 as Booking Agent (Zamora Productions), Production Manager (Festival de Saint-Denis), and since 2016 as International Project Manager at Le Bureau Export, which has joined the CNM in 2020.
Based in France, I served the French Embassy in Russia for two years, and I have been a regular globetrotter since then. I love foreign languages, genre films and bands with unpronounceable names.
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CNM is Your French Music Partner
Centre national de la musique is a French State organization created in 2020 to provide the French music sector with the tools and support mechanisms needed to develop nationally and globally. Acting as a hub for all French music professionals, it aims to support and promote a wide range of genres and represents all industry sectors – from recorded music to live shows and publishing.
Among its various missions, CNM fosters the international development of the French music industry and provides information about made-in-France artists, their professional entourage and the French music sector: expertise, consulting and recommendations, funding programs, market resources, promotion about the latest projects through the recommendation brand What the France. Check out music and news on whatthefrance.org!
LOOKING FOR
- Artist types
- Mainstream pop
- Band music e.g. rock, indie-rock, indie-pop, etc.
- Heavy music e.g. metal, hardcore, punk, etc.
- Dance music e.g. EDM, DJ, etc.
- Alternative and/or experimental
- Jazz and/or jazz fusion
- World, traditional and/or cultural music
- Western classical music
- Hip-hop, Rap, R&B, Soul, etc.
- All music genres
- As a public export office, we help all music genres and support diversity in the music sector.
- Artist types
- Currently famous acts
- Legacy acts
- Up-and-coming acts
- Undiscovered talents
- We help and support artists at all steps of their careers
WHAT I DO
- Export office: I help French artists, labels, agents, publishers, managers to develop internationally
- I connect French professionals with international professionals, facilitate the networking and market knowledge, develop collaboration opportunities, support financially their investments.
