Kertu Mägar
Kertu Mägar is running an independent publishing company FAAR Music, which represents Baltic and Nordic songwriters/producers, helping them with all the aspects of their projects.
FAAR Music works globally and their roster includes many established and well-known Estonian pop music makers as well as new upcoming talent. At FAAR, Kertu takes care of international relations and partnerships, contracts & administration, and manages the creative department.
Prior to her role in FAAR Music, Kertu worked in the music industry in various roles, incl. PR & Marketing Manager for Dutch electronic label Future House Music, artist manager for electronic artists signed to her own management company and event producer of Estonia’s biggest young artists competition.
Kertu has a Bachelor’s Degree in Music & Choir Conducting and a Master’s Degree in Art Management.
Vallo Kikas
Vallo Kikas has produced, mixed and mastered over the years for a variety of award-winning Estonian artists such as Karl-Erik Taukar, Liis Lemsalu, Elina Born and nublu. This year, he was nominated in the mixing/mastering/recording category at the Estonian Music Industry Awards.
Vallo is part of electronic music duo ‘Kisma’, whose most popular song ‘Fingertips’ has over 11 million streams on Spotify and over 21 million views on Youtube. In 2019, Vallo co-wrote the topline for Syn Cole’s track ‘Discovery’, which was released by Martin Garrix’s record label STMPD RCRDS. In Spring 2021 he co-wrote and produced ‘Doomino’ by Liis Lemsalu and Stefan, which became number one played on Estonian radios for the whole summer.
Stig Rästa
Stig Rästa has been in the music industry for over 20 years, establishing him as one of the top songwriters in Estonia. He has his own solo project and is also a part of electronic music duo ‘Kisma.’ Their first single ‘We Are’ was released in 2017 by No Copyright Sounds and has been played over 7 million times on Spotify and Youtube.
In 2015, he represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest with his song ‘Goodbye to Yesterday’, which placed 7th in the final. The song has over 12 million streams on Spotify and won ‘Song of the Year’ award at Estonian Music Awards in 2016. Stig has written for many award-winning artists such as Victor Crone, Joakim Lundell, Elina Born, Traffic and Karl-Erik Taukar.
Stig co-wrote ‘Storm’ by Victor Crone, which represented Estonia in Eurovision in 2019 and kick-started Victor’s further career.The song was played over 15,000 times on Swedish radios. Stig was also the writer for ESC 2016 Estonian entry song ‘Play’ by Jüri Pootsmann.
Karl Killing
Karl Killing, at mere 22 years old, has immensely proven himself over the past few years in the Estonian music scene. He is actively working with many loved Estonian hip-hop and rap artists such as 5MIINUST, säm, Pluuto, nublu and villemdrillem.
Two years ago, Karl participated in the Eesti Laul contest (Estonia’s national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest) where he placed 7th with his song ‘Kiss Me’. His solo project kick-started in 2020 when he released his debut single ‘High Heels’, which came out with Canadian record label found/red. This year was massive for Karl as he signed to Warner Music Baltics, released a video single ‘powerless’ with them, and intends to release his first album in 2022. While his solo project is on the softer, pop side, for his producing, he definitely has a weakness for hip-hop.
Giorgio Spedicato
Giorgio Spedicato, known by his moniker Machweo, began releasing music independently in 2012, quickly earning national critical acclaim. Over the following six years, he played more than 400 shows across Italy, building a solid reputation for his intense and emotional live performances. Graduated in Electronic Music and Sound Design from the Conservatory of Bologna, Giorgio has devoted much of his artistic path to experimental music, while also engaging with the mainstream as a songwriter. In 2020, he signed with Sony Music Publishing and became a prolific contributor to Italian pop, with several writing credits—including a gold-certified track that reached the Sanremo Festival in 2021. As Machweo, he continues to release forward-thinking electronic music through Maciste Dischi, and in 2019 he performed at Eurosonic Festival in the Netherlands, representing Italy on one of Europe’s most prominent stages for new music. At the end of 2024, he founded his own label, Ad Astra Dischi, a new home for boundary-pushing sounds and artist-led projects.
Baltimora
Edoardo Spinsante, also known as BALTIMORA, is a singer, songwriter and producer from Italy. At 14 years old he started recording local artists in his house which later became a reference studio for his home town, Ancona. After school he moved to Milan and signed a publishing and recording deal with Sony Music Italy, also due to him winning the 15th edition of X Factor Italy. Since then he’s been working in the industry with various artists, published his own EP, dubbed a Pixar movie and more.
Kristine Kebbinau
Kristine Kebbinau has been active in the Estonian music industry for ten years, taking on roles from label management, marketing & PR to organizing festivals and events. She was the organizer of the Estonian Music Industry Awards (2021) and developed the youth music scene via Estonian Youth Band Award (Noortebändi konkurss). Kristine has also been involved with festivals like Tallinn Music Week, Black Nights Film Festival (seminars Music Meets Film) and Intsikurmu Festival, where she was the CEO.
Since Kristine has taken on many different roles in the industry – being an artist, working with artists, organizing events and done strategical marketing and PR, she really understands the different parts of the sector. Nowadays Kristine mainly focuses on bringing the Baltic Music Markets together to broaden the opportunities for the talents of the region.
Therry M-L
Therry M.L. is a French multiplatinum music producer, songwriter and artist. Discovered by David Guetta’s management team, Therry wrote some of the biggest urban pop hits of the last decade in France with his producer duet LNT. He is now embarking on a solo journey, working on his own artist project « Johsef » and using his A&R skills to help artists define their sound and vision. His main music collaborations are with Céline Dion, David Guetta, Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, Wyclef Jean, Soprano , TAL, Zaho, Grand Corps Malade, Hippocampe fou, Ralph Beaubrun, and Olivier Dion.
Erroll Antonie
Music Publisher – Head of A&R BMG Benelux
Shakil Bholasing
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