Matti Nives (FI)

Moderator of the discussion group on the future of music education on Friday 15/09, at 15:00 administrative services, production and tour management. Since 2017, Judyth has organised tours in France, Cameroon, Spain, Sweden, Romania, Martinique and Shanghai. Between 2017 and 2019, Judyth was in charge of the production of the Festival Jazz à Caudéran in Bordeaux. In 2019, Judyth founded her own record label, Grain(s) de Riz, in order to develop the support o ered to independent artists.

Matti Nives is the founder and creative director of the Helsinki-based label, festival and magazine We Jazz. He freelances as a DJ, radio host, writer and music curator.

He also has extensive experience in music education and consultancy, for example in hosting the popular "Music Business" course in Sibelius Academy in Helsinki for many semesters, and hosting various talks and educational workshops at multiple events worldwide dealing with various aspects of the ever-evolving non-mainstream music business.

Between 2019 and 2023, Judyth took part in several collaborative European projects, such as: Footprints Europe, SEWEM (Sino-European Women Entrepreneurs in Music), MEWEM (Mentoring Program for Women Entrepreneurs in Music Industry) and MEWEM Golden Ticket or Reeperbahn New-York. These projects aim to reform the music sector by fostering sustainable cooperation between cultural entrepreneurs and artists from di erent countries.

Judyth is a board member of Action Jazz, a non-pro t organisation promoting jazz artists and festivals in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.