Sophie Blussé (NL)

Moderator of the discussion group on succession of o -stage roles on Friday 15/09, at 15:00

Sophie Blussé, originally a musicologist, has been working mainly in the Dutch jazz and global music scene since the start of her career. Her work expands various types of work, from a/o product management and marketing at Challenge Records to national and international promotion of Dutch jazz at the former Music Center the Netherlands.

As a freelancer she has been active as a booker for jazz artists and as a project manager and fundraiser for various organisations, a/o Conservatory Codarts Rotterdam, Dutch Performing Arts, Boy Edgar Prize and Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. From 2017-2022, Sophie was director of Jazz International Rotterdam, presenting a year round concert series, the yearly Festival Jazz International Rotterdam – later called RAUW, and talent development schemes. Since 2023 Sophie focusses fully on her work for Music Meeting Nijmegen, where she is general director since 2020, and her board membership for the Festivalhuis Nijmegen.