The Northern Dimension Partnership of Culture (NDPC), a part of the Northern Dimension, Nordic Council of Ministers, together with EU and Russia, has chosen music industry in North-West Russia as one of the key research areas.

The report encapsulates the instrumental information from North-West Russia about the readiness for sustainable cooperation with the music export organizations and music industry professionals of Northern Dimension participating countries.

The document is presented as a structuralized set of information applicable for further collaboration strategies between Nordic, Baltic and Russian music industry operators.

It contains

• Information on key music industry professionals including industry organizations, promoters, venues, festivals, ticketsellers, record labels and distribution, media, artists, operational and strategic networks;
• Information on the networks that these professionals have already established with similar companies / individuals in other countries participating in Northern Dimension;
• list of the most relevant music companies / individual professionals with contact information

The ambition of the study is to create as a sustainable tool of navigation for further cooperation in the music industry in the area of Northern Dimension.