Sébastien Nasra
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Sébastien Nasra is the founder and president of music festivals and conferences M for Montreal and Mundial Montreal.
Career
Sebastien is a former musician who studied law. In 1994, when he was 23, he founded Avalanche Productions, a multiservice agency who launched the careers of The Soul Attorneys, Jorane, Taima, Elisapie, Beast and Thus Owls, and Avalanche Sound Publishing.[1]
In 2006, with the help of his friend and mentor Martin Elbourne (Glastonbury, The Great Escape), he founded a new showcase-festival-conference and export platform that he named M for Montreal.[2] The festival was a stepping stone for the career of artists such as Patrick Watson, We are Wolves, Duchess Says, Of Monsters and Men, Besnard Lakes, Plants & Animals, The Barr Brothers, Blue Hawaii, Half Moon Run, Mac DeMarco, and more.
In 2011, he and his friend Derek Andrews, a Canadian programmer, adapted M for Montreal’s formula to create a world music festival, Mundial Montreal.[3] It’s the only event of this genre in North America.[4]
Sébastien has also served on the Board of Directors of organizations like the SOCAN, the APEM/PMPA (Quebec Professional Music Publishers Association) and ADISQ (Quebec's Professional Independent Music Industry & Trade Association).[5] He was also mandated by the government to develop their initiative Planète Québec.
References
- ^ "Sébastien Nasra, patron d'Avalanche Productions et de Vega Musique | La Presse". 29 January 2011.
- ^ "M pour Montréal". 14 November 2013.
- ^ "Mundial Montréal: racines transmondiales | La Presse". 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Mundial Montréal, plus transculturel que jamais".
- ^ "ADISQ". Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-07-08.