Milano Music Week closes the eighth edition with guests, surprises and some announcements

The eighth edition of Milan Music Week ended last November 24th, the event that involved the Lombard capital with over 84 appointments and 300 events linked to the musical world. A true success for a project by Municipality of Milan and the Department of Culturewhich ended on a high note with the now traditional closing party powered by UniCredit and UniCredit Allianz Vita in which he performed Venusthis week’s special editor. Party theater the Duty of the Arch of Peace packed for the occasion, where we could watch the DJ set Plastic. Among the most important events of MMW there were i SIAE Music Awards conducted by Amadeuswhich have transformed the city of Milan into a point of reference for professionals in the sector, future professionals, emerging artists and simple enthusiasts. Among the over 200 artists who animated the event were i Negramaro, La Representative di Lista, Gaia, Pop X and Francesca Michielin. The event was also an opportunity to get some previews of the next one Sanremo Festival which this year will see the return of Carlo Conti as Artistic Director and host. He himself made the exclusive announcement during a panel that took place at Sforza Castle, which will increase Big competing and that the names of the artists will be revealed Sunday 1 December at lunchtime, at Tg1 of hours 1.30pm. Among the new features, one concerns the evening of covers which from this year will have a free theme and duets can also be made between competing singers.

Not only live performances, but also many meetings with professionals in the sector, during which all the issues concerning the complex musical panorama were addressed, starting from questions about new technologies to focuses on inclusiveness and sustainability in the music industry. During the opening conference it was discovered how Italian music abroad in 2023 recorded the highest gross since 2010and from From 2020 to 2023 the growth amounted to 15 million. I am 128 locations that were involved, with the area between thethe Sforzesco Castle and the Duties of Sempione Park which became the focal point of the entire event in which 60 thousand people participated, 50% compared to last year (40 thousand). Those who did not have the opportunity to participate in the event will have the opportunity to see it again next week on the Milano Music Week YouTube page all the panels, workshops and interviews with the artists.