Focus on Italy 🇮🇹 at ESNS25

11.12.24

Every year, ESNS highlights the best-emerging acts from a European country, showcasing the diversity of musical talent across Europe. ESNS25 has its Focus on Italy

Focus on Italy showcases the latest Italian music acts on the ESNS stage and puts them in front of an audience of industry professionals, media, and music lovers.

Discover all Italian acts at ESNS25
Discover the Focus on Italy Conference Programme
Connect with Italian delegates at ESNS (Delegates only)

Editorial: Discovering the Italian music landscape

written by Patrizio Ruviglioni, journalist La Repubblica

How’s the Italian music scene? In the hottest months, there are up to 50 releases per week, including songs and singles, and the feeling is of a general flattening of the market. And yet numbers in the live sector are excellent.

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Discover all Italian acts showcasing at ESNS25 on Spotify, Deezer, or YouTube. Cover: R.Y.F.

Italian acts at ESNS25

ESNS selected 18 of Italy's best-emerging and new acts to showcase at Eurosonic.

Italy
Bassolino
ESNS 2025
Soul & Jazz
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Italy
BigMama
ESNS 2025
Pop
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Italy
COMRAD
ESNS 2025
Rock
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Italy
Daniela Pes
ESNS 2024 2025
Electronic
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Switzerland, Italy
Ele A
ESNS 2025
Hip Hop
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Italy
España Circo Este
ESNS 2025
Pop
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Italy
Evita Polidoro
ESNS 2025
Soul & Jazz
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Italy
Indian Wells
ESNS 2025
Electronic
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Italy
James Jonathan Clancy
ESNS 2025
Alternative
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Italy
Justin Adams & Mauro Durante
ESNS 2025
Alternative Rock
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Italy
Kharfi
ESNS 2025
Electronic
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Italy
Kyoto
ESNS 2025
Alternative
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Italy
LA NIÑA
ESNS 2025
Pop R&B
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Italy
okgiorgio
ESNS 2025
Electronic
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Italy
One eat One
ESNS 2025
Alternative Electronic
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Italy
Post Nebbia
ESNS 2025
Pop
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Italy
R.Y.F.
ESNS 2025
Alternative
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Switzerland, Italy
Valentino Vivace
ESNS 2025
Alternative
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Focus on Italy at ESNS Conference

The ESNS Conference provides a platform for influential voices in the music industry, featuring numerous program highlights that spotlight Italy. ESNS25 Delegates can explore the Italian music market and network with industry professionals from Italy at ESNS25.

Presented by: Focus on Italy
Thu 16 Jan - Marathonzaal - 12:00- 13:00
Everything you need to know about the Italian Music Market
English spoken
Rita Zappador , Assomusica / Nur Al Habash , SIAE / Chiara Gallerani , Italia Music Export / Federico Rasetti , KeepOn lIVE / Alessandro Ceccarelli , Tridentmusic srl / Bpmconcerti srl / Gianluca Giusti , ATER Fondazione / Emilia-Romagna Music Commission / Francesca Trainini , Peer Southern Productions, IMPALA / Cristina Fina , PUGLIA SOUNDS | MEDIMEX
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Presented by: Musixmatch, Focus on Italy
Thu 16 Jan - Bovenzaal 1 - 15:00- 16:00
Growing internationally in your native language
English spoken
Vanessa C. Hurst , Musixmatch / Clementine Bunel , Wasserman Music / Daniele Citriniti , The Goodness Factory / Alexandre Davidson , Nada booking & management / Eefje de Visser , Artist / Carlo Pastore , MI AMI Festival
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Presented by: Focus on Italy
Fri 17 Jan - Grijze zaal - 10:30- 11:30
The rising costs of live music: is the live concert becoming an elite experience?
English spoken
Katia Giampaolo , Estragon / Damir Ivic , Soundwall / Veronica Clarizio , Coolclub/SEI Festival / Erica Romero , Live DMA / Rocknrolla Producciones
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Presented by: Focus on Italy
Speed Meeting - Meet the Italians
English spoken
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ESNS25 has its Focus on Italy

Focus on Italy at ESNS25 will be supported by the Italian Trade Agency, Italian Cultural Institute Amsterdam, Emilia-Romagna Music Commission-Ater Fondazione, Puglia Sounds/Medimex International Festival & Music Conference-Puglia Culture, Regione Siciliana Assessorato del Turismo dello Sport e dello Spettacolo, SIAE, Assomusica, The Italian World Music Network, Music Innovation Hub, ESNS, and EBU partner RAI Radio2.


Italian festivals supporting Focus on Italy and participating in the European Talent Exchange programme are Apolide Festival, Arezzo Wave, Linecheck Music Meeting & Festival, Poplar Festival, SEI Festival, and Ypsigrock Festival.

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