Sébastien Nasra is the founder and president of music festivals and conferences M for Montréal and Mundial Montréal.

Career

Nasra 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, Thus Owls, and Avalanche Sound Publishing.[1]

In 2006, with the help of his friend and mentor Martin Elbourne (Glastonbury, The Great Escape), Nasra founded a new showcase-festival-conference and export platform that he named M for Montréal.[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, Nasra and his friend Derek Andrews, a Canadian programmer, adapted M for Montreal’s formula to create a world music festival, Mundial Montréal.[3] It’s the only event of this genre in North America.[4]

Nasra has 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

  1. ↑ "Sébastien Nasra, patron d'Avalanche Productions et de Vega Musique | La Presse". 29 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "M pour Montréal". 14 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mundial Montréal: racines transmondiales | La Presse". 18 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mundial Montréal, plus transculturel que jamais".
  5. ↑ "ADISQ". Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
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