A hands-on music release programme for Belarusian artists
MENTORS & LECTURERS
You will work with professionals who release music every
day, collaborate with labels and understand how the industry actually
works in practice
Mentors
Dmitri Bezkorovainyi
Music manager and industry expert with more than 25 years of experience. Since 2024, he has served as Operations Director at Infinity Music, an international record label and publishing company. Previously, he headed Mediacube Music. He has appeared as a speaker at major international music conferences and showcase festivals, including Reeperbahn Festival, MENT Ljubljana, Lost In Music and Tallinn Music Week. He was also co-organiser and author of the regulations for Iskra Showcase Weekend (Minsk, 2018), a festival that became an early international platform for Belarusian artists including Molchat Doma, Dlina Volny and Nürnberg.
Music manager and industry expert with more than 25 years of experience. Since 2024, he has served as Operations Director at Infinity Music, an international record label and publishing company. Previously, he headed Mediacube Music. He has appeared as a speaker at major international music conferences and showcase festivals, including Reeperbahn Festival, MENT Ljubljana, Lost In Music and Tallinn Music Week. He was also co-organiser and author of the regulations for Iskra Showcase Weekend (Minsk, 2018), a festival that became an early international platform for Belarusian artists including Molchat Doma, Dlina Volny and Nürnberg.
Alex Bystrakou
Music industry professional with more than 20 years of experience, spanning from radio hosting and major-label marketing to founding his own publishing company. His areas of expertise include rights management, publishing, licensing, synchronisation and digital distribution. He has worked as a music supervisor for films and television series and is currently developing the presence of ONErpm in Eastern Europe.
Sonya Zak
Label manager at Goost Music and legal consultant specialising in music and copyright law. Organiser of music events in Belarus and internationally, supporting independent and non-commercial cultural projects at the intersection of music industry practice, cultural management and legal support.
Lecturers
Carolina Poliakowa
Creative director, filmmaker, and photographer working in visual storytelling and music videos.
She has collaborated with Belarusian musicians and developed visual concepts for projects by Sergey Mikhalok, NaviBand, SOYUZ, RSP, and others.
How do you make your release cover truly eye-catching?
How do you work with imagery and discover your own visual language using simple, accessible tools?
You’ll explore all this during Carolina’s lecture.
Creative director, filmmaker, and photographer working in visual storytelling and music videos.
She has collaborated with Belarusian musicians and developed visual concepts for projects by Sergey Mikhalok, NaviBand, SOYUZ, RSP, and others.
How do you make your release cover truly eye-catching?
How do you work with imagery and discover your own visual language using simple, accessible tools?
You’ll explore all this during Carolina’s lecture.
Aliaksandr Charnukha
Belarusian music journalist, editor and YouTube creator who has been covering Belarusian and international music for more than 15 years. Editor-in-chief of Ultra-Music and co-organiser of the Ultra-Music Awards. Staff expert at Experty.by, journalist and editor at Onliner. Author and host of the YouTube projects “Ministry of Sepultura” and “Sepultura Alive”, dedicated to contemporary music, culture and the independent scene.
Stanislau Bublik
Music producer, composer, educator and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the music industry. He works across a wide range of genres, from electronic music to metal projects. His expertise includes music production in Ableton Live, artist development and educational programme design. He is the founder of SEKTA.live, one of the largest online music production schools in Eastern Europe, with more than 2,000 students.
Music producer, composer, educator and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the music industry. He works across a wide range of genres, from electronic music to metal projects. His expertise includes music production in Ableton Live, artist development and educational programme design. He is the founder of SEKTA.live, one of the largest online music production schools in Eastern Europe, with more than 2,000 students.