We’re excited to announce the participants selected for the very first edition of Let the Music Play Games capacity building programme, designed to foster collaboration between the music and video game industries.

Coming from different countries and backgrounds, these professionals share a common goal: exploring new ways to connect two creative worlds and shape future opportunities across sectors.

Over the next few months, they will take part in a journey made of exchange, experimentation and learning. The programme includes a series of online workshops and an in-person session during Music x Media in Tampere, Finland — a unique setting to connect, prototype and imagine new models for working together.

Here are the selected participants:

• Katariina Sorsa – Northsound
• Davide Degrassi – Electric Wave SRL
• Benedetta Raina – Producer
• Stepan Sobanov – Audio Lead, Music Composer
• Jean-Eric Bohdanowicz – Media Composer
• Nathan Gouzes – Alter K Global Music Services
• Raoul William Braghieri – Aucritas Studio
• Luca Beisel – Horizont Computergrafik
• Vitor Freire – Imagination of Things
• Harry Heath – Cold Sector
• Michel Nkuindja – Joinplay Games
• Sebastian Scholz – Musician and Game Artist

The number and diversity of applications received for this first call confirm a growing interest in cross-sector collaboration across Europe. It’s a strong signal that the time is right to build new bridges between music and video games — and this is just the beginning.

Stay tuned for updates as the programme unfolds!