We’re extremely excited to reveal the final 24 pairs of mentors and mentees as part of our virtual mentoring programme supported by YouTube Music.
With 500+ applications to comb through, narrowing them down to a total of 48 participants has been difficult to say the least. We are hugely grateful to everyone who applied whose information we kept on file for future mentoring opportunities.
Without further ado, the selected participants are:
France
Pair #1
Mentor: Bénédicte Schmidt, Sound Engineer, Labomatic Studios (Paris)
Mentee: Camille Mathon, A&R and Communications, La Petite (Toulouse)
Pair #2
Mentor: Celina Rollon, Director, Rollon Ent (LA)
Mentee: Adelaide Deffond, International Development A&R, UMG (Paris)
Pair #3
Mentor: Judy Bec, Head Of Operations, Boomtown Festival (Bristol)
Mentee: Lucie Treffle, Production Assistant (Lille)
Pair #4
Mentor: Julie Demarigny, Digital Strategy Consultant (Aix-en-Provence)
Mentee: Salomé David, Digital Communication & Talent Scout, Spinnup FR (Paris)
Pair #5
Mentor: Louise Ede, Business Advisor, CNM (Paris)
Mentee: Agathe Brouchet, Assistant Label Manager (Paris)
Pair #6
Mentor: Maria May, Senior Agent, CAA (London)
Mentee: Hélène Maigné, Booking Agent/Artist Manager, Jerkov Musiques (Toulouse)
Pair #7
Mentor: Megane Quashie, Founder / DJ, Female First Sessions (Dubai)
Mentee: Salma Labayed, Freelance / Production Manager (Paris)
Pair #8
Mentor: Nicky Böhm, Label Manager, Beatport (Berlin)
Mentee: Claire-Anaïs Decarli, Communications Consultant (Paris)
Pair #9
Mentor: Patricia Teglia, Publicist, Aoura (Nantes)
Mentee: Marine Mammoliti, Synch Assistant, Hamburger Records (Paris)
Pair #10
Mentor: Sade Lawson, Artist Manager, mcr1 (London)
Mentee: Marina Wilson, DJ / Digital Project Manager (Paris)
Pair #11
Mentor: Solène Lory, Head of Label and Artist Relations, YouTube France (Paris)
Mentee: Katia Gafarova, Sales, Differ-Ant (Paris)
Pair #12
Mentor: Steffi Njoh Monny, Digital Content Manager, Believe Digital (Paris)
Mentee: May Cadi Soussi, Student (Paris)
Italy
Pair #1
Mentor: Chiara Santoro, Label Relations Manager, YouTube EMEA (Milan)
Mentee: Rebecca Nannini, Digital Marketing Freelancer (Vedano al Lambro)
Pair #2
Mentor: Elena Migliorati, Event & Communication Manager, Jazz Italian Platform (Perugia)
Mentee: Nina Terruzzi, Booking Manager / Radio Host, TEMA / Radio Popolare (Milan)
Pair #3
Mentor: Federica Tombini, Digital Marketing Lead, AEG Presents (London)
Mentee: Roberta Aprea, Production Assistant - Freelance (Naples)
Pair #4
Mentor: Francesca de Chirico, Copyright Manager, Universal Music Publishing (Caronno Pertusella)
Mentee: Federica Pardi, Administrative and Production Assistant, Radar Concerti (Rome)
Pair #5
Mentor: Hollie Hutton, Co-Founder / Music Supervisor, Sister Music (London)
Mentee: Danila Simeone, Freelancer (Benevento)
Pair #6
Mentor: Laurel Stearns, Artist Manager, Primary Wave (Los Angeles)
Mentee: Claudia Riolo, Intern, Top Records (Milan)
Pair #7
Mentor: Lorena Anastasio, Music Publisher, Flipper Music (Milan)
Mentee: Roberta Ruggiero, Associazione Node (Bari)
Pair #8
Mentor: Francesca Trainini, Managing Director, Peer Music Italy (Milan)
Mentee: Aurora Elisei, Social Media Manager (Tarquinia)
Pair #9
Mentor: Marie Clausen, Managing Director, Ninja Tune North America (Los Angeles)
Mentee: Silvia Nocentini, Artist Manager, NoOx Management (Genua)
Pair #10
Mentor: Silvia Moia, Project Manager / Event Manager, Santeria (Milan)
Mentee: Matilde Cavalli, Founder, Atelier C (Brescia)
Pair #11
Mentor: Tiffany Yu, Head of Music, WeTransfer (Los Angeles)
Mentee: Carolina Losa, Artist Manager, Beat Machine Records (Milan)
Pair #12
Mentor: Vanesa Tate, Music Composer/ Sound Designer (London)
Mentee: Sharon Selene Arianna Simonetta, Singer/Songwriter (Milan/Turin)