Entrepreneurship in the

Music Sector

In this section, we have compiled a selection of the best presentations and conversations about entrepreneurship, innovation, and employability in music, designed to help you boost your artistic project and expand your professional opportunities.

Each course is taught by leaders in the field, active professionals who share their real-world experience, applicable strategies, and a current view of the music market. Among them:

  • Julia Sánchez Abeal

  • Zapata Tenor

  • Marcel Prunera

  • Detta Danford

  • Maider Múgica

  • Enrique Subiela

  • Daniel Canogar

  • Juan Pérez Floristán

  • Cristina Pato

Learn how to build a sustainable career, differentiate your artistic proposal, and develop the skills that cultural institutions, audiences, and the industry demand today.

Get inspired, acquire practical tools, and take the next step in your professional development within the musical world.

Julia Sánchez Abeal: The 21st-Century Musician

Lecture given by Julia Sánchez Abeal, CEO of the Reina Sofía School of Music

10/18/2019 – El Instante Fundación
Julia Sánchez talks to us about the figure of the current musician, within the Entrepreneurship Conference “Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Classical Music”

Juan Pérez Floristán: The Concert, Ritual or Routine?

Clara Sánchez introduces us to the pianist Juan Pérez Floristán, who talks to us about the role of the classical music concert: ritual or routine?

10/20/2022 – Sony Auditorium of the Reina Sofía School of Music
Conference framed within the IV Conference on Entrepreneurship “Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Classical Music” of the Reina Sofía School of Music.

Zapata Tenor: How to Hit the High Note

Lecture given by the tenor, show creator, and music promoter José Manuel Zapata

10/18/2019 – El Instante Fundación
José Manuel Zapata speaks humorously about how to give it your all in today’s music industry.

Marcel Prunera: Funding Sources for Entrepreneurs

Lecture given by Marcel Prunera Colomer (Financier, Entrepreneur Advisor and Investor)

11/30/2016 – Room 302 of the Reina Sofía School of Music
Marcel Prunera speaks to the students about Sources of Financing for Entrepreneurs: I: Introduction. What is entrepreneurship? Activity framed within the Entrepreneurship program of the Reina Sofía School of Music.

This project is possible thanks to the support of the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy through aid for the Comprehensive Plan to Promote the Social Economy for the generation of an economic, inclusive, and sustainable fabric, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan.

This project is sponsored by Fundación Banco Santander and Santander Brasil.

This project is in collaboration with Puertos del Estado