Maria Kaimaklioti is a Cypriot music industry professional and cultural producer. She founded SCALA Music & Sound Hub to support artists and cultural organisers in realising their creative projects.
Working across artist, export, and infrastructure development in Cyprus, she collaborates with music promoters, venues, festivals, bands, cultural organisations to strengthen the foundations of the local music ecosystem - from developing community projects and producing workshops to co-creating Europe-wide camps and peace-keeping initiatives. In promoting Cypriot music globally, her main areas of focus include artist development, mentorship and export of Cypriot artists, managing PR and communications projects, and using music ecosystems to develop a community’s cultural identity.
She facilitated the first music working groups for Larnaka’s 2030 European Capital of Culture candidacy. In 2023 she co-founded Live Incubator with SPOT Festival (DK) for a new generation of live music professionals in Europe. She joined Louvana Records until 2022, managing marketing, coordination, and international development for projects such as label releases and Fengaros Festival. She advised on best practices for the recording sector and guided the company’s first steps into EU exchanges, partnerships, and conferences. Maria wrote and designed the label’s first EU projects (Eurotoire and Eurotoire: Equaliser) as a means of igniting Cyprus’ transnational collaborations, and introducing more equity principles to the company. She holds an MSt in Musicology from Oxford University, focusing on identity in Cyprus, and approaches to gender equality in blues & rock PR and ethnography.
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