Live Nation is among the major organisations that have joined the new breakaway industry trade group Assoconcerti.
Assoconcerti, which will be officially launched in September, has named Bruno Sconocchia as its first president just weeks after the leading Italian promoter failed in his bid to become head of existing group Assomusica’s president. Turin-based promoter Carlo Parodi was elected as the existing group’s president in May following the tragic death of predecessor Vincenzo Spera in a road traffic collision in March, but he was not the choice of many of the market’s biggest players.
In a statement, Assoconcerti said the new organisation will exercise the functions of representation and assistance of live music operators in all legislative, contractual and trade union offices and in relations with institutions, administrations and public and private, national and international organisations.
“The aim of the association… is to promote and develop the diffusion of music in general, and in particular contemporary Italian popular music, both in Italy and abroad, emphasising the determining role of music and of culture for the enrichment of the social and civil fabric of local realities and of the entire country,” Assoconcerti said in a statement.
Assoconcerti said it has attracted “all the most important Italian promoters” to its membership. These include AC, Ambaradans, BPM Concerti, Color Sound, Comcertos, DI & GI, Esse Concerti, Friends & Partners Spa, FVG Live, GF Entertainment, Carramusa Group, Habita, International Music and Arts – Master’s Voice, Live Nation 2, Live Nation 3, Musica Grandi Produzioni, Producteam, Show Net, Sol Eventi, Studio’s Programmazione Spettacoli, The Base, Trident Music, Vertigo, Vivo Concerti, and Zed Entertainment’s World.
Sconocchia’s clients during his long career have included Zucchero and Lucio Dalla.