Natasha Padabed

function: program director
company: Sergey Kuryokhin Modern Art Center

participation in

WOMEX 2001
WOMEX 2007
WOMEX 2008

Lives between St.Petersburg and Rotterdam

2000 -2005 production manager at SKIF (Sergey Kuryokhin International festival) in St.Petersburg, Russia
2005- till now - program director of SKIF festival
since 2006 - till now - program director of Electro-Mechanica festival (electronic arts )
since 2008- program director of a new world music festival in St.Petersburg - Ethnomecanica

see more on http://www.kuryokhin.ru/

since 2000 runs the agency More Zvukov
books outstanding Russian bands outside of Russia:
La Minor, Iva Nova, Messer Chups, Mujuice, Cheese People, Skazy Lesa, Nervenklinik
and books foreign bands from all the world in Russia, mostly in Sergey Kuryokhin contemporary arts center, but also in Moscow and other Russian cities.

see more on http://morezvukov.nl/

Founded Kultprom Foundation for Dutch-Russian cultural projects.
For 4 years organises Dutch Punch festival, representing underground artists, films, visual arts from The Netherlands in more than 5 Russian cities.

see more on
http://kultprom.org/
http://dutchpunch.kultprom.org/