Ipek Ozsoy
Tutor - Music Business
Ipek Ozsoy is an artist manager and entertainment consultant who founded Meta Artist Management and Consultancy in 2017 to focus on talent development and project management in London. She looks after electronic dance music producer Beduk from Turkey and various international music projects across the UK, US and Europe.
Ipek started her career working at festivals and stadium concerts in her hometown Istanbul, including large productions like the Istanbul International Jazz Festival and the Roger Waters The Wall Tour. She became an event promoter during her university years in Scotland and later developed a symphonic concert series by renowned composer and producer Iskender Paydas. She has managed tours, worked as an A&R at a UK publishing company and most recently as a production advisor at #iVoted Festival in the US, which took place during the pandemic and became the largest digital concert in history.
As a member of the Music Managers Forum (MMF) and She Said So collective, Ipek continues to mentor record labels, consult companies and artists on music management, PR and communications, live events, sync, licensing and career building. She is passionate about community building within the music industry and develops projects in the social responsibility space, primarily focusing on diversity and inclusion in the music business.