Symphonic Distribution has employed a staff of A&R Consumer Growth Results in broaden its presence in Europe.
The brand new hires embrace Thomas Williamson (Director, A&R & Consumer Growth, EU & UK); Sander Stijnen (Director, Enterprise Growth, EU); Romain Dilouya (Director, A&R & Consumer Growth, EU); Henry Burke (Affiliate, A&R & Consumer Growth, EU & UK); and Brunno Constante (Affiliate, A&R & Consumer Growth, Portugal & Angola).
As well as, Gui Morais has been promoted to Supervisor, A&R & Consumer Growth, EU.
Thomas Williamson involves Symphonic from VIERLIVE, the place he labored in A&R. He beforehand served as A&R and Head of Streaming at 3Beat Productions, and as a Senior Streaming Account Supervisor at Common Music Group.
In 2024, he based Ripe Data, an impartial label based mostly in Liverpool.
Sander Stijnen beforehand served as Head of Advertising and marketing at XITE, main international music video advertising and marketing campaigns.
Previous to that, Stijen was at Warner Music Group, the place he launched ADA in Benelux and later turned Head of A&R, signing artists together with Cho, Jinho 9, Kidd Keo, Bizzey, Dopebwoy, Mathieu Koss, Oualid, LASSA, and Kovacs.
Romain Dilouya beforehand served as Worldwide Territory Supervisor at Redeye Worldwide and Head of A&R at Kuroneko Media, the place he led catalog improvement, label technique, and worldwide development.
Henry Burke has a background in A&R, artist improvement, label administration, and digital advertising and marketing.
Earlier than becoming a member of Symphonic, he was a Senior A&R Supervisor at Liberty Music PR. He has labored with artists equivalent to Dimitri Vegas, Greyson Probability, and Jax Jones.
Brunno Constante beforehand served as Gross sales Supervisor at Imagine and beforehand held roles at ONErpm, Kondzilla, and MTV Brasil, specializing in gross sales, knowledge, and strategic development.
Gui Morais joined Symphonic in 2022 as an Account Supervisor for Europe and the UK, the place he has “helped improve the corporate’s regional presence and roster variety.”
Morais can also be a voting member of the Latin Grammy Awards.
The brand new staff members will report back to Symphonic’s Chief Inventive Officer, Randall Foster, and VPs of A&R and Consumer Growth, Oz McGuire and Jakub Alexander.
They will “work intently with artists and labels of their respective areas to supply tailor-made options for every market, guaranteeing every artist has the instruments, insights, and methods wanted to develop.”
Chief Inventive Officer Randall Foster welcomed the appointments: “Hailing from among the prime firms throughout the business, every of those new hires has an eye fixed for locating untapped expertise and a ardour for serving to our indie artists thrive.”
“Hailing from among the prime firms throughout the business, every of those new hires has an eye fixed for locating untapped expertise and a ardour for serving to our indie artists thrive.”
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He added: “I sit up for welcoming a plethora of recent signings to the Symphonic household below the course of those proficient A&R of us.”
In response to the corporate, these new hires “mark the newest section of Symphonic’s development,” and are a part of a broader plan to herald prime expertise from throughout Europe to broaden the corporate’s international artist roster.
These hires are the newest improvement in a interval of enlargement for the corporate.
In April 2025, Symphonic employed BMG veteran Stephen Nightingale as Vice President, A&R and Enterprise Growth, Canada, to broaden its presence in Canadian markets.
Based in 2006 by music producer Jorge Brea, Symphonic Distribution presents a collection of providers together with a content material administration and distribution platform, international royalty collections, cut up funds, and label providers.
In an MBW interview in 2022, Brea mentioned that Symphonic goals to be “a real different” to conventional labels.
Symphonic’s roster of present and previous artists contains Imogen Heap, Tokischa, Doechii, Surf Mesa, DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill, Daddy Yankee, Nicky Jam, Ozuna, El Alfa, Juan Luis Guerra, Onyx, Pi’erre Bourne, Nick Murphy/Chet Faker, Rob Garza of Thievery Company, CloZee, and Freddie Gibbs, amongst others.
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