Warner Music has appointed Oscar Scivier as Senior Director, A&R, Asia, to help the corporate’s growth throughout the area.
Scivier is an skilled A&R govt, producer, and artist supervisor, whose roster of world artists contains deadmau5, Madison Beer, DJ Regard, Rita Ora, Zayn, and Kygo. His A&R work has been Grammy-nominated, and has resulted in tracks amassing billions of streams and attaining greater than 75 certifications.
Scivier beforehand served as Head of Music at Digital Arts and Sciences Inc, a a music and content material collective, and as Senior Vice President of A&R at First Entry Leisure, the place he dealt with A&R and administration for Madison Beer, DJ Regard, Rita Ora, and Alexander Stewart, in keeping with his LinkedIn web page. First Entry Leisure is a three way partnership between its CEO and Co-Founder Sarah Stennett and Len Blavatnik, founder and chairman of Warner Music’s main shareholder, Entry Industries.
He beforehand served as Director, A&R, at Sony Music’s Extremely Music, managing artists like Kygo, Period Istrefi, OMI, Steve Aoki, Mr Probz, Deorro, Louis The Baby, MSTR ROGERS, Klingande, Mako, Kap Slap, SNBRN, and Bearson. Previous to his stint at Extremely Music, he served as Label Supervisor of Rising Music at Three Six Zero.
“I sit up for working with the A&R groups on the bottom to find and nurture the subsequent technology of Asian expertise and introduce them to a worldwide viewers.”
Oscar Scivier, Warner Music
In his new function at Warner Music, Scivier will probably be primarily based in Hong Kong, the place he’ll work carefully with the corporate’s regional administration crew to develop and implement A&R methods with a deal with launching native artists globally.
“I’m excited to affix the dynamic crew at Warner Music. The corporate’s world attain, dedication to artist growth, and deal with cross-cultural collaboration are really inspiring. I sit up for working with the A&R groups on the bottom to find and nurture the subsequent technology of Asian expertise and introduce them to a worldwide viewers,” mentioned Scivier.
Kabiru Bello, VP of International A&R, Warner Recorded Music, added: “Including Oscar to our worldwide A&R crew strengthens our skill to swiftly seize artist growth alternatives and reaffirms WMG’s dedication to offering the very best platform for essentially the most impactful and in style expertise.”
“His wide-ranging expertise as a producer, label supervisor and artist supervisor will make him an outstanding addition to our firm’s main crew of A&R executives. He will probably be a key participant in elevating our Asian roster to a worldwide stage, and I’m thrilled to have him on board as we proceed to develop our worldwide attain.”
“[Oscar Scivier] will probably be a key participant in elevating our Asian roster to a worldwide stage, and I’m thrilled to have him on board as we proceed to develop our worldwide attain.”
Kabiru Bello, Warner Recorded Music
Chris Gobalakrishna and Jonathan Serbin, Co-Presidents of Warner Music Asia, mentioned: “Oscar’s appointment is a strategic transfer that underscores our dedication to nurturing the subsequent technology of Asian artists and introducing them to new audiences around the globe.”
“His distinctive A&R expertise, entrepreneurial mindset, and deep trade connections will additional strengthen our place as a number one pressure in artist growth throughout the area. We’re assured that his experience will play an important function in shaping the way forward for the Asian music panorama.”
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