Warner Music has appointed Oscar Scivier as Senior Director, A&R, Asia, to help the corporate’s enlargement throughout the area.
Scivier is an skilled A&R government, producer, and artist supervisor, whose roster of world artists consists of 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 reaching 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 accordance 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 Little one, 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 look ahead to 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 shall be primarily based in Hong Kong, the place he’ll work intently with the corporate’s regional administration group to develop and implement A&R methods with a deal with launching native artists globally.
“I’m excited to affix the dynamic group at Warner Music. The corporate’s international attain, dedication to artist improvement, and deal with cross-cultural collaboration are really inspiring. I look ahead to 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 World A&R, Warner Recorded Music, added: “Including Oscar to our worldwide A&R group strengthens our means to swiftly seize artist improvement alternatives and reaffirms WMG’s dedication to offering the very best platform for essentially the most impactful and common expertise.”
“His wide-ranging expertise as a producer, label supervisor and artist supervisor will make him an excellent addition to our firm’s main group of A&R executives. He shall be a key participant in elevating our Asian roster to a worldwide degree, and I’m thrilled to have him on board as we proceed to broaden our worldwide attain.”
“[Oscar Scivier] shall be a key participant in elevating our Asian roster to a worldwide degree, and I’m thrilled to have him on board as we proceed to broaden 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 world wide.”
“His distinctive A&R abilities, entrepreneurial mindset, and deep business connections will additional strengthen our place as a number one pressure in artist improvement 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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