Helene Dolva Broch

Helen's journey in music life started via music journalism, and later promotion and marketing of Norwegian and international releases in record companies. Helene has a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Central St. Martins in London and Media Science from the University of Oslo. Helene has a background in Music Export Norway, and has developed and project managed multi-year export programs for music companies, organized master classes, songwriter workshops and trade missions. She has also worked purposefully to build up networks and knowledge in the field of synchronizing music for film and TV, and had a longer working stay in Los Angeles with this as a focus. Helene has had jury assignments for, among others, Spellemann, Innovation Norway and by:Larm.

Helene heads the department for internationalization in Music Norway. The specialist department works with advice, development and implementation of competence programmes, projects and activities aimed at export and internationalization for and of music from Norway. The department develops methods and measures that strengthen the international competitiveness of music from Norway. Helene is also the point of contact for the advisory assignment Music Norway has for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Get in touch with Helene to talk about strategic ways to build on demand in the US and markets outside of Europe. After many years in the service of music exports, Helene has a good overview of what is going on, and can assist in connecting actors with overlapping interests. She can also contribute with contacts and introductions if you are the organizer of an international network arena for music, and make recommendations about relevant international meeting places. Helene is generally very interested in learning and sharing experiences about trends and mechanisms in the music industry that have an impact on the use of and interest in music from Norway.