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Toronto: the world’s most talented DJs and music producers from 30 different countries meet up at the 9th Red Bull Music Academy. It brings together DJs and music producers from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds to exchange their ideas about music and their knowledge of how life in the music industry works.

Red Bull invites a variety of accomplished international guests - from industry movers and shakers to pirate radio station operators, from turntablists to sonic theorists - to meet our students and tell their own stories in their own words.

The first Red Bull Music Academy took place in Berlin in 1998. 50 DJ/producers from Germany and Austria were chosen to attend two fortnightly workshops on music history, technology and business. After two years in Berlin, they moved to Dublin, New York, London, Sao Paulo, then to Cape Town, Rome, Seattle, Melbourne and now to Toronto, Canada, increasing the international mix of their students to 35 countries. The purpose of the Academy is to provide a platform for the exchange of musical knowledge and ideas - a familiar atmosphere in which guest lecturers and participants can talk about the experiences and fascinations that make up their musical lives. The participants can also learn a lot from one another, sampling each other’s styles and exchanging new ideas and techniques throughout the two weeks they’re together.

The Academy doesn’t give out any certificates or diplomas, and attending it won’t buy anyone a career in the music industry. But it’s a valuable experience for everyone; sharing in the successes and failures of the other guests and participants leaving them with a new understanding and approach towards music. ;)