Emil Biljarski

Musician, cultural manager, podcaster, blogger, translator.
Speaking Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Russian on native level and English on a business level.

EXPERIENCE
2016 – 2021
MANAGER, BABEL ARTS BUDAPEST
Promoting the international palette of the group. International distribution of their records, released by Narrator Records. Assisting in the organization of Babel Sound Festival.

2005 –
EDITOR, MANAGER DALOK.HU
Managing digital music distribution, writing music news, making interviews, and implementing new digital trends.

1997 –
JOURNALIST, BLOGGER
Writing about culture, traveling, and music for newspapers like Népszabadság (the largest in Hungary), Rhythm (the main music magazine in Bulgaria), Folk Galore (Germany), Ritmuseshang.blog.hu. Regular music news, reviews, and interviews at Dalok.hu

1991 –
TRANSLATOR, INTERPRETER
Translation of texts from/to Bulgarian, English, Hungarian, and Russian. Live, simultaneous translation on conferences, business trips, TV and radio interviews.

1994 –
MUSICIAN, BAND LEADER, MANAGER, PROMOTER
Founder of the internationally acknowledged world music band MESZECSINKA, performed in 25 countries, all concerts organized by me. Previously member, manager, booker, and promoter of KORAI ÖRÖM, also known far beyond the borders of Hungary.

1999 – 2003
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION, FONO RECORDS
The most acknowledged Hungarian folk and world music label. I organized the distribution of its releases abroad and worked as a producer for many albums.

1996 –
RADIO DJ, PODCASTER
FIKSZ, CIVIL AND TILOS RADIO, PODCAST PLATFORMS
Hundreds of interviews with Hungarian and international musicians, introducing new music.