Tanya Makarova is an artist/industry relations specialist at RUSH Initiative (Non-profit, non-govermental music export organisation, promoting most promising Russian musicians), a music consultant at STEREOTACTIC (Moscow) and a conference director of Moscow Music Week Festival (since 2018). Having a Specialist degree in History from the Russian State University for the Humanities, she has worked as artistic and programming director at some of Russia’s top electronic, alternative and contemporary music venues and festivals, such as Solyanka Club (2013–2015), ЭМА (2015), Krugozor (2016), Superslet Festival (2014, St. Petersburg), Present Perfect Festival (2017, 2018), etc.