Charles Chu (FR)

Speaker
Charles CHU, 38 years old, French with Vietnamese roots, has been working in cultural and music fields for more than a decade. He lived and worked in Seoul, South Korea, for many years as Cultural deputy of the French Embassy in Seoul (2006-2008) and then managed the French Cultural Center there (2008-2012). At the same time, he also founded a booking & production agency named Brokenteeth to work very closely with the finest underground clubs in Asia, especially with Cakeshop in Seoul. He also worked in Kyoto – Japan (2012-2013). He’s now located in Paris – France, he keeps on working to build some bridges between Asia & the rest of the world. Following Brokenteeth, he has founded on January 2014 a new agency dedicated to music, REVIVAL AGENCY, which focuses on booking tours and producing concerts in the whole Asia. Among his multiple activities, he manages the oversea booking for PLAYTIME FESTIVAL in Ulaanbaatar - Mongolia (next edition: July 5 – July 7, 2019). He has launched in september 2015 Seoul Bam! concerts which aims at promoting Korean indie artists in France. He’s also a regular collaborator for the French webzine ROADIE MAGAZINE where he writes reports about concerts and festivals all around the world. Working with : Onra, Justice, Tinariwen, Polo & Pan, Luke Jenner (The Rapture), Timber Timbre, Yuksek, College, Kavinsky, Breakbot, Jean Tonique, Lou Doillon, Colleen, Saycet, Black Zone Myth Chant / Highwolf, Moullinex, Les Gordon, Glen Check, Flora, DJ Soulscape, MushXXX, Akimbo, Soolee, We Dance, Yamagata Tweakter and many more...
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