EMI Music Publishing Stages Exceptional Showcase At MIDEM 2007 Opening Night

(EMI Music Publishing) - EMI Music Publishing will showcase a collection of new international talent at the MIDEM 2007 Opening Night Party on January 21 in Cannes, France.

MIDEM and EMI Music Publishing will co-host the prestigious Opening Night Party at Cannes' Hotel Martinez. The evening event, which is one of the highlights of the week for the 10,000 music industry executives who attend MIDEM, will bring together four bands and artists currently signed to EMI Music Publishing.

This exceptional showcase will bring together new Swedish sensation Mando Diao (EMI Music, Sweden), rising electronica/indie/rock phenomenon Shiny Toy Guns (Universal/Motown, US), New York-based R'n'B septet Naturally 7 (Festplatte AG-Switzerland -EMI/Virgin, France) and DJ Eric Prydz (Data/Positiva, UK).

"We hope this evening will remind us all that it is the joy of the music which makes our industry so great," comments recently-appointed Roger Faxon, President and co-CEO of EMI Music Publishing. "Sometimes we're so bogged down in business details, we forget it's all about music and musicians, and so we are very pleased to have the opportunity to join with MIDEM, to celebrate the creativity of these talented songwriters and performers."

"EMI Music Publishing's commitment and dedication to finding new artists from all over the world and helping them build their careers and share their music with us all, is something MIDEM deeply relates too," says Dominique Leguern, Director of MIDEM.