2012 Speakers

David Jimenez-Zumalacarregui

Position: Director

Organisation: Heart Of Gold/Primavera

Web: www.heartofgold.es

Country: ESP

Born in Madrid, David Jimenez-Zumalacarregui (1971) studied Advertising and Public Relations in the Faculty of Information Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid (1190-1997.) During this time he worked as a DJ in different bars in the Malasaña district of Madrid where he was heavily involved in the underground music scene. At the beginning of the 1990´s he began promoting shows and organizing tours for international bands. During his final years at university he created his own promoter, Love to Art. For 12 years, Love to Art organized tours for acts like The City Lights, Pyramidiacs, Cake, Gigolo Aunts, Ivy, Radio Birdman, The Jayhawks, Sloan, You Am I, The Chevelles, Steve Earle, Teenage Fanclub, Sparklehorse, Fountains Of Wayne and Matthew Sweet. In 2009 he founded Heart of Gold - the logical continuation of his previous ventures - and since then has directed the company and overseen the Spanish tours of international acts such as Hoodoo Gurus, Eli Paperboy Reed, The Jayhawks, Lucinda Williams, Shout Out Louds and Redd Kross. At the moment, Heart of Gold is working with the San Miguel Primavera Sound festival, jointly managing the tours of artists like Animal Collective, Battles, Of Montreal and James Blake, among others. David is co-director of the company Followspot, specializing in the internationalization of spanish cultural projects abroad (SXSW Austin, CMJ NYC, Canadian Music Week, etc) and the development of professional trade fair Primavera Pro.