Managers of Grammy winners Justice and Gesaffelstein back music biz masters targeting emerging markets

Christian De Rosnay, manager of French electronic duo Justice, and Alexandra Pilz Hayot, manager of Gesaffelstein, will serve as patrons of a new MSc in International Music Business launching in France in September.

The English-taught degree – which its creators describe as the first program of its kind in France – is designed to train the next generation of music executives for work in emerging international markets, including Latin America, Asia, India, Africa and MENA.

The program is a collaboration between Rennes School of Business, a triple-accredited (EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA) international business school, and EMIC (École de Management des Industries Créatives), which it describes as France‘s leading management school for the creative industries.

The program’s strategic advisory board includes Marie-Anne Robert, Managing Director of Sony Music Entertainment France; Corinne Sadki, International Development Director at Centre national de la musique; and Morvan Boury, Senior Vice President, Global Business Development & Digital Strategy, Sony Music Entertainment.

De Rosnay is the founder of Paris-based Etendard Management and has managed Justice – the three-time Grammy-winning duo of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay – across a career that has spanned more than two decades of international success.

Justice won its most recent Grammy in February 2025 for Best Dance/Electronic Recording for Neverender, featuring Tame Impala.

Pilz Hayot is the CEO of Savoir Faire, the Paris-based management, publishing and label company whose roster also includes The Blaze and Myd.

Gesaffelstein won his first Grammy in February 2026 for Best Remixed Recording, for his remix of Lady Gaga‘s Abracadabra.

The MSc is led by Nicolas Renault, described as a former Director of Load and Distributed Labels at Sony Music and a Rennes School of Business alumnus.

Its curriculum comprises 200 hours of modules taught by a faculty of 11 executives drawn from across streaming, live entertainment, major labels, music publishing and rights management.

That confirmed lineup includes Jean-Christophe Bourgeois, General Manager at Sony Music Publishing France; Caroline Champarnaud, Executive Director International at Sacem; Anne Hindermeyer, former Head of Legal at Believe; and a masterclass session from Antoine Monin, MD of Spotify for Western Europe.

“With this incredible lineup of teaching staff, we are giving young talent from around the world direct access to the people shaping the market today, alongside the keys to building a lasting international career in the music business,” said Daniel Findikian, Founder and Director of EMIC.

“With this incredible lineup of teaching staff, we are giving young talent from around the world direct access to the people shaping the market today, alongside the keys to building a lasting international career in the music business.”

Daniel Findikian, EMIC

Ljupka Naumovska, Academic Director of Masters Programmes at Rennes School of Business, added: “This MSc has been designed to combine the academic rigour of an international business school with the nous of the music industry.

“It gives students a global strategic framework, while exposing them to the realities of streaming, rights management, live entertainment, artist development and international market expansion.

“By focusing on high-growth regions such as LATAM and Asia, the program prepares graduates not only to enter the music business, but to help shape its next phase of development.”

“By focusing on high-growth regions such as LATAM and Asia, the program prepares graduates not only to enter the music business, but to help shape its next phase of development.”

Ljupka Naumovska

The academic semester in Rennes is followed by a professional internship semester, which can be completed anywhere in the world.

The program’s focus on emerging territories comes at a time of rapid growth in several of the regions it targets.

Latin America was the fastest-growing recorded music region in the world in 2025, according to IFPI data, with revenues up 17.1% year-on-year – its 16th consecutive year of growth.

Asia posted double-digit gains of 10.9% YoY in the same year, while the Middle East and North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa each grew 15.2% YoY.

Goldman Sachs forecast in its most recent Music in the Air report that emerging markets will account for 75% of net subscriber additions by 2035, up from 57% in 2024.

France itself – the world’s sixth-largest recorded music market – generated recorded music revenues of $1.21 billion in 2025, up 3.9% YoY, according to local industry body SNEP.

EMIC was founded in 2016 and trains students for careers in management, communications, marketing and project management within the music, live entertainment and audiovisual sectors.

Rennes School of Business holds triple international accreditation from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA – a distinction held, according to the school, by the top 1% of business schools worldwide.

Applications for the September 2026 intake are currently open, with international students having until July 1 to apply.Music Business Worldwide