MUMBAI: Canvas Talent Management a Talent Booking and artist management business founded by Anurag Rao in 2007, enters into a strategic partnership with UK’s Silva Screen Ventures, a Silva Screen Group Ltd company. Silva Screen was founded by Bombay born, British Indian music entrepreneur Reynold D’Silva and has a diversified portfolio and interests in the music, technology, artist development, live events, recording and publishing businesses. Swelling its’ footprint, the brands goal is to create and nurture properties for global talents and Indian artists on various platforms.

Canvas Talent Management’s current portfolio includes a multitude of services in artist management, talent bookings, live events and content management space. Canvas has programmed talent for live events such as Channel [V] India Fest, Oxy Wallet Webcert, Filmfare Awards, Idea Rocks India, Windsong Festival and over 50 college festivals. Under the Talent Management segment it has assembled artist platforms with Farhan Akhtar (Farhan Live), Ayushmann Khurrana (Ayushmann Bhava), Shankar Ehsaan Loy (SEL), Shruti Haasan and many more...

Founder and CEO, Anurag Rao said, “This harmony aims to leap ahead by discovering every entertainment opportunity existing for talents. With Silva Screen’s Global footprint, its management teams experience and Reynold’s know-how of the music business especially on the IPR side of affairs, combined with Canvas Talent’s talent roster, we will conceive newer alliances in India and across the globe while integrating performers and brands with unique concepts.”

Talking about the new partnership in India, Silva Screen founder and CEO Reynold D’Silva said, “The music industry in India is on the cusp of substantial growth driven by media convergence and a strong economy. This partnership with Anurag’s Canvas Talent is a step forward intended to embrace independent, forward thinking, multi-faceted talents while implementing programs in the global marketplace.”

Silva Screen Music Groupis headquartered in London with offices in New York and Paris. Its flagship label, Silva Screen Records, is one of the worlds’ premier film and television soundtrack labels with titles such as ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Sherlock’, ‘Wolf Hall’, ‘Mad Men’, ‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘Batman Begins’, ‘Iron Man’, ‘Gravity’, ‘Dear John’ and ‘Sideways’. The twenty five year old British company also owns a critically acclaimed catalogue of the greatest hits of film and TV theme re-recordings which are marketed worldwide throughout all media.