Dame Evelyn Glennie, Ramy Essam and Tabu Osusa nominated IMC Five Music Rights Champions
Paris, 13 October 2016
The core values of the International Music Council are embodied in a set of Five Music Rights, which have been guiding, since their proclamation in 2001, the work of the IMC and of its network comprising 1000 music organisations in 150 countries of the world.
Pursuing its mission to advocate access to music for all and to promote its value in the lives of all peoples, IMC nominates Dame Evelyn Glennie, Ramy Essam and Tabu Osusa, Five Music Rights Champions.
First Right - Musical Expression for all:
‘For all children and adults to express themselves musically in all freedom’
Second Right – Musical Education for all:
‘For all children and adults to learn musical languages and skills’
Third Right - Musical Involvement for all:
‘For all children and adults to have access to musical involvement through participation, listening, creation and information’
Fourth Right - Opportunities for Musical Artists:
‘For all musical artists to develop their artistry and communicate through all media, with proper facilities at their disposal’
Fifth Right – Recognition for musical Artists:
‘For all musical artists to obtain just recognition and fair remuneration for their work’
15 years after the proclamation of these rights, the IMC wishes to give new impetus to their promotion by appointing IMC Five Music Rights Champions, with the purpose of increasing the visibility of these core values and putting them ‘on the radar’ of musicians and music-lovers around the world as an expression of concerns they share with the IMC.
Dame Evelyn Glennie, is a Scottish percussionist and the first person in history to successfully create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist, performing worldwide with the greatest conductors, orchestras, and artists. Her vision is to teach the world to listen, to improve communication and social cohesion by encouraging everyone to discover new ways of listening.
When nominated to champion the Five Music Right she said: “It is the aims of total inclusiveness and people’s right to be exposed to music in its myriad of forms that I wholeheartedly believe in and wish to advocate as much as possible”.
Ramy Essam is an Egyptian musician known for his appearances in Tahrir Square in Cairo during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. His songs became the anthems of a whole generation of young Egyptians ́ struggle for a better future.
Tabu Osusa is a key player in the East African music industry. A Kenyan native, he is the founding Executive Director of Ketebul Music and for the last 30 years has been involved in the music industry as a promoter, producer, composer and band manager. In his words : “I feel that the fourth right is the most fundamental because it touches on the basic need to promote the diverse musical traditions of the world and at the same time giving all the artists an equal opportunity to be heard and promoted within a global platform.”