The Atelier for Young Festival Managers İZMIR 2011, taking place from 24 to 31 October 2011, will be opened with a keynote speech by the internationally renowned Australian festival director Robyn Archer. In the 7-days Atelier organised by the European Festivals Association (EFA), in cooperation with and hosted by the İzmir Foundation for Culture Arts and Education (İKSEV), the founders and managers of exceptional festivals from all over the world will transfer their experiences to 38 young festival managers from 26 countries.

Inspiring encounters for the 4^th Atelier for Young Festival Managers

47 participants selected and 10 presenters confirmed

The Atelier for Young Festival Managers – initiated by the European Festivals Association (EFA) – will take place in Izmir/Turkey from 24 to 31 October 2011, hosted by the International Izmir Festival. Following its last remarkable edition in Singapore (May 2011), the Atelier IZMIR 2011 will bring together 47 talented young festival managers from 31 countries, eager to learn from the experience of 10 renowned festival directors, artists and cultural managers from all over the world.

 
The 9th International Conference on Comparison of Music between China and Japan will be held by Music Institute of Shandong Normal University from October 12 to 15, 2011.

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The European Festivals Association (EFA) held its 59th General Assembly and Conference from 28 April until 1 May 2011 in Varna/Bulgaria. It was hosted by the “Varna Summer” International Music Festival that is celebrating its 85th anniversary in 2011. The annual gathering was the occasion to pave the way for the next years of EFA's work programme: a new Board was elected for the period 2011-2014; six new members were admitted to the Association; and steps for future milestones were set, such as the activities celebrating the Association’s 60th anniversary in 2012. During the platform “Out of the Box” inspiring and innovative projects were presented, aiming at striking cross-border collaboration deals.

 

In remembrance of its founder and of his profound dedication to the promotion of new composers, CIDIM announces the 1st National "Francesco Agnello" Composition Competition of symphonic and chamber music.

Deadline for presentation/delivery of scores: 28 November 2011.

The European Festivals Association (EFA) – together with the International Izmir Festival – invites 45 participants from all over the world to take part in the Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Izmir/Turkey from 24 to 31 October 2011. Following an outstanding number of applications for the first Atelier in Asia (14-21 May 2011 in Singapore), EFA is encouraging everybody working or having ambitions to become involved in programming or in programming related departments within a festival to apply until the end of the week.

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The Arab Academy of Music (Arab League) and Jeunesses Musicales International are organising the First Euro Arab Youth Music Forum in cooperation with the Cultural Movement of Limassol “Epilogi” and the Jordanian National Music Conservatory. The forum will take place from 18 to 21 April 2011 in Amman, Jordan.

During the Forum youth representatives from European and Arab countries will have the unique opportunity to come together and to discuss the following topics:

• Music as part of Cultural Diplomacy in Arab and EU states
• Music as part of Cultural Policy in Arab and EU states
• Opportunities and  of Employment & Mobility across the Mediterranean
• Youth & Music Creativity
• Youth & Music Industry

 

The outcome of the Forum will be a Manifesto that will be published and officially distributed to various cultural networks, on behalf of all partner organisations.

The objective of the forum is to establish a network of youth from Arab and European countries.

As the deadline for applications, which used to be the 1 March 201, has been extended you still have the opportunity to participate.

Find here more information on the forum and the application form.

The European Festivals Association (EFA) is glad to announce that applications for the third edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Europe can be delivered until 7 April 2011. The Atelier IZMIR 2011 is taking place from 24-31 October 2011, and is hosted and co-organised by the International Izmir Festival. Following the outstanding number of applications received for SINGAPORE 2011 (14-21 May), the first edition of the Atelier in Asia, interested young festival directors are invited to participate in the intensive one week training programme initiated by EFA in 2006.

The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) presented Wanna Play? Awards today to honor eight companies from outside of the music products industry that use music products in their television ads, helping to inspire people to make music.
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On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day (9 December 2010) JMI, the world's largest youth and music NGO, announces the release of "Together Against Corruption" to highlight the role of youth all over the world in combating and preventing corruption.

The European Festivals Association (EFA) is pleased to announce the support of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) to the first Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Asia: SINGAPORE 2011. The Atelier takes place from 14-21 May 2011 in the creative hub of Singapore at the LaSalle College of the Arts. Seven days before the closure of the deadline for application, the Asia-Europe Foundation joins the international partnership of seven cultural organisations. The Atelier is an intense, rigorous one week training programme. Emerging artistic festival directors from all over the world are invited to sign up until Friday, 17 December 2010.

Francesco Agnello is dead.
The funeral will be held Tuesday, November 30 at 10:00 at Basilica di San Saba in Rome.

Francesco Agnello has dedicated his life to music. He organized Settimane Internazionali Nuova Musica in Palermo with Paolo Emilio Carapezza, Antonino Titone, Egisto Macchi, Francesco Pennisi, Domenico Guaccero involving composers such as Franco Donatoni, Domenico Guaccero, Aldo Clementi, Maxwell Davies, Luigi Nono, Krzysztof Penderecki, Franco Evangelisti, John Cage, Bruno Maderna, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luciano Berio, Sylvano Bussotti, Goffredo Petrassi, Toru Takemitsu, Luis De Pablo, György Ligeti, Mauricio Kagel, Salvatore Sciarrino, Cornelius Cardew and many others.

 

The Czech Music Councils offers latest news about the Špalíèek project, the CMC Music Prize and the Musica Nova competition.

On November 27^th 2010 the members of Europa Cantat - European Federation of Young Choirs and AGEC - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäischer Chorverbände completed the merger between the two organisations to the "European Choral Association - Europa Cantat". Under this new name the two European choir organisations will change from January 2011 into the leading pan-European non-profit organisation dedicated to education and cultural exchange in the field of vocal music, among young people and adults.

On 20 October 2010 in Brussels, the European Festivals Association (EFA) invited for a participatory session “Festivals: Open Doors. Open Minds. Build Societies!” in the frame of the EU Forum “Building together a society for all”. The role of festivals in social developments was the central topic debated. This FestFlash presents some of the findings of the Open Space Session.

The Atelier for Young Festival Managers is an intense, rigorous one week training programme addressed at emerging artistic festival directors worldwide. The Ateliers in 2011 follow the guiding motto “The true role of a festival is to help artists to dare, to engage in new projects”, a phrase coined by Bernard Faivre d’Arcier, former director of the Festival d’Avignon. Initiated by the European Festivals Association (EFA), it will be organised for the first time twice – in Spring and Autumn. It premiers in Asia from 14-21 May 2011 (Singapore) and takes place in Izmir/Turkey from 24-31 October 2011. “The Atelier is about formulating experiences and passing on knowledge to a next (new) generation of festival makers: knowledge about the arts, artists and festival formulas, thematically focusing on the very essence of arts festivals: the art and the artist,” explains EFA Secretary General Kathrin Deventer.

The 2nd FIM International Orchestra Conference (IOC) will be held in Amsterdam on March 7-9, 2011

The 1st IOC, organised in Berlin in 2008, was welcomed as an event both unique and answering essential needs of the global orchestra community. It brought together 200 participants from 40 countries in all regions of the world. Its success led FIM, at its 19th Congress held in Johannesburg (South Africa) in October 2008, to make it a three-yearly event.

“Creativity is related to the communication process. Involving people and sharing the artistic and creative process with many people has to be at the heart of the work of cultural organisations,” says Fabrizio Grifasi, Artistic Director of the Romaeuropa Festival. This urge is in line with some of the key findings of the “Open The Door” project of the European Festivals Association (EFA). The forth edition of the newsletter FestFlash explores the importance of suitable communication approaches and the use of new and innovative (communication) technologies in the fostering of access to culture.

The NAMM Foundation announced today that it will sponsor the 11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) Aug. 23-27, 2010, which is being held at the University of Washington, in Seattle, Wash.

Jeunesses Musicales International has signed a tri-lateral agreement with the Cultural Movement EPILOGI of Limassol and the Arab Academy of Music (League of Arab States) for the establishment of a Euro-Arab Youth Music Centre in Limassol, Cyprus.

From the 17th to the 22nd of July 2010 the Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) network met in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania for the 65th JMI Annual General Assembly (AGA). An amazing musical experience like no other, the AGA united JMI member organisations from around 40 countries, to develop new strategies, programs and projects to make the world a better place through music!

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“Policy-makers have to recognise that the education and outreach programme comes very directly from our existence as cultural institutions, from our core mission – which is our artistic programme,” says Joanna Baker, Managing Director of the Edinburgh International Festival. One of the missions of the 2010 flagship project “Open The Door” of the European Festivals Association (EFA) is to highlight how festivals act as dynamic platforms for inclusion and access to culture through their core artistic mission. The third edition of the FestFlash of the European Festivals Association stresses: “Without arts, no festivals, and no keys to society!”

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In time for high festival season, the European Festivals Association (EFA) releases the festival brochure for the years 2010/2011: the EFA Festivals’ Booklet – Doors swing wide open! Inspired by the 2010 EFA flagship project “Open The Door” (www.Open-The-Door.eu ), the mission for 2010/2011 is clear: As the major European network of arts festivals, EFA opens the door to festivals, arts and activities in the field of culture for artists and audiences. The Association gives insight into arts festivals – music, dance, theatre and interdisciplinary – from 38 countries. It stimulates artistic cooperation, supports young artistic managers, passes on know-how from renowned international festivals to newcomers and, last but not least, collaborates with festivals all over the world.

One of the missions of the 2010 flagship project “Open The Door” of the European Festivals Association (EFA) is to open the door to reflection and debate on the importance of arts and culture for societal development. In 2010, under the motto “Festivals: Open Doors. Open Minds. Build Societies,” festivals involve all stakeholders in a political discussion on the role arts and culture play. The second edition of the FestFlash of the European Festivals Association focuses in particular on the work and activities of festivals in South Eastern Europe: How do festivals and politics from this region and how does the EU ‘open doors’ to Europe?

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On 5/6 June 2010, the European Festivals Association (EFA), the major network for festivals from Europe and beyond, reconfirmed its commitment to a cultural Europe. First to sign the document was Ivo Josipovic, President of Croatia and former long-standing director of the Music Biannale Zagreb. Together with 30 festivals from the South-European region EFA urges a broad recognition of the role of arts and culture in society and closer cooperation between the Balkan region and the rest of Europe. The event was part of the EFA flagship project ”Open The Door” (www.Open-The-Door.eu ) initiated at the occasion of the European Year For Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. It was co-organised with the Music Biennale Zagreb and the Croatian Composers’ Society.

May 31, 2010, Phoenix, Arizona – On Tuesday, May 25, the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) was honored with the National Music Council's 29th American Eagle Award at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City’s Times Square. MIM was presented this award for creating an innovative learning environment where people can experience cultural expressions from around the globe and understand how music is truly a shared and universal human experience. The other honorees for this year were Kenny Rogers, Suzanne Vega, Ann Ruckert, and John Mahlmann.

 

The National Music Council was founded in 1940 as a forum for the discussion of this country’s national music affairs and problems. The Council has almost 50 national music organizations, encompassing every important form of professional and commercial musical activity. Each year the Council presents its annual Leadership in Music Symposium, bringing together some of the nation’s musical creators, legislators, educators, and music industry professionals to discuss important issues in the music community and the country as a whole. The symposium is followed by the Council’s annual American Eagle Awards to honor individuals and institutions who have made comprehensive contributions to musical life in America. Recent honorees have included Dizzy Gillespie, Odetta, Isaac Stern and Carnegie Hall, Dave Brubeck, Van Cliburn, Benny Goodman, Max Roach, Lena Horne, U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley, Betty Carter, Phil Ramone, the Marsalis family, Save the Music founder John Sykes, and Quincy Jones.

 

“MIM is privileged to be included on this list of highly respected honorees,” said President and Director Bill DeWalt, Ph.D. “The museum is founded on the conviction that music is something all humans share, a source of beauty and comfort in our daily lives, a means to give voice to our joy in times of celebration, and a powerful force that brings us all together.”

 

MIM celebrates music as all of these things—a sustaining human gift and wellspring of global culture. The museum invites people from every nation and walk of life to come and share in this common legacy, become amazed by the beauty and diversity of musical instruments from all across the globe, and be enriched by their sounds and the stories they have to tell. MIM has collected more than 10,000 musical instruments from every country in the world, and over 3,000 are on exhibit at a time. The museum is committed to preserving, protecting, and sharing this collection with future generations.

 

Museum guests enjoy a close encounter with the instruments themselves, enhanced by state-of-the art audio and video that bring to life the sounds and sights of these instruments as experienced in their cultures of origin. The collection includes the handiwork of anonymous artisans and such renowned makers as Heinrich Engelhardt Steinway and C.F. Martin. MIM displays instruments played by ordinary people alongside the personal instruments of musical celebrities such as John Lennon, Eddie Palmieri, Eric Clapton, King Sunny Adé, Carlos Santana, and Paul Simon. Live performances by internationally celebrated artists in MIM’s music theater give guests an opportunity to hear music from every corner of the globe in an intimate, comfortable environment with superb acoustics.

 

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For more information about MIM, please visit: www.themim.org.

 

For more information about the National Music Council, please visit:

http://www.musiccouncil.org/

 

Media contact:

Alan di Perna, Musical Instrument Museum

480-816-8168 / [email protected]

 

An international forum on "cultural dialogue, music for a better communication" will be held at UNESCO in Paris on 28 June from 15:00 to 17:30. This forum is to be held in respect of the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures, which was established by the General Assembly for the United Nations.

The International Federation for Choral Music has taken significant action this month to ensure the continuation of its leadership in the world of choral Music.

The first edition of the 2010 FestFlash series of the European Festivals Association (EFA) puts in the spotlights the new EFA flagship project “Open The Door” – its launch, its first major event – the EFA General Assembly and Conference – as well as a first series of best practices of festivals that “open doors” to arts and culture, artists and audiences. What’s more, EFA Secretary General Kathrin Deventer speaks about the ambitions of the project.

The European Festivals Association (EFA) held its 58th General Assembly and Conference from 8-11 April 2010 in Merano/Italy. It was hosted by the südtirol classic festival/Meraner Musikwochen. As part of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, 130 festival directors and delegates from 38 countries committed to the statement to “Open The Door” and thus to increase access to festivals for artists and citizens. The official opening ceremony on 8 April included keynote speeches by Nicola Sani, renowned Italian composer and President of Fondazione Isabella Scelsi, and by Doris Pack, Member of the European Parliament and Culture Committee Chairwoman.

The “Notiziario” for April is on line

Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) and the World Bank Institute are pleased to announce the 3 winning bands of Fair Play Anti-Corruption Youth Voices.

The European Festivals Association (EFA) holds its 58th General Assembly and Conference from 8-11 April in Merano/Italy under the motto “Open The Door”. It is hosted by the südtirol classic festival/Meraner Musikwochen that celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2010. 120 festival directors and delegates from 38 countries discuss the need to increase access to festivals for artists and citizens. The official opening ceremony on 8 April at 18.00 at the Stadttheater includes keynote speeches by Nicola Sani, renown Italian composer and media artist, and by Doris Pack, Member of the European Parliament and Chairwoman Culture Committee, as well as a piano recital by Fazil Say.

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On the occasion of the Liszt anniversary year in 2011 the KLASSZ Music Office of Hungarofest Nonprofit Ltd – official coordinator of the Liszt Year 2011 in Hungary – and the Hungarian Music Council announce the World Liszt Day project to call for international cooperation on the day of the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth. The aim of the project is to initiate the performance of Franz Liszt’s oratorio Christus on 22nd October 2011 in as many concert halls around the world as possible.

At the occasion of the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion the European Festivals Association (EFA) launches its 2010 flagship project “Open The Door” (www.Open-The-Door.eu ). As in previous European Years, EFA has been awarded official partner of the European Union. “Open The Door” invites festivals to invest into and reflect upon the transforming power of arts and culture in our societies today. The initiative was launched on 12 February 2010 in Stockholm in collaboration with 13 national festivals associations and 4 cultural networks. They bring together more than 1000 festivals from all over Europe.

Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) and the World Bank Institute are pleased to announce the launch 1 February 2010 of Fair Play - Anti-Corruption Youth Voices, a global competition for original songs by young musicians on the theme of anti-corruption and good governance. 

Prague, February 5, 2010. The Czech section of the International Music Council - Czech Music Council - has been annually awarding exceptional activities in the field of Czech music culture. The awards will go to Jana Semerádová for her creative and research activities with Collegium Marianum and conductor Peter Vrábel for his creative management of the BERG Orchestra on 12^th February 2010 and they will be incorporated in an orchestral concert of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

The seventh and last 2009 edition of the FestFlash for Creativity and Innovation looks back on the festival year 2009 and gives a first impression on the ambitions of the initiative FestLab for Creativity and Innovation of the European Festivals Association (EFA) for 2010.

Again, the featured projects in the sixth edition of the FestFlash on Creativity and Innovation prove that festivals are excellent platforms to foster intercultural dialogue. But what’s more, they are excellent vehicles to exploit the exchange between cultures and stimulate the establishment of innovative collaboration activities.

PRESS RELEASE, on November 15th

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 WINNERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC MUSICA NOVA 2009 

The international jury and Society for Electro-Acoustic /EA/ Music of Czech Republic adn Czech Music Council have a pleasure to announce the results of the 18^th International competition of electro-acoustic music Musica nova  2009.

58 compositions from 25 countries entered the competition in two categories: A – for pure EA music and B – for EA and acoustic component.

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Innovative alliances and strong commitments are the key aspects in order to further develop a cultural Europe based on creativity and participation - this is the key message of the fifth edition of the EFA newsletter "FestFlash on Creativity and Innovation ".

On 27 September 2009, at the Flagey in Brussels, the European House for Culture , an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA) was publically presented. More than 100 invited guests attended the official launch of the House that ambitions to be a meeting place for cultural actors and all who support the arts and confirm their commitment to living culture in Europe.

On 13 September 2009, the European Festivals Association (EFA) together with Ján Figel’, European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, and 20 festival directors from all over Europe look back on five years of intense work for culture and for Europe. The meeting takes place at the occasion of Linz – European Capital of Culture 2009 and the opening of the Brucknerfest Linz 2009. “EFA today thanks Mr Figel’ for his steady and strong support! We underline at the same time festivals’ readiness to provide open and international platforms for artists to create and for audiences to access culture also in the next five years and beyond,” underlines EFA President Darko Brlek.

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The third edition of the FestFlash on Creativity and Innovation profiles festivals as platforms for the creation of new works. They explore cross-disciplinary, interactive approaches and programme in non-traditional venues. One of the commitments defined in the FestLab for Creativity and Innovation is to offer young artists specific laboratory spaces “in order to broaden creative skills and foster individual and collective talents and competences.” Summer time is festival time – and offers many meeting moments and spaces between arts, artists and audience!

The European Festivals Association (EFA) launches EFA BOOKS 4: “Dialogue. Festivals Act for an Intercultural Society .” Seven festival directors share their thoughts about festivals’ roles in our diverse societies. The fourth edition of the European Festivals Association’s BOOKS Series follows on EFA’s engagement in the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.

The Music Council of Australia has received a contract from the Australian government to run the third edition of its Music. Count Us In program. The contract is worth AU$480,000 (about US$370,000).

The second edition of the FestFlash on Creativity and Innovation stresses the innovative potential of festivals in the Baltic and in the Black Sea regions. It spotlights the Vilnius Festival that has been an important trendsetter of "social and cultural trends in cultural life in Lithuania" in the Baltic countries throughout its 13-year-long history, as Ruta Pruseviciene, Executive Director Vilnius Festival, says in an interview for the FestFlash.

The European Festivals Association (EFA) is delighted to announce the successful conclusion of the 2nd edition of the European Atelier for Young Festival Managers and the announcement of the 3rd edition from 23 to 30 October 2011 – hosting city to be confirmed.

The second edition of this unique training programme for young festival managers took place in Varna – Bulgaria from 26 April to 3 May 2009. The Press Release and the Call for Interest for the next edition are available in English, French and German on the EFA website, as well as further information on the Atelier and EFA, at www.efa-aef.eu/en/activities/european-atelier/.

DIGITAL THINK TANKS
The Music Council of Australia is organising some think tanks to address problems around digitisation of music.

YOUTH MUSIC COUNCIL
The Music Council is forming a national youth music council to advise or even lead on issues affecting youth. It would like to establish contact with other similar groups around the world.

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2009 Call for Proposals From Asian Pacific Region Countries  
The International Society for Music Education (ISME) and the Gibson Foundation are pleased to invite applications for the 2009 ISME-Gibson Community Music Education Awards, which provide opportunities that would not otherwise exist for young people to learn, experience and actively participate in music.

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The International Federation for Choral Music has published a job announcement for the position of Secretary General.

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Beloved Colleagues,
 
This 14th December we will celebrate the International Day of Choral Singing. Putting our voices and hearts together, we will break down barriers between us and strengthen our solidarity, singing with one voice!
 

La Journée Internationale de la Musique a été bien célébrée à Kinshasa en Republique Democratique du Congo le mercredi 01 octobre 2008, en partenariat avec l'Institut National des Arts (INA) et le CEDAR (centre de recherche et de diffusion des arts).

400,000 children from 1,700 schools across Australia sang a specially commissioned song at precisely 11.30am on October 23.

The prize winners of the International Competition for Women Composers 2008 have been announced. About a hundred women musicians from all over the world took part in the competition this year. A panel of five experts chose the prize winners.
The International Competition for Women Composers is the most important competition for female composers in the German speaking world. This year the competition was for violoncello and up to four additional instruments.

Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer quelques activités du Comité National de la Musique du Maroc (année 2008). En effet, le 4 juillet, le Comité National de la Musique a décerné, dans le cadre du Festival « Voix de Femmes » de Tétouan, « Le Rabab d’Or » (parrainé par le Conseil International de la Musique depuis 2002) à la plus grande Star du monde Arabe, Samira Said.

100 music sector leaders have just met in a summit in Sydney to propose actions for ensuring a vibrant future for Australian music and musical life. The meeting was called by the Music Council of Australia to follow through on the Rudd 2020 summit. Key issues discussed included the future of the music industry in the face of the upheaval brought by music online; the obstacles in the way of providing every Australian child with a good music education – something that 90% of parents want; and the minimal profile and resourcing of grassroots efforts for more music making opportunities in communities.

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The European Association of Conservatoires (AEC) has launched a new website entitled StudyMusicInEurope. The website is meant for students from outside Europe interested in studying in European higher music education institutions and contains texts in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and French.

The Secretariat of the International Association of Schools of Jazz shares with us the report of the 18th Annual IASJ Jazz meeting 2008.

The JMI international project Ethno now has it's own website!

The latest newsletter of the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth can be found here

The First Global Initiative for Fairness and Justice in the Music Business.

2008 fair music award

Purpose and Overview:
About the 2008 fair music Award: Recognition for best practice and special achievements about fairness in the music business (fair music prize trophy and certificates, the right to use the fair music seal, exposure to international press, promotion of the repertoires via the fair music website and public relation).

Who can be nominated? Labels, publishers, initiatives and services providing the audience access to music.

Process of nomination: fans, listeners, musicians and composers enter nominees representing a good example of fair business practices in serving cultural diversity.

Deadline for submission: June 15 2008 More info here: 2008 fair music award

Paris, November 28, 2007 .
The biennial activity reports submitted by IMC members for the General Assembly are now posted on the IMC website

The Atelier SINGAPORE 2011 – initiated by the European Festivals Association (EFA) – concluded with remarkable and unexpected results.

The 3rd edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers took place from 14-21 May 2011 in Singapore. This seven days training programme is unique in the field of festival programming and management. It allowed 34 participants from 20 countries and five continents to meet, exchange, establish sustainable ties for the future, and to benefit from the wealth of experience of some 15 renowned festival directors, artists and cultural managers. Today, the Atelier can look on an ever-growing network of “alumni”: after three editions , 102 young festival managers and 32 presenters from all over the world have participated in the Atelier for Young Festival Managers.