Womex is the most important world music industry event. This fair brings together professionals from the worlds of folk, roots, ethnic and traditional music and also includes concerts, conferences and documentary films. It contributes to networking as an effective means of promoting music and culture of all kinds across borders.
In 2012, Womex will be taking place in Thessaloniki, Greece from Wednesday, 17 to Sunday, 21 October 2012.
Report Commissioned by EMO and Eurosonic Noordeslag 12-01-12
The European Music Office, in partnership with Eurosonic Noordeslag and Nielsen, has undertaken a preliminary study aimed at monitoring and analysing the cross-border flows of repertoire within the EU in 2011. The study is being presented today in Groningen, in the framework of the Eurosonic Festival.
From now until December 31 the European public can vote for the EBBA Awards winner who should get the 'Public Choice Award'. The public are invited to vote online, from 1 November until December 31, at the EBBA awards official website
By voting, you can win a trip to the EBBA Awards ceremony, which takes place at Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen, the Netherlands on 11 January 2012.
SABAM - Belgian Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers
SABAM is a multidisciplinary authors' society and it represents in this capacity most of the artistic disciplines (music, cinema, theatre and plastic arts). Therefore, SABAM proposes various diverse events in order to support the authors from these different disciplines.
European Commission Unveils 'Creative Europe' Programme 23-11-11
The European Commission unveiled today its new 'Creative Europe' programme which plans to boost cultural and creative industries in Europe. The 'Creative Europe' programme is currently under discussion by the Council and the European Parliament who will take the final decision on the budgetary framework for 2014-2020.
The European Music Office recently released a statement expressing its concern with regards to the absence of reference to cultural and creative industries in the European Commissions' draft regulation for the next generation of Structural Funds published on the 6th of October, 2011. [read more]
Joint Platform Statement
The three EU Structured Dialogue Platforms ( Access to Culture Platform, Platform on the Potential of Cultural and Creative Industries and Platform for Intercultural Europe) issued a joint statement on the importance of the structured dialogue process in culture which was distributed in the European Culture Forum that took place in Brussels on 20-21 October, 2011. EMO is the Secretariat of the Platform on the Potential of Cultural and Creative Industries.
Arctic Accents is a communication campaign that promotes Finnish music by giving Finnish artists an extra push and highlighting their work in the Benelux. Arctic Accents presents all performances of Finnish music in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in the autumn season of 2011. The campaign encompasses all genres of music from contemporary classical, folk, and jazz to pop, rock, metal and electronic music.
The Catalan Institute for Cultural Industries (ICIC) has launched an online magazine for the international promotion of the Catalan music. Catalan! Music eMagazine is a four-monthly magazine and it is available in 3 different languages: English, Spanish and Catalan.
The winners of the 2012 European Border Breakers Awards were announced on the 6th of October by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth and music festival Eurosonic Noorderslag. The winners will receive their awards in a televised ceremony at the Eurosonic Noorderslag music festival in Groningen, Netherlands, on 11 January 2012.
The European Council of Ministers reached an agreement on the 12th of September 2011 which extends the term of protection for music performers and producers in Europe from 50 to 70 years. This directive will allow performers to extend the benefits from their performances and regain control over their work for two more decades, while record labels will avoid seeing some of their recordings passing into the public domain.
It is with deep regrets that the European Music Office Secretariat announces you the death of Mr. Jean-François Michel, who passed away on Saturday July 23rd after a short illness.
Jean-François Michel was a man of convictions, who fought all his life for what he believed in: culture, diversity and cooperation. We will continue his work with dedication.
We will remember his unreserved enthusiasm, his constant kindness and his genuine optimism. We want to give his daughters, his family and friends our sincere condolences.
A public tributewill be held onSeptember 15 (18:00) at St Eustache Church in Paris.
DIVERSIDAD New single: 'I Got It' Watch the second music video from the DIVERSIDAD project, 'I Got It' !
Diversidad: "The Experience" - First Single of the Album
"The Experience" teaser Diversidad first single "The Experience" available soon [read more]
Diversidad Experience: 1st Album Teaser Check out the 1st album teaser, "Invasion Begins"
Diversidad - A Unique European Urban Experience All you need to know about the second edition of Diversidad - A Unique European Urban Experience [read more]
Diversidad @ Italia Wave Love Festival, July 21, 2010
Italia Wave Love Festival, partner of the Diversidad project, will host a live showcase on July 21 in Livorno (Tuscany).
Five members of the talented group of Diversidad artists will hit the Psycho Stage, Rotonda d'Ardenza (free entrance) to perform an exclusive show. The gig will gather the following artists: Co'Sang (Italy), La Melodia (Netherlands), Marcus Price (Sweden), Orelsan (France), Cookin Soul (Spain).
This concert will be the opportunity to listen to the best European productions of urban music and to witness a demonstration of Europe's flourishing cultural diversity beyond linguistic barriers.
Check out Diversidad on Myspace to read more about the upcoming Diversidad events [read more]
Diversidad @ Culutra Urbana 2010 A unique European Urban Experience !
Diversidad Artists Introducing the artists featured in the Diversidad 2010 edition: check out the teaser
ETEP Acts for 2010 The European Talent Exchange Program (ETEP) is an initiative from the Noorderslag Foundation and Buma Cultuur and is supported by EMO.
ETEP's goal is to stimulate the circulation of European Artists within Europe by performing at selected ETEP festivals throughout Europe. The actual selection is done at EuroSonic Noorderslag out of the 250 artists performing there, by the ETEP festivals themselves.
A large and diverse group of artists are offered the opportunity to perform at the major European ETEP festivals. Various shows are supported by (EBU) radio and (print) Media. This unprecedented cooperation between European partners has a proven track record of success for European artists within Europe and beyond since its start in 2003.
ETEP 2010 supports promising talents as well as already booming artists such as the XX, Lucy Love, Charlie Winston, Band of Skulls or Los Campesinos!
European Platform on Cultural and Creative Industries
In the framework of the European Union's "Structured dialogue", EMO is running the secretariat of the European Platform on Cultural and Creative Industries. Meetings of the Platform have been held in Brussels since 2008 to discuss issues such as mobility, the regulatory enviroment, SMEs, circulation of works and artists, the interaction between creation and industry, as well as exchange and export in a globalised world.
Many recommendations issued by the Platform have been incorporated in the European Commission's Green Paper entitled "Unlocking the potential of culutral and creative industries" wich was released on the 27th of April. The European Commission has officially launched an online public consultation to which EMO will participate actively, in order to fine-tune this important set of policy guidelines.
The next plenary of the platform will be held next June.
Click here to check all the organisations involved. [read more]
Europavox 2010 The first European delegates confirmed at Europavox’ Professional Meeting 2010 [read more]
RE:NEW MUSIC is airborne! After five productive years of founding the project, establishing its partnerships and constructing its pillars for a sustained future, RE:NEW MUSIC's 90 new music projects will enfold throughout its 11 European countries over the next 17 months up until November 2010. The project's 12 partner institutions have appointed 22 ensembles who again have nominated eight works each from their own national repertoire of living composers. From this repertoire pool of a 176 high quality stamped works, the ensembles will choose pieces from outside their own country and build projects around them. For more information, log on to www.renewmusic.org/
The Rockhal recruits a booker/producer The Rockhal, a music complex managed by theCenter for Amplified Music and co-financed by the State of Luxembourg is a premium concert venue with an international audience in the Luxembourg Greater Region. [read more]
EU-MUSIC: 1-4 July, 2009 EU-Music stands for European Urban Music.
The event gathers the music industry and urban music lovers on the 3 main arenas in Stockholm, Sweden on July 1-4, 2009. Together with the City of Stockholm, several different local partners throughout Europe (including EMO) and international media partners, EU-Music will be the most outstanding event for urban music in Europe in 2009.
EU-Music consists of 3 different parts:
1. EU-Music Days A celebration of the urban music culture, open to the public. 2. EU-Music Summit A forum for professionals working with urban music, film, dance and entertainment to meet and do business. A part from being the meeting-place for doing business, different activities will take place, such as seminars, debates and workshops on current topics. 3. EU-Music Awards An award ceremony to reward outstanding urban artists and a celebration of the end of EU-Music.
The outstanding show, featuring several of the most popular international and European urban artists, will permit TV-viewers all over the world to be part of EU-Music.
Diversidad! Event The Austrian capital, co-organizer of the 2008 European Football Championship, welcomed on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of June the 1st European urban culture festival : DIVERSIDAD. For its first edition, the festival DIVERSIDAD took up its bet ! The concerts were sold out the whole 3 days and brought together for the 1st time the best of European hip hop. The Austrian audience could discover on this occasion all the urban culture diversity, with rappers, DJ’s, graffiti artists from all over Europe. Press-Photos and articles Press-Photos and articles
Call for tenders The European Music Office is currently welcoming applications for the four available positions for The Diversidad Urban Forum which begins this year and will last three years. [read more]
DIVERSIDAD EXPERIENCE - VIDEOCLIP!
You already can enjoy the Diversidad video experience. Check it out!
EMO's "DIVERSIDAD!" PROJECT IS SELECTED FOR THE 2008 EUROPEAN YEAR OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE !
The 4th of December, the European Commission held a press conference to present the projects that have been selected for the “European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008”. 7 projects among over 300 have been selected including “DIVERSIDAD! - Promoting Dialogue and Exchange through European Urban Culture”, presented by EMO together with MICA (Music Information Centre Austria) and DIVERSITÉS.
The project will take place all over Europe and especially in Austria during the European Football Championships 2008. The theme will be Hip Hop and Urban Culture, covered through a digital platform of exchange, conferences and seminars, live shows and forums, music singles and collaborative album, radio show and TV documentary. The aim of each activity is to allow artists to exchange inspiration, experiences and professional information, favouring artists’ mobility and circulation of music works overall Europe.
Europavox Professional Meeting : More Business, more Fun May 29-31, 2009 Come to Clermond-Ferrand, France and discover the best of the European music scene with more than 60 bands from 20 different countries over 2 days and 3 nights. With a team dedicated to assisting you before and during your stay to help you make the most of your trip, Europavox Festival will be the place to go if you want to increase your European network while discovering new bands. The exclusive industry event is selecting a qualified delegation of buyers and sellers from all over Europe in a small scale setting perfect to insure exchanges and connections. This year our special focus will be on Czech Republic for their EU presidency. Save the date in May, meet, greet, work, discover and have fun in the beautiful Auvergne region in the heart of France! So stay tuned! For more information, log onto europavox.com
Europavox Line up!
The line up for the 4th edition of Europavox has been announced.
The festival will take place in Clermond-Ferrand (France) from the 27-31 May 2009. Confirmed acts include: Bloc Party (UK), I'm from Barcelona (SE), Emily Loizeau (FR) and many many more.
My Urban Music Day is a meeting-place for professionals and music enthusiasts and to discuss the situation for the European Urban Music industry. It is a pre-event to the pan-European project EU-Music Days (European Urban Music Days) that has its premiere in Stockholm on July 1-4, at the same time as Sweden takes over the EU-chairmanship.
To celebrate the International Women's Day on March 8, the theme of the March-event is "Urban Women".
The event consist of 3 parts: SEMINARS - leading decision-makers of the music industry, cultural institutions and urban music enthusiasts come together to discuss urban music, the conditions for working with music today and how to develop the . WORKSHOPS - "Lady Streetdance" is a project initiated by female streetdancers for female streetdancers, with the goal of strengthen women and to discuss the image and the way women are represented. SHOW - Nine of the most prominent female urban artists perform live on the show "Urban Ladies". .
When: March 27, 2009 (Seminars: 14.00-17.00, Workshop: 15.00-18.00, Show: 19.00) . Where: Lava / Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden . How: All activities are open to the public, free of charge.
EU Music Days The starting-point for the big European music event of the Year - EU Music Days - just took place in Stockholm. Some of Sweden's most outstanding urban artists were invited to work together and share their experience on music production with the audience. The day started out with different hands-on workshops.
The idea behind the initiative My Urban Music Day was to gather artists to talk about European Urban Music and to show the audience how they work. This is the start of preparations for the arrival of the European Urban Music industry in Stockholm in July. During spring, similar workshops with other themes will be held in Stockholm, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, London and Brussels. [read more]
ETEP: European Talent Exchange Program
2008 brings us a new record with 187 shows by 64 European artists from 16 countries at 59 ETEP festivals in 19 countries. With over 730 confirmed festival shows on 60 major international festivals since 2003, ETEP is a successful Noorderslag initiative to stimulate the exchange of European music throughout Europe. ETEP brings new talent to the forefront by bringing together the leading European festivals with radio and other media.
On the other hand, during the press conference at Pukkelpop it was officially stated that the focus country of the 2009 edition of EuroSonic Noorderslag will be Belgium.
The European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP) is an initiative from the Noorderslag Foundation and Buma Cultuur and is supported by EMO. ETEP's goal is to stimulate the circulation of European artists within Europe by performing at selected ETEP festivals throughout Europe.
Diversidad is an ambitious three-year European project dedicated to urban cultures. It includes a European tour, a digital platform, a documentary, an urban art exhibition, and a collective album gathering twenty rappers, beatmakers and DJ's.
