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22-Jun-2018
by Dr. Herbert Scheibenreif - CIA Vice-President
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 Dr. Herbert Scheibenreif - CIA Vice-President (picture left), was the CIA delegate attending the 8th European Forum on Music in Oslo/Norway. This is his report.The European Forum on Music (EFM): Looking Back – Looking Forward. The Future of Europe’s Musical Roots took place from Thursday, 7 June until Sunday, 10 June 2018 in Oslo/Norway. The EFM, annual conference of the European Music Council (EMC), a member of the IMC, Official NGO partner of UNESCO, was hosted by the Norwegian Music Council and is part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. With this edition of the EFM, we looked at the importance and the value of musical heritage for our future European society. Music and intangible heritage in general are confronted with a variety of challenges: from participation and access to music to environmental threats. What is needed today to make sure that we can still enjoy Europe’s musical roots in the future? The session on oral transmission demonstrated that traditional music throughout Europe is kept alive and further developed by new adaptations through live electronics, choir arrangements, DJ adaptations, and many more. The session on the future of recent musical repertoire had a look at inspiring and sometimes very pragmatic programming strategies of radios and concert halls for what is often called “classic contemporary music” – and how to overcome obstacles. The future is not imaginable without an awareness on environmental issues – therefore one of the panels looked at how musicians and music activities such as festivals can become “greener.” And there are also other reasons for musicians to travel far – when being prosecuted in their home countries some need to seek refuge and Safe Havens, such as the musicians from the SafeMuse project. In the panel on freedom of expression the speakers agreed that we want all to be able to express ourselves freely whether we agree on it or not, because we are a plural society. Further to these more contextual perceptions on the future of music in Europe, a joint session with the European Theatre Convention presented the EU’s policy for culture which is incorporated in the new edition of the European Agenda for Culture which will consequently bring about EU funding programmes for music and culture, such as the preparatory action “Music Moves Europe” and the potential continuation of the Creative Europe programme as of 2021. The musical programme of the Forum was a true celebration of diversity: with "From the Vastland” a black metal band was included in the Forum programme, complemented by the Norwegian Girls’ Choir and Swedish Sami singer Katarina Barruk and Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhoni Silvola. The next edition of the Forum from 27 September to 1 October 2019 in Paris/France will coincide with the IMC World Forum on Music, celebrating the IMC’s 70th anniversary. Following the EFM the Annual Meeting of Members of the EMC took place on 10 June 2018, where a new EMC Board was elected at the EMC Annual Meeting: Ian Smith, President (United Kingdom) Victoria Liedbergius, Vice-President (Norway) Willem van Moort, Treasurer (The Netherlands) Eirik Birkeland (Norway) Joanna Grotkowska (Poland) Audrey Guerre (France) Michalis Karakatsanis (Cyprus) David Zsoldos (Hungary) |