IMC is the world’s largest network of music organisations and institutions, founded by UNESCO in 1949 and dedicated to the advancement of essential music rights for all people.
IMC brings together people, ideas and actions under the umbrella of the Five Music Rights.
IMC raises awareness and encourages members and others by:
- Advocating the Five Music Rights across society and to decision-makers in arts education, policy, and industry
- Bringing together the expertise of music organisations and institutions supporting the Five Music Rights
- Enabling and implementing initiatives advancing the Five Music Rights.
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Our Regional Music Councils
IMC Executive Board
The 40th IMC General Assembly held in Rabat, November 22 – 23, 2023 elected the new Executive Board which will be serving until the 41 General Assembly in 2025.
President
Sheila Woodward (South Africa/USA)
ISME Past President
Officers
Sanni Kahilahinen (Finland) – Executive Vice-President
International Federation of Musicians – FIM
Mamou Daffé (Mali) – Vice-President
Fondation Festival sur le Niger
Maria Claudia Parias (Colombia) – Vice-President
Idartes
Dorothy Conaghan (Ireland) – Tresurer
European Orchestra Federation – EoFed
Members
Emily Achieng Akuno (Kenya)
International Society for Music Education – ISME
Ananya Bhattacharya (India)
Banglanatak dot com
Anothai Nithibhon (Thailand)
South East Asian Directors Of Music – SEADOM
Ardavan Jafarian (Iran)
Iran’s Publishers Guild – IPPG
Reem Kassem (Egypt/UAE)
Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi
Federico Rinaldi (Italy/Belgium)
European Concert Hall Organisation – ECHO
Roel Vanhoeck (Belgium)
Centre for Fine Arts Brussels – BOZAR
Paulo Zuben (Brasil)
Santa Marcelina Cultura
Fair Music Project
The International Music Council (IMC) along with partners New Internet Media and SKAP – Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, officially launch the Fair Music Project.
The functioning of music streaming needs to be reimagined and this has been known, at least for those navigating the ecosystem, since more than a decade. Still, despite a great number of initiatives, technologies, protests, reports from both civil society organisations and government bodies, being visible and making even the smallest amount of money on the most common streaming platforms remains quite challenging, especially for emerging artists.
More info www.fairmusic.io
IMC IMC Executive Board appoints officers and co-opts three new members
Paris 21.06.2024
Under the leadership of President Sheila Woodward (South Africa/USA), the Executive Board of the International Music Council has appointed Sanni Kahilainen (Finland) as Executive Vice-President, Mamou Daffé (Mali) and Maria Claudia Parias (Colombia) as Vice-Presidents and Dorothy Conaghan (Ireland) as Treasurer.
In addition, Ananya Bhattacharya (India), Reem Kassem (Egypt/UAE) and Paulo Zuben (Brasil) join the Executive Board as coopted members in its task to steer the implementation of the roadmap adopted by members at the last IMC General Assembly held in Rabat in November 2023.
Ananya Bhattacharya, co-Founder/Director of Banglanatak dot com, promotes inclusive, sustainable development through culture-based methods. Ananya holds an electrical engineering degree from Jadavpur University and a Sustainable Development Masters from Staffordshire University and has over two decades of experience in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and addressing gender rights, and sustainability. Ananya champions community-led development, notably through the Art for Life initiative, safeguarding living heritage and fostering rural cultural tourism. Over 8000 folk musicians benefit from capacity building, documentation and recording, digital inclusion, multicultural exchanges, facilitated by initiatives like the World Peace Music Festival Sur Jahan, music tourism, music residencies, living museums etc.
Reem Kassem is an Egyptian cultural manager, producer, and researcher with 23 years of experience, based in Abu Dhabi. Awarded one of 50 most inspirational women in Egypt in 2021. Founder of AGORA for Arts and Culture, co-founder of Basita.live hybrid events platform, and head of performing arts at the Culture Foundation Abu Dhabi. She is an international fellow of the DeVos Institute of Arts Management, a global fellow of the International Society for Performing Arts, a Chevening Scholar and a Clore Cultural Leadership Fellow, a Tandem Shaml, and a Robert Bosch Stiftung Alumni.
Paulo Zuben is a composer and cultural manager. Since 2008, he has been the artistic-pedagogical director of Santa Marcelina Cultura, a social organization responsible for managing the School of Music of the State of São Paulo – EMESP Tom Jobim, Teatro São Pedro and Guri Program. In 2017, he took over the artistic direction of Teatro São Pedro, which became one of the main national references in operatic production, having received several awards from the press and public, including those for the best shows presented in 2018 and 2019.
The newly coopted members complete the Executive Board which includes, in addition to the above-mentioned President and officers, Emily Achieng Akuno (Kenya), Anothai Nithibhon (Thailand), Ardavan Jafarian (Iran), Federico Rinaldi (Italy/Belgium) and Roel Vanhoeck (Belgium).
Sheila Woodward expresses her satisfaction: “as president of the IMC, I am honored to present the current Executive Board elected by our international membership community to serve as representatives in promoting the Five Music Rights across the globe. Strengthened by the newly coopted members, Anaya Bhattacharya, Reem Kassem and Paulo Zuben, this stellar team offers a combination of unique expertise and experience that will bring a distinctive brilliance of leadership to the international music community in promoting the musical rights of all.”
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