Events

Music Estonia was invited to participate in music strategy discussions led by the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service, and Sport of Austria, attended by representatives from both the European Commission and nearly 100 Austrian music industry stakeholders.

Representatives from the following organizations presented at the conference: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service, and Sport, Austrian Music Fund, Austrian Society for Contemporary Music, Music Theatre Days Vienna, MuFA – Music for All, MICA – Music Austria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austrian Economic Chamber, Austrian Music Council, Wiener Festwochen, Austrian Composers Association, Austrian Music Export, IFPI Austria, Universal Edition, International Music + Media Center, University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Musician’s Guild Austria, various collecting societies, MuTh – Concert Hall. People from Klangforum Wien, other orchestras/ensembles, and artists of different genres will also attend.

A representative from Music Estonia was invited to participate with the aim of learning about strategies and goals for developing music export in Estonia, including how our country’s development center and export office were established, how the management structure is built, where input comes from, which organizations are collaborated with both domestically and internationally, and what ongoing activities and strategic future visions are.

The presentation on the topic “Networking and Export: Music Strategy in Estonia” was delivered by Music Estonia’s Director, Ave Sophia Tölpt.

Program: 

Moderation: Hannes Tschürtz

09:00 Registration and Coffee

09:30 Welcome

Stefan Hahn, Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service, and Sport

09:40 EU Initiative “Music Moves Europe”

Susanne Hollmann, European Commission

 10:00 EU Study “Boost the capacity of European music export”

Franz Hergovich, MICA

10:30 Networking and Export: Music Strategy in Estonia

Ave Sophia Maria Tölpt, Music Estonia

11:00 Coffee Break

11:20 Study “Value Creation of the Music Industry in Austria 2024”

Anna Kleissner, Econmove / paul und collegen

11:50 Perspectives from Practice

OSKA and Annemarie Reisinger-Treiber, Parramatta

Thomas Heher, Waves Vienna

Daniela Neumayer, Jazzfestival Saalfelden

12:30 Group Discussions

13:30 Summary

Kathrin Kneissel, Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service, and Sport

Followed by an Invitation to the Networking Lunch