FREEMUSE – THE WORLD FORUM ON MUSIC AND CENSORSHIP is an independent international organisation which advocates freedom of expression for musicians and composers worldwide.
FREEMUSE is a membership organisation with its secretariat based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Freemuse receives funding from The Swedish International development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), The Sigrid Rausing Trust, Roskilde Festival Charity Society, Björn Afzelius International Culture Foundation (BAIK) and Sweden's Special Initiative for Democratisation and Freedom of Expression.
FREEMUSE was born of the 1st World Conference on Music and Censorship held in Copenhagen in November 1998.
The conference joined together professionals from diverse fields and countries – musicians, journalists, researchers, record industry professionals and human rights activists – to examine, discuss and document a wide variety of abuses from the apparently benign to the overtly extreme.
The alarmingly widespread nature of censorship in music prompted the conference attendees to initiate the creation of a new organisation, Freemuse. Its guidelines are the principles outlined in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights as they apply specifically to musicians and composers. The Freemuse secretariat was established in August 2000.
FREEMUSE IN ACTION
Our objectives are to:
• Document violations and discuss their effects on music life
• Inform media, human rights organisations and the public
• Support musicians in need and observe at their trials
• Develop a global network in support of threatened musicians and composers
To reach these objectives Freemuse initiates a variety of activities: International campaigns for musicians in need, informative activities, such as press conferences and lectures, as well as publishing reports, articles and regular newsletters. Freemuse also participates in several conferences, seminars and festivals. One of the main Freemuse activities are the recurring world conferences. For a complete list of Freemuse activities, click here.
NEWS NETWORK
This website, www.freemuse.org, is part of:
• the global Google News network, and
• Intute – an online service providing access to the very best web resources for education and research, selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists from a consortium of universities and partners in the United Kingdom.
Its news stories are also distributed by the e-newsletter
• IMC Music World News – published by International Music Council from Maison de l'UNESCO in Paris.
JOIN US!
You can join FREEMUSE as a member and support our activities. We may not be able to stop music censorship, but we can, together, make it harder for the forces of repression to prevail.
FREEMUSE SECRETARIAT
Freemuse
Nytorv 17, 3rd floor
DK-1450 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Tel: (+45) 33 32 10 27
Freemuse is registered in Denmark as a non-profit organisation, with CVR number 28161921.
Staff:
Click to read about staff |
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What is music censorship?
See a video introduction about Freemuse
Freemuse Award - click on photo to read about the annual award |
