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FREEMUSE SECRETARIAT
About the staff and the Freemuse office in Copenhagen
12 February 2010


Executive Director of Freemuse

Organiser of the 1st World Conference on Music and Censorship, former reporter to the Swedish Broadcasting. Co-editor of 'Smashed Hits – The Book of Banned Music', Index on Censorship 6/98. Editor of "Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today" published 2004.



Marie Korpe - photo by Kristina Funkeson


Programme Manager

Co-editor of 'Smashed Hits – the Book of Banned Music'. Took the initiative to the 1st World Conference on Music and Censorship. Has lectured world-wide on music censorship, cultural policies and cultural diversity. Has worked as media and music consultant in Mali, India, Gabon, Botswana and Bhutan and as journalist in more than 40 countries for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Former chairman of the EBU World Music Workshop. Former advisor to Danish Center for Culture and Development.


Ole Reitov - photo by Kristina Funkeson

 
Web Editor
Journalist. For two decades deeply involved in the field of world music, namely as a music editor at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation radio station DR P3 and as co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Danish Djembe Magazine, but also as a musician, a DJ, and director of the record company Mild Records. Former member of the board of Danish Center for Culture and Development.


Mik Aidt - photo by Kristina Funkeson


Administrator
Rikke Nagell has a solid background in cultural co-operation. A former project coordinator at The Danish Center for Culture and Development, Rikke holds master degrees in African Studies, a cand.mag degree in modern culture and cultural communication and a BA in theatre and film.

Rikke Nagel



IT Officer, Webmaster
Frederik W. Nørregaard is currently studying Information Technology at the Danish IT University, ITU, in Copenhagen. He has a broad knowledge in server-side programming, java technology and browser-based languages and has a great interest in different music-genres.




Read more:

3rd Freemuse World Conference - report
Read all the speeches and testimonials from the 3rd Freemuse World Conference on music censorship, held in Istanbul in 2006
About Freemuse
Basic information about Freemuse
Awards and recognition
List of a number of international prizes and awards and words of recognition which Freemuse has received for its work
Board of Advisors
Members of the Freemuse Board of Advisors
Censorship in apartheid South Africa: Documentary and school material
Censorship in apartheid South Africa: Documentary and school material
Charter
The purpose and constitution of Freemuse
Declaration
Declaration from the 1st World Conference on Music and Censorship in November 1998
Executive Committee
Members of the Freemuse Executive Committee
Freemuse 'Ambassadors'
The 'Freemuse Ambassadors' are typically musicians or music promoters who support the Freemuse cause
Freemuse Award 2008
A Freemuse Award will be presented for the first time in 2008. The first person to recieve the award will be announced on the Music Freedom Day, 3 March 2008
Freemuse enters MySpace
If MySpace was a country it would be among the ten largest countries in the world. On 2 May 2007, Freemuse became a citizen there. Read why Freemuse has entered MySpace.
Freemuse nominated 'best music web site' at Webby Awards
The leading international honours for web sites, The Webby Awards, nominated Freemuse.org for am award in the category 'Best Music Web Site of 2002'
Freemuse receives grant from The Sigrid Rausing Trust
The Sigrid Rausing Trust has awarded a grant of £50,000 for the next year to the work of Freemuse
Freemusepedia
Timeline of incidents of music censorship world-wide
Funding
Who is funding Freemuse?