EMEE News
LIVEMX final open-call announced
The final open-call for LIVEMX is now open! Apply now for grants of €20,000, €40,000 or €60,000 to support projects in music export, live venues or digital circulation. Apply now […]
Build your music career in China with the SEWEM guides
Want to learn more about building your career in China and develop your understanding of the Chinese market? Use these three guides produced as part of the SEWEM project. From […]
New Study: Japanese Music Market
EMEE is excited to present our new study on the Japanese Music Market. In preparation for the EMEE mission to Japan in November 2024, our report covers all the foundational […]
New Study: Los Angeles Sync Industry
EMEE is excited to present our new Study on the Los Angeles Sync industry. The companion report to the International Market Mission for export offices to Los Angeles (June, 2024), […]
LIVEMX: Second call is live now!
The second call for LIVEMX project proposals is live now! Companies across Europe can apply now for grants of €20k, €40k or €60k to support projects related to music export, […]
New! 2024 Market Profiles
Read our market profiles to better understand how to export your music across Europe. Throughout 2024 we’ll be launching Market Profiles for countries across Europe. Use them to identify key […]
Introducing: India International Music Week & India Music Exchange
In 2023 EMEE embarked upon an international mission to India, and we are delighted to see the announcement of the new export focused organisation India Music Exchange and international showcase […]
EMEE Market Profiles – Available now!
To support our international and European networking missions, we create a range of publicly available country guides to support export development into new territories and share our insights. Produced with […]
Overview: EMEE European Networking Mission to Milan
As part of our ongoing DEMEC project, this month EMEE members participated in a networking mission to Milan, Italy where they were able to learn more about the Italian music […]
EMEE International Mission to Mexico
EMEE are embarking upon an International Networking Mission to Mexico in order to connect with professionals from across the music sector in Mexico and bring together the European and Mexican […]
The Italian Synch Market: Interviews with Francesca Barone, Eleonora Danese and Silvia Siano
Researched and written by Alice Kattago Introduction The Italian synch market can provide numerous opportunities to international artists whether that be in the field of advertising, film or TV. The […]
OVERVIEW: EMEE Networking Mission to Riga
Read the EMEE Market Profile for Latvia As part of our ongoing DEMEC project, this month EMEE members participated in a networking mission to Riga, Latvia where they were able […]
LIVEMX Grants are now open!
LIVEMX is now open for project applications! Submit yours before January 6th. Supported by Music Moves Europe, LIVEMX aims to nurture a more diverse and sustainable music sector through dedicated […]
Music Moves Europe Awards: Nominees Announced
As part of the steering committee for Music Moves Europe Awards – we are excited to announce the fifteen artists that have been announced as nominees for next year’s prize. […]
SEWEM: Meet the Chinese Music Industry at WOMEX
Through a series of events, meetings, and receptions you’ll have the chance to find out more about the gateway to China and how you can develop and grow with their […]
REPORT: Developing Music Export in Europe (volume 1)
Read the latest report from EMEE – a comprehensive analysis of 29 music export organisations. Despite the alleged democratisation of digital technologies that allow music to be heard instantly everywhere […]
REPORT PUBLICATION: Implementing Steps to Develop and Promote European Music Export
The European Commission has published the report “Implementing Steps to Develop and Promote European Music Export” setting out the practical first stages of the European Music Export Strategy (EMES), which […]
SEWEM: Meet The Residents!
Meet the Chinese and French artists that will participate in the SEWEM residency in Cenon, France from September 11-15, 2023 As part of the SEWEM project 6 artists from China […]
Calling for a New European Vision For Touring
Download the letter in full with annexes in pdf format. As Spain took over the Presidency of the Council a few weeks ago, with enabling cross-border mobility for artists addressed as […]
EMEE International Market Mission to Mumbai, India
EMEE is leading a pan-European delegation of export offices, on an international market mission to India. Representatives from several EU countries will meet with Indian music professionals, get insights from […]
Music Mobility Funding Guide – Focus on Europe
EMEE Member Poland Music Export and On the Move have just released a mobility funding guide – providing an overview of the funding bodies and programmes that support the international […]
Read the call of 108 EU & US organisations to facilitate visa and work permit conditions for artists and cultural professionals
The EMEE network is among the 108 signatories of this important letter to the EU and the US leaders for facilitate visa and work permit conditions for artists and cultural […]
Europe Day (May 9th): a cross-border musical celebration of Europe
Liveurope & EBU present Europe Day: a cross-border musical celebration of Europe For the 7th consecutive year, Liveurope will be celebrating Europe Day doing what they know best: throwing the […]
EMEE signing the Keychange Pledge
Representation of women and gender minorities in the music industry remains very low in all European countries. Across the participating countries’ collecting societies, women represent 20% or less of registered […]
Secure a future for cultural life in Europe – Open Letter
Following the open letter published by 110 pan-European networks on 30 October 2020 “Make culture central in the EU recovery”, the group comes together again to reiterate their call to […]
Liveurope seeking to add five additional venues to its ever-growing structure
Music venues across Europe are going through the hardest crisis they have ever faced in recent history. In these unprecedented times, Liveurope, an association of 16 leading European venues, is […]
These are the winners of the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards 2021
Alyona Alyona (ua), Inhaler (ie), Julia Bardo (it), Lous and the Yakuza (be), Melenas (es), Rimon (nl), Sassy 009 (no), Vildá (fi) are the winners of the Music Moves Europe […]
Don’t miss these panels at ESNS 2021!
Eurosonic festival starts in a few days (Jan 13-16) and due to the current situation, the shows and the conferences will be digital, so see you online! Here’s a selection […]
Join EMEE panel on the Scandinavian digital music market at ESNS 2021
EMEE continues to tackle the market entry questions and this time we’ll be looking at Scandinavia – Sweden, Norway and Denmark. However, as the COVID-19 crisis has also thrown the […]
Implementing steps to develop and promote European Music Export
The European Commission’s DG EAC has selected the consortium – led by our member mica – music austria / Austrian Music Export and including EMEE, Czech Arts and Theatre Institute […]
Make culture central in the EU Recovery – Open letter
In the open letter, published on October 30, 2020, EMEE, along with other 109 pan-European cultural networks and associations calls the European Union (EU) and EU member states to protect […]
InvestEU – ensuring support for the cultural and creative businesses
Today, 26 organisations from across Europe’s cultural and creative sectors wrote to European Commissioners Thierry Breton (Internal Market) and Paolo Gentiloni (Economy) regarding the EU’s flagship investment programme InvestEU. The programme is […]
Music Moves Europe Talent Awards 2021: here are the 16 nominees
Tonight, the nominees for the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards were announced at the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany in presence of the European Commissioner for Culture, Mariya Gabriel. This […]
EMEE partners with Liveurope Online Festival
EMEE is a partner of Liveurope Festival: 10+ free concerts with up-and-coming artists from over 10 European nationalities streamed to you directly from Europe’s hottest venues from the 24th to […]
A call to invest in all our creative futures
Ahead of the next European Council meeting (17-18 July), 45 leading European cultural figures issued a call for the EU to “be bold and to invest in culture and the […]
Investing in Europe’s next generation by investing in culture
EMEE together with 93 organisations from across Europe’s cultural and creative sectors wrote to political leaders, calling for strong and systemic support measures at EU and national level to recover […]
Europe’s cultural and creative sectors call for ambitious EU budgetary measures to get through the COVID-19 crisis
Time to put words into action! Europe’s cultural and creative sectors were among the first and hardest hit by the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. They will also be among the last. […]
Music sector joins together to call for EU and national investment to address current crisis and promote diversity
Music is one of the first sectors hit by the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. It will also be one of the last. As borders close, venues as well as festivals suspend […]
COVID19 outbreak – Showcase festivals and conferences updates
EMEE has drafted a list of coming up showcases and music conference festival in the world, providing daily updates on their status
COVID19 outbreak – EU official sources per country
Through its members, EMEE has gathered official governmental information by most of European countries regarding safety measures put in place to contrast the COVID19 outbreak. The list will be updated […]
European Commission publishes the first European Music Export Study in partnership with EMEE
The European Commission has published today a “Study on a European Export Strategy”, an in-depth analysis on the status of European music’s export capacity (both within the EU member states […]
EMEE partners with BISE Festival to bring the freshest European artists to Nantes
Some of you may already know the popular French BIS (Biennales Internationales du Spectacle) event, bringing every two years 13.000 creative professionals from various backgrounds (theatre, dance, music, circus, etc) […]
First European Music Export Conference in Brussels
Analyse the challenges and opportunities regarding the export of European music, present solutions to some of the issues faced by stakeholders and suggest operational tools to increase the cross-border circulation […]
Music Moves Europe Talent Awards: here’s the new 16 nominees!
Succeeding the European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA), the annual Music Moves Europe Talent Awards are co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, with the additional support of […]
Join EMEE panel on Music Export in EU at Eurosonic 19
Europe is home of some of the most inspiring and talented music creators in the world. From Tallinn to Lisbon, from Athens to Dublin, new artists emerge every day and […]
Don’t miss EMEE workshops at Eurosonic 2019!
Join EMEE at Eurosonic! The European Music Exporters Exchange network will organize two workshops during next ESNS19: “Are You Export Ready for USA?” and “Are You Export Ready? French Case […]
An export strategy for European music
Thrilled to announce EMEE has won the first ever European Commission tender towards developing an export strategy for European music!
Music Moves Europe Talent Awards
EMEE is proud to be part of the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards, the new EU prize for popular and contemporary music. The MME Awards succeeds the European Border Breakers […]