EMEE News

January 23, 2024

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 […]


December 21, 2023

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 […]


December 6, 2023

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 […]


December 1, 2023

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 […]


November 21, 2023

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 […]


November 20, 2023

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 […]


November 9, 2023

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 […]


November 9, 2023

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.  […]


October 4, 2023

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 […]


September 20, 2023

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 […]


August 24, 2023

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 […]


July 31, 2023

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 […]


July 20, 2023

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 […]


April 13, 2023

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 […]


April 7, 2023

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 […]


June 15, 2021

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 […]


April 27, 2021

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 […]


April 15, 2021

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 […]


March 19, 2021

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 […]


January 19, 2021

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 […]


January 15, 2021

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 […]


January 11, 2021

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 […]


January 11, 2021

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 […]


December 8, 2020

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 […]


November 2, 2020

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 […]


October 5, 2020

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 […]


September 18, 2020

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 […]


September 3, 2020

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 […]


July 15, 2020

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 […]


June 22, 2020

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 […]


May 5, 2020

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. […]


April 3, 2020

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 […]


March 12, 2020

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


March 12, 2020

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 […]


January 29, 2020

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 […]


November 28, 2019

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) […]


October 8, 2019

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 […]


September 20, 2019

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 […]


January 11, 2019

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 […]


January 11, 2019

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 […]


October 29, 2018

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!


August 2, 2018

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 […]