2 December 2014 End of the Rome Opera House conflict On the 25 November 2014, during a full session, Rome Opera House staff approved by 97% the agreement signed two days earlier between theatre management and unions which cancels the...
17 November 2014 FIM campaign against cultural vandalism in the music sector FIM is launching an international week of mobilisation to show the opposition of the music sector and all publics to the policies of relinquishment, budgetary asphyxiation or pure and simple...
19 October 2014 More about the Rome Opera crisis Following a two and a half hour long meeting, the Board of Directors of the Rome Opera House, chaired by the City Mayor [see photo], decided on 2 October 2014...
23 May 2014 ILO: media and culture GDF reaches consensus on key points The tripartite Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Relationships in the Media and Culture Sector was held at the ILO, Geneva, from Wednesday, 14 to Thursday, 15 May 2014. The FIM...
19 May 2014 Finland: fight over Internet music rights goes to Court 19 May 2014 – Fight Over Internet Music Rights goes to Market Court – Two sons of late Albert Järvinen, best known as guitarist for the Finnish rock'n'roll band Hurriganes,...
6 May 2014 The Swedish Musicians’ Union sues Warner, Naxos and MNW 6 May 2014 – The Swedish Musicians' Union sues record companies for music on Spotify – The Swedish Musician's Union, as representative of a number of its members, has sued...
23 March 2014 The Oslo Call “Representatives from musicians’ unions in more than 30 countries, meeting in Oslo on February 26, 2014, express their deepest concern about the situation of symphony and opera orchestras around the world....
23 March 2014 Conclusions of the 3rd FIM International Orchestra Conference I. MUSIC AGAINST CHILD LABOUR All orchestras around the world should support the global initiative “Music against child labour” by dedicating one of their concerts – including those already scheduled...
20 March 2014 Gipfeltreffen in Oslo Aktiv werden, bevor es zu spät ist. Ein Bericht von der dritten Orchesterkonferenz der Internationalen Musikerföderation Der Dialog dient als Erkenntnisinstrument, besonders dann, wenn man mit Menschen aus aller Welt...
10 February 2014 The European Parliament adopts the regulation facilitating transport of musical instruments in cabins On the 5 February 2014, the European Parliament adopted the text reviewing community regulation 2027/97, certain provisions of which aim to facilitate the transport of musical instruments on board planes...
1 December 2013 3rd FIM International Orchestra Conference The 3rd FIM International Orchestra Conference will be take place February 24-26, 2014 in Oslo. Detailed information is available on the FIM IOC Website . Orchestra musicians interested in participating should...
4 November 2013 Online music: music performers denounce industry practices Rumbling discontent is on the rise with professional musicians whose recordings are exploited online. Swedish union SMF is preparing legal action. Is the Spotify streaming service really the business model for the...
30 October 2013 Music Against Child Labour: join the campaign now! The global Music Against Child Labour Initiative was launched in 2013. It links the ILO and its International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) with musicians, conductors and...
17 October 2013 The New York City Opera closes down Founded in 1943 and launched on Feb 21, 1944 with Puccini’s Tosca, the New York City Opera announced on Oct. 1st 2013 that it would immediately file for Chapter 11...
23 September 2013 Athens. A musician stabbed to death in the street by a Golden Dawn militant On Wednesday 18 September in Athens, 34-year old Greek musician Pavlos Fyssas (better known under his stage name Killah P) died from stab-wounds after being attacked by an extreme right-wing...
29 August 2013 The Baleares Symphony Orchestra fighting for survival For months now, musicians from the Baleares Symphony Orchestra (OSIB) have been stepping up initiatives with their public and media in an attempt to convince authorities to guarantee the future...
2 August 2013 United Kingdom: musicians’ union’s 120th anniversary During its biennial conference on the 23 and 24 July 2013, The British Musicians’ Union celebrated its 120th anniversary in Manchester, where it was created in 1893. This particularly brilliant...
26 June 2013 Dringender Aufruf für internationale Solidarität: Warnung vor Beschäftigungsangebot des “Teatro pricipal de Palma de Mallorca” INTERNATIONALE MUSIKER-FÖDERATION Seit mehr als einem Jahr versuchen die Musiker/innen des Sinfonieorchesters der Balearen „Ciutat de Palma“ vergeblich mit dem Management in Verhandlungen zu treten, um eine Kollektivvereinbarung zu schließen....
20 June 2013 United Kingdom – Rightholder outcry at the announcement of a non-compensated private copy levy Following the Vitorino recommendations –contested by FIM– the latest series of attacks on the private copy levy has come in the form of a British government bill called Modernising Copyright....
20 June 2013 International protests following the closure of the Greek public broadcasting service The abrupt closure of ERT, the Greek public broadcasting service that runs 4 national TV stations, 19 local TV stations, 6 radios, several websites and administers the country’s audiovisual archives...
