MUSIC UPDATE

February 2023

Welcome to the very first edition of the new EBU Music Update, bringing you a selection of highlights from across the music spectrum. This month we focus on the recently published 2022 EBU Music Unit Annual Report and Music Exchange Statistics, an outstanding archive concert featuring Nina Simone, in celebration of her 90th birthday, and much more.

This monthly newsletter informs you about EBU radio organizations’ latest outstanding music news in Jazz, Pop, Rock, Folk, World, Classical Music, Media Ensembles and Radio Art. Plus it showcases everything you need to know about the EBU Music Unit's activities.

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SPOTLIGHT

The EBU Music Unit 2022 Annual Report and the Music Exchange 2022 Statistics are out

The Annual Report provides a comprehensive summary of what we have accomplished over the past year. We also focus on the key figures from the Music Exchange activity for 2022 in the Statistics report. Both documents show what we have achieved together and the impact this creates within the EBU’s music community.

LATEST NEWS

World Radio Day: Radio and Peace (UNESCO)

Some EBU radio organizations have offered content to mark UNESCO’s World Radio Day on 13 February with special classical concerts, focusing on this year’s theme of Radio and Peace. Their offers are listed on the webpage EBU radio organizations’ music initiatives to support Ukraine, along with concerts to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion.

The Metropolitan Opera wins Grammy Award for Blanchard's 'Fire Shut Up In My Bones'

The 2023 Grammy Award Winner for Best Opera Recording went to Terence Blanchard's 'Fire Shut Up In My Bones' by the Metropolitan Opera New York. Congratulations! The work, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, opened the 2021-2022 Season and was broadcast as part of the Met Saturday Matinée Season. It is the first opera by a black composer to be performed at the Metropolitan Opera since its founding in 1883.

International Women's Day 2023

A celebratory package of 19 classical concerts to mark International Women’s Day (8 March) is available in MUS under reference SM/2023/01/38/01-19. It includes two as-live concerts from the BBC on the day itself, plus a centenary celebration of Croatian composer Dora Pejačević from HRT. In addition, the EBU Folk Producers have selected live recordings, radio sessions and special features to celebrate the current female folk scene in Europe, with a special focus on young and emerging musical talent. The offer is available in MUS under reference FM/2023/02/01/01-14.

World premiere of Gilberto Gil’s ‘Amor Azul’

The opera Amor Azul, co-written by icon Brazilian singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil and Italian composer and conductor Aldo Brizzi, had its world premiere on 3 December 2022 at the Auditorium of the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique in Paris, performed by the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. France Musique’s broadcast is available in MUS under reference SM/2023/01/52/01.

Eurosonic Festival (ESNS) 2023 – the offer has been released!

It was great to see and hear so many talented and emerging rock/pop top young artists from all over Europe in Groningen, the Netherlands, at the Eurosonic Festival (ESNS) in January. The line-up of the acts selected by EBU producers is available in MUS under reference RM/2022/12/02/01-29. If you haven’t already, check out our 3 questions to ESNS programmer Robert Meijerink and the video message from rap artist Selló (selected by RTÉ 2fm). You can also listen to the 2023 Eurosonic Festival EBU Acts playlist.

Music Plenary Meeting in Geneva – registration open

The 2023 Music Plenary Meeting, the annual face-to-face meeting for the classical music community, will take place on 4-6 June at the EBU Headquarters in Geneva. Please visit our dedicated webpage to register and view our list of recommended hotels.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Nina Simone (Jack Robinson/Getty Images)

Celebrating the Life and Music of the Great Nina Simone

To mark Nina Simone's 90th birthday on 21 February, and sadly the 20th anniversary of her passing on 21 April, NDR has unearthed from its archives a concert recorded at the Fabrik in Hamburg in 1988. The offer is available in MUS under JM/2023/01/02/01.

Hervé Riesen (Radio France)

“We have the car but we don't use the engine.”

Hervé Riesen, Deputy Director of FIP, Radio France, moderating the Music and Radio 60-minute session ‘The art of the playlist(s)’ on 1 February. Watch the video.

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

13 February – World Radio Day

15 February – Immersive sound, online

23 February – Subscriptions series: to be or not to be?, online

1 March – Celebrating female musicians, online

8 March – International Women's Day

17 March – Classical Music Group Meeting, online

21 March – Early Music Day

22 March – Video game music: the next level, online

23 March – Social media strategy: who are your social media consumers?, online

19 April – Classical Concert Presenters Forum, online

4-6 June – Music Plenary Meeting, Geneva

21-23 June – Media Ensemble Seminar, Sofia

Visit ebu.ch to see all our upcoming events, plus presentations and videos from past events.

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