New data highlights uneven progress across Europe, limited intersectional parity, and the urgent need to invest in future music leadership. Keychange has published its Keychange Pledge Report 2023–2025, offering one of the most comprehensive public datasets to date on gender balance and intersectional … read more »
Happy Monday! What good news to start the week with! Austrian Music Export’s very own Paulina Parvanov has been awarded the IMPALA Outstanding Contribution Award for 2026! The award This November, IMPALA announces the expansion of its Outstanding Contribution Award as part of a … read more »
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL JANUARY 13 2025 5pm EST/ 10 pm GMT/ 11pm CET. The Keychange Talent Leadership Programme (TLP) is a six-month training for women and gender-diverse individuals ready to lead change in the music industry. This programme equips future leaders with … read more »
Why are networks necessary for FLINTA? Itta Francesca Ivellio-Vellin passes the opening question to her guests Regina Fisch (MEWEM Europa / mica – music austria), Marie Fol (KEYCHANGE project manager), Myassa Kraitt (KÖNIGIN DER MACHT, D/ARTS) and Lynn Meisner (POP NRW, MUSIC … read more »
MISSION DIVERSITY is an International Call, open to organizations (profit and non-profit) from the creative, cultural and musical world, which want to present musical projects created by groups of people (involving women and underrepresented gender minorities as protagonists) who can tell the … read more »
This open letter signed by nearly 40 pan-European music organisations from across the spectrum was sent today to EU institutions and member states. (Brussels, 2nd April 2020) Music is one of the first sectors hit by the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. It will … read more »
In February 2019 the composer PIA PALME and the musicologist CHRISTINA LESSIAK came together to meet the founder and director of the festival WAVES VIENNA, THOMAS HEHER for a chat. The conversation took place in a café in Vienna Margareten, close to … read more »
Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, SXSW is best known for its conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries. The event features sessions, showcases, screenings, exhibitions, and a variety of networking opportunities. SXSW 2019 will … read more »