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Home Events Music Plenary Meeting, Brussels

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Music Plenary Meeting, Brussels

VRT/Geert Van Hoeymissen

Event details

29 - 31 May 2024
Physical
Brussels, Belgium
Members Only

Spring sessions for core plenary activities related to EBU music and radio.

Download the agenda

Contact us

Monica Schütz
Community Manager
schuetz@ebu.ch
+41 22 717 20 19

The 2024 Spring session of the Music Plenary Meeting took place in Brussels on 29-31 May, kindly co-hosted by RTBF and VRT. The event also hosted the annual meetings of the Ars Acustica and Notturno communities.

Venue

RTBF and VRT

Boulevard Auguste Reyers 52
1043 Brussels
Belgium

Venue

Video Talks

Welcome to VRT and RTBF

Welcome to VRT and RTBFMembers Only

Karen Donders, Director of Public Value, VRT Jean-Paul Philippot, General Director, RTBF

Audiences First - Research (Introduction)

Audiences First – Research (introduction)Members Only

Julijus Grickevicius, Editor, Live Music & Projects, Classical, EBU

Message from Sasha Scott

Message from Sasha ScottMembers Only

Sasha Scott, Head of Transformation Services, EBU

What are audiences looking for? Exploring classical music listeners at concerts and online

What are audiences looking for? Exploring classical music listeners at concerts and onlineMembers Only

Sarah Price, Lecturer in Music Industries, University of Liverpool

Message from Benjamin Alber

Message from Benjamin AlberMembers Only

Benjamin Alber, Head of Strategic Planning and Development, BR-KLASSIK

The power is in your hands – one FIKA lab report

The power is in your hands – one FIKA lab reportMembers Only

Uffe Borgwardt, Head of P2, DR

Implications of audiences taking center stage

Implications of audiences taking center stageMembers Only

Julijus Grickevicius, Editor, Live Music & Projects, Classical, EBU (moderator) Uffe Borgwardt, Head of P2, DR Sarah Price, Lecturer in Music Industries, University of Liverpool

Digital Innovation Stories (introduction)

Digital Innovation Stories (introduction)Members Only

Tim Moen, Vice Channel Manager, NPO Klassiek

Classical music for younger audiences – Collaborating with SWR xlab

Classical music for younger audiences – Collaborating with SWR xlabMembers Only

Malte Hemmerich, Music Editor Multimedia, SWR Kultur

Levels and Soundtracks on Twitch – From a podcast to live event

Levels and Soundtracks on Twitch – From a podcast to live eventMembers Only

Annekatrin Hentschel, Team lead SWEET SPOT – young digital formats for classical music, BR

Innovation experiment: how AI became a juror in the Jean Sibelius Violin Competition

How AI became a juror in the Jean Sibelius Violin CompetitionMembers Only

Miikka Maunula, Executive Producer, Yle

User-centered format development using the example of WDR 3 Klassik Crush

User-centered format development using the example of WDR 3 Klassik CrushMembers Only

Anne Kremer, Format Hub (Project Lead), WDR Marie Ludwig, Format Hub (Project Lead), WDR Tuula Simon, Editor, WDR 3

Ditch the App, keep the Jazz: a tale of less spending, more swing

Ditch the App, keep the Jazz: a tale of less spending, more swingMembers Only

Niklas Rudolph, Editor Classical Music and Digital Product Development, WDR 3

Classical music in a fast-evolving media landscape 2024

Classical music in a fast-evolving media landscape 2024Members Only

Holger Hettinger, Coordinator Music Education, DKU (moderator) Hervé Boissière, Founder, Medici.tv; Co-CEO, Verbier Festival Bridget Emmerson, Deputy Chief Executive / Head of Artist Management, Intermusica Michael Kümmerle, Global Music Lead, TikTok

Thoughts; the two most important takeaways from each breakout session on Day 1

Thoughts; the two most important takeaways from each breakout session on Day 1Members Only

Participants of the 2024 Music Plenary Meeting Day 1 breakout sessions.

EBU Introduction to the day (2024 MPM)

EBU Introduction to the dayMembers Only

Jean Philip De Tender, EBU Deputy Director General; Media Director

Audiences First – Impacting Lives (introduction)

Audiences First – Impacting Lives (introduction)Members Only

Doris Blaich, Producer, Presenter, SWR Kultur

The first-ever Community Music team in Germany

The first-ever Community Music team in GermanyMembers Only

Matthew Robinson, Head of Community Music & Education, Konzerthaus Dortmund

France Musique meets students – Tuning them in to classical music radio

France Musique meets students – Tuning them in to classical music radioMembers Only

Christophe Dilys, Producer, France Musique, Radio France

FIRST AID! – A podcast about classical music for people who don’t know that much about it

FIRST AID! – A podcast about classical music for people who don’t know that much about itMembers Only

Chantal Pattyn, Manager, Klara, VRT

EBU Music Digest 2024

EBU Music Digest 2024Members Only

Albina Belabiod, Project Manager, Classical, EBU Mireia Pacareu, Editor, Live Music & Projects, Classical, EBU Julijus Grickevicius, Editor, Live Music & Projects, Classical, EBU Elana Solomon, Project Manager, Classical and Pop, EBU Huw Robinson, Head of Operations, Sound, BBC; Chair, Euroradio Contact Engineers Monica Schütz, Community Manager, EBU Amélie Rossignol-Farjon, Senior Project Manager, EBU

Testimonies from the Sound Engineers Scheme 2023-2024

Testimonies from the Sound Engineers Scheme 2023-2024Members Only

Marius Dundulius, Head of Sound Engineers group, LRT Julita Emanuiłow, Sound Engineer, Polish Radio Johan Hyttnäs, Sound Engineer, Swedish Radio Marvin Ware, Senior Technical Producer, Music Team, Radio and Music Operations, BBC

What does it really mean to be an audience-first organization?

What does it really mean to be an audience-first organization?Members Only

Sasha Scott, Head of Transformation Services, EBU

Breakout pitching competition: our transformation journey – and results

Breakout pitching competition: our transformation journey – and resultsMembers Only

Sasha Scott, Head of Transformation Services, EBU (moderator) EBU Music Jury Rasa Murauskaitė-Juškienė, Senior Editor, LRT Sinéad Wylde, Head RTE lyric fm Philipp Weismann, Music Editor, ORF Ö1 Participants of the 2024 Music Plenary Meeting Day 2 breakout sessions

Music and AI – A short ride

Music and AI – A short rideMembers Only

Matthias Kremin, Head of Programme Culture Radio WDR 3 and WDR 5

Getting ready for tonight’s Queen Elisabeth Competition

Getting ready for tonight’s Queen Elisabeth CompetitionMembers Only

Marina de Waha, Editorial Chief, RTBF Lia Navarrete, Social Editor, Musiq3, RTBF TwoSet Violin

Music and Radio 60-minute sessions 2023-2024 best of

Music and Radio 60-minute sessions 2023-2024 best ofMembers Only

Women in Music 2024 best of

Women in Music 2024 best ofMembers Only

Reena Esmail, Composer Rhiannon Giddens, Musician Vanessa Reed, President and CEO, New Music USA Fiona Talkington, Presenter, BBC Radio 3

Music Plenary Meeting 2024 Day 1

Day 1

Music Plenary Meeting 2024 Day 2

Day 2

Documents

Practical Information Members Only
Agenda Members Only
List of participants Members Only