Appendix 6 - International Music Council

CHARITY CONCERTS, CROATIA
During the war 1991-1995 all
concerts were charity concerts e.g. for the blind,
for veterans,
the deaf or for children. Today
you find charity concerts for invalids and for hospitals.
PARTY AGAINST P OVERTY , EUROPE
This is an initiative of different clubs, venues and DJs all over the world in support of the
Global Call to Action against Poverty. On 10th September 2005 a party was celebrated in
16 cities across 8 countries in order to bring this movement to the dance floor and
encourage activists. The party was celebrated in Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Ibiza,
Johannesburg, Lagos, London, New York and Paris.
http://www.partyagainstpoverty.org.uk
DOWNLOADDAY, NETHERLANDS
On 29th November 2005, for one single day everyone with access to the internet was able
to download music of known Dutch and foreign artist for free. The artists "gave away" their
music for a good purpose. This was an initiative of the developing organization Novib and
Download.nl, a site of ilse media. Novib does already take action for fair trade relations
between rich and poor countries for a long while and has been supported by bands like
Coldplay and U2. On the website http://www.downloadday.nl music lovers could download
their favorite music in exchange for their voice for fair trade. They were able to sign the
"Big Noise" petition of Novib. Novib wanted to give in the petition on the top conference
of the WTO in Hong Kong.
RHYTHM IS IT, GERMANY
"Rhythm is it" is a project which finally resulted
in a film by Thomas Grube and Enrique
Sánchez Lansch that documents an ambitious
education project of the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra in 2003. Two hundred and fifty Berlin school children of varying ages,
ethnicities and backgrounds with virtually no experience of classical music or modern
dance performed to Stravinsky’s Sacre du Printemps, under the guidance of the British
choreographer and Artistic Director of Dance United, Royston Maldoom and accompanied
by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under its chief conductor, Sir Simon Rattle
participated in the project. The film documents the three-month rehearsal period and
culminates in the final performance.
The film opened in September 2004 and has been shown in cinemas all over Germany. It
has also been screened at a number of International Festivals including Berlin, Munich,
Sydney and Edinburgh.
http://www.rhythmisit.com/
UNITED AGAINST MALARIA, SWITZERLAND
The 60 th birthday of the United Nations was celebrated with a special concert on October
8th 2005 in Geneva, with many international stars performing like Youssou N’Dour,
Gilberto Gil, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Peter Gabriel, Neneh Cherry, Rokia Traore, Anggun and
Manu Katche. This action was called “United against
malaria”. It was also an appeal to end
one of the world’s worst pandemics. The Radio France International music
program World
Tracks
covered the two-hour exchange and produced a forty-minute, two part special for
the occasion.
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