Appendix 6 - International Music Council

- contacting associations and institutions worldwide
(Source: http://www.vut-online.de/)
6.6 Music labels
Music labels are in general private and commercial. Each label has its own musical profile,
which makes it different from other labels. Thus labels are generally not commited to
promote diversity. But since they are numerous, the final picture is, in fact, divers.
Here we name some labels, claiming to contribute to musical diversity:
11. Real World – founded by Peter Gabriel, to create and to promote
music of non-western musicians and of collaboration projects with
non-western musicians. Today Real World is still number one
worldwide in the genre of world music
12. Piranha
13. Network Medien
14. Connecting Cultures
6.7 Venues
There are some subsidised venues in European cities, which have been founded to promote
diversity. In the private sector there are almost no venues seeing musical diversity as their
task, they have first of all to be commercial, it means, that they have to have their special
profile. In the cities where there are many venues of different sizes and profiles, one might
speak of diversity. In smaller towns or in rural areas some few venues often have a kind of
monopoly position and do not provide or even limit the musical diversity.
What we do not consider at this point are is private space where non-concert music making
takes place, be it a pub, a yarning room or a village celebration.
Here again is a list of some venues that see the promotion of musical diversity as their goal.
Centre Mandapa, Paris: open scene for Indian and other traditional arts. Provides courses
of Bharata Natyam and Katak.
Maison des Cultures du Monde (House of the World of Cultures), Paris: founded 1982,
answer to France's growing need to develop a certain reciprocity in its cultural ties with the
world (text on own website). Hosts foreign performances from everywhere Aims to
develop toolsof distribution, documentation and preservation of culture, especially through
the edition of books and the journal "L'International de L'Imaginaire", the label INEDIT for
traditional music, European network of programmers of performing arts and exhibitions, a
Resource Centre on world performing arts at Vitré in Brittany. Organises encounters and
symposiums of artists, writers and researchers.
Its counterpart in Berlin, Germany: Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Maison des Musiques, Brussels: is related to the Conservatory in Brussels, organizes the
Fête de la Musique of the French Community, under the management of the Music Council
and the region Brussels-Capital. It hosts several organisations like "Jeunesse Musicale de
Bruxelles et de la Communauté Française", Printemps Baroque, Mons-Musique, Festival de
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