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FFACE members participate in The Creators Conference

Bernard Grimaldi, John Groves and Chris Smith were the FFACE members who participated in this event.
The Creators Conference on music, creativity and author¡s rights organized by the creators themselves has taken place…



ALBERTO IGLESIAS nominated for Oscar

Alberto Iglesias, member of FFACE Musimagen, nominated for the Academy Award, Best Original Score, in the film “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” by Tomas Alfredson. This is his third Oscar Nomination. He was nominated for…



FFACE Presidential elections 2012

On the 4th of February, the current Spanish Presidency will end up.
During the FFACE meeting which will be held in Brussels, Luis Ivars will transfer the Presidency to one of the two…



FFACE involved in Sountrack Cologne


The past two years FFACE has been arranging seminars and lectures at Soundtrack Cologne, the film music festival.
In 2011 we have arranged both informative seminars on how FFACE and ECSA works and…



The Alicante meeting finished with success

FFACE held its autumn meeting at Alicante, the President’s hometown, Luis Ivars.Jose Antonio Escrivá, Ciudad de la Luz Film Studios Director, welcomed the European Creators of Popular, Classical and Audiovisual music.
With great…



FFACE will hold his autumn meeting in Alicante.

It will take place on the 3rd of October in the Ciudad de la Luz Film Studios.
All the pillars and ECSA, once again, will have the opportunity to discuss all the issues they…



The FFACE Board met in Paris

The Board of FFACE held its spring meeting in the headquarters of SACEM in Paris.
Luis Ivars, Bernard Grimaldi, Pirre André Athane, Karsten Fundal, Chris Smith and John Groves ( virtually present )…



FFACE Meeting in Brussels, 3rd February 2011

The upcoming FFACE assembly is going to take place in Brussels at the headquarters of ECSA (European Composer & Songwriter Alliance) on 3rd February 2011 in the ”Flagey” (European House for Culture)



FFACE on Soundtrack_Cologne 2010

The next FFACE group meeting is going to take place 26th November in Cologne in the frame of the international film music festival “Soundtrack_Cologne 2010.”



Warsaw welcomed FFACE fall meeting.



FFACE held its fall meeting in Warsaw at Chopin University last 23rd of September 2010. The three pillars met to discuss their agendas before holding the ECSA Assembly.

The Artmusfair gave the opportunity…



FFACE meeting on ARTMUSFAIR

The next FFACE meeting is going to take place 23rd September in Warsaw during ARTMUSFAIR 2010.



FFACE held its meeting in Bilbao.

Parallel to the International Collecting Societies Meeting, FFACE held its Assembly in the Arteria Campos Eliseos Theatre in Bilbao, last 9th of June.
At a time when ECSA is been consolidating as the…



Postgraduate professional Master Programme „music for film & media“ at Danube University Krems

University Krems offers this programme for composers, who have already started their carreer, but want to enhance their professional prospects. The master program focusses on the areas of composing, audio production



Luis Ivars and Claudio Ianni lead the celebration of the centenary of the first soundtrack by Camille Saint-Saëns at Seminci.

L’Assassinate du duc by Guise became the jewel of the Seminci 54th Edition in Valladolid. Javier Angulo, director of this Edition 2009, described the concert as the surprise of the festival and expressed his hope to continue working on film music projects with Musimagen FFACE.
In 2008, this event was organized under the EFMD in Paris. Now, Luis Ivars continues its…



FFACE & FACTS

FFACE stands for Federation of Film and Audiovisual Composers in Europe and links together 14 composer organisations representing thousands of film & media music composers creating exciting new scores for the film and audiovisual sector. FFACE was founded in 2005 and is devoted to strengthen the position of film music and its creators in Europe. Learn more about FFACE [...]

FFACE is a member of ECSA - European Composer & Songwriter Alliance.



NEWS FROM ECSA

Creators Conference

Composers and Songwriters from all over Europe, the US and Zimbabwe met in Brussels on February 2nd – 3rd for celebrating the 2nd edition of the Creators Conference. Let’s start with music! Prior to the official commencement ECSA organized a concert introducing Coro Grabriel (Sardinia), Alpha (Denmark), Klaus Risager (Denmark), Hush (Denmark) and Jean-Michel Bernard [...]

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Composer Congress in Ljubljana, Slovenia

The Slovenian Society of Composers (DSS) hosted in collaboration with the Music Academy of Ljubljana the annual meeting of ECSA’s member ECF (European Composers’ Forum). The meeting was accompanied by a series of round table discussions, concerts and workshops. At the centre of debate were the awaited upcoming legislative proposals from the European Commission regarding [...]

ECSA fall session concluded

Ciudad de la Luz Director José Antonio Escrivá with ECSA officials
Delegations of composers and songwriters around Europe gathered on October 3rd and 4th in Alicante, Spain. The meetings included sessions of FFACE, APCOE and ECF, as well as of ECSA

Film Music Symposium in Vienna

ECSA Secretary General Patrick Ager addressing FIMU audience Copyright: FIMU Vienna/Julia Wesely „My voice in Europe“ was the title of a podium discussion on September 20th in the framework of the International Film Music Symposium in Vienna, Austria. Austrian composer Paul Hertel and ECSA Secretary General Patrick Ager discussed how composers and songwriters can best [...]

ECSA autumn session – Alicante, Spain

Following a decision taken at the General Assembly last February in Brussels, the next ECSA session will take place in Alicante, Spain on October 3rd. Among other issues the agenda will include updates on ECSA’s Brussels activities and recent GRD developments.   Monday 3rd October, Portamaris hotel: 10am – APCOE, ECF, FFACE meetings 3pm – [...]

ECSA autumn session – Alicante, Spain

Following a decision taken at the General Assembly last February in Brussels, the next ECSA session will take place in Alicante, Spain on October 3rd. Among other issues the agenda will include updates on ECSA’s Brussels activities and recent GRD developments. Background material and further information on the meeting location will be sent out in [...]

French songwriter Jean-Marie Moreau meets Françoise Castex

ECSA delegate Jean-Marie Moreau came to Brussels on July 12th to meet Françoise Castex, member of the European Parliament’s Socialists & Democrats Group since 2004. ECSA Secretary General Patrick Ager participated in the meeting as well. Jean-Marie Moreau, who wrote hits for François Feldmann, Alain Delon and many others, received assurances from Ms. Castex that [...]

Long Night of European Music

On the initiative of the Slovak Instiute in Vienna, currently presiding the EUNIC Vienna Cluster, a concert entitled Long Night of European Music took place in Vienna’s famous Museums’ Quartier on June 21st. The concert was co-organized by ECSA’s member network of contemporary music composers, the European Composers’ Forum and the Vienna Cluster of EUNIC. [...]

Digital Agenda Assembly

On 16th and 17th of June the Digital Agenda Assembly took place in Brussels. Opening the plenary, Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda marked out the significance of new technologies in a modern life. Ms Kroes called decision-makers to “start seeing and using Internet Communication Technologies (ICTs) as an [...]