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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 his works: “The Costant Gardener”(2005)…



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 candidates:
Karsten Fundal, representing…



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 quorum, FFACE dealt all the…



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 have been working along



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 ) dealt the recent FFACE issues.…



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.”



FFACE meeting on ARTMUSFAIR

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



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



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



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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 [...]

Dates for the Alicante session confirmed

Following a decision taken at the General Assembly last February in Brussels, the next ECSA session will take place in Alicante, Spain. The dates have now been been set for 3rd – 5th October.
Further information such as meeting venues, hotels an…