ECSA (the European Composer & Songwriter Alliance)
http://www.composeralliance.org/

 
                        

ECSA (the European Composer & Songwriter Alliance) is a lobbying organisation speaking with one voice in the name of all European composers and songwriters. It is a platform for communication and debate between European composer federations in order to formulate shared policies and to lobby for their implementation.

Member countries are; Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
Many political, regulatory and cultural policies begin at an EC (European Commission) level, rather than National level and ECSA has therefore brought together the three existing Pan-European music writer federations in an alliance which represents composers and songwriters of all musical genres.

ECSA is the umbrella organisation under which three genre-specific European composer organistions operate; APCOE (Alliance of Popular Composer Organisations in Europe), ECF (European Composers Forum) and FFACE (Federation of Film and Audio-visual Composers of Europe). These three pillars deal with political issues and ideas to feed to ECSA, who in turn attempt to take those issues to the European Commission or other bodies as appropriate. The three pillars also deal with cultural, educational and social issues affecting composers and songwriters in the industry.

The ECSA Board (a presidium of the three Chairmen of the three pillars):
Alfons Karabuda   Chairman of APCOE (Alliance of Popular Composer Organisations of Europe)
Klaus Ager   Chairman of ECF    (European Composers Forum)
Bernard Grimaldi   Chairman of FFACE   (Federation of Film and Audiovisual Composers in Europe)

David Ferguson   (Spokesman)


APCOE (Alliance of Popular Composers of Europe)


          

APCOE is the pillar under ECSA that deals specifically with issues affecting the composers and songwriters of popular music. There are currently 10 European member countries and 3 observers.

The APCOE Board consists of representatives of five permanent member countries and five elected member representatives:
 
Permanent Board member countries:
France   Jean-Marie Moreau
Germany   Jörg Evers
Italy   Silvano Guariso (observers Lorenzo Ferrero and Giovanni D'Ammassa)
Spain   Iván García Pelayo
United Kingdom   Patrick Rackow (Spokesperson David Ferguson)

Elected Board member countries:
Austria   Frank Stahmer
Denmark   Lasse Lunderskov (observer Nils Tuxen)
Finland   Georg Nummelin
Latvia   Ugis Praulins
Sweden   Alfons Karabuda
 
Observers:
Greece   Yiannis Glezos
Iceland   Jakob Frímann Magnusson
Norway   Ingrid Kindem or Jacob Young


ECF (European Composers Forum)
http://www.composersforum.eu/

        

The ECF is the pillar under ECSA that deals specifically with issues affecting the composers of arts and concert music.

The ECF currently comprises 26 European member countries; Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

ECF Board
The European Composers Forum (ECF) consists of an elected Board of seven members, each coming from different European states. The current Board is:

Austria   Klaus Ager   President
Denmark   John Frandsen   Vice-President
Croatia   Antun Tomislav Saban   Secretary
Germany   Helmut W. Erdmann   Vice-Secretary
Switzerland   Ulrich Gasser   Treasurer
Hungary   Máté Hollos   Vice-Treasurer
Poland   Jerzy Kornowicz   Free Member   

Additional ECF member countries and representatives:
Belarus   Dmitry Lybin
Belgium   Raoul de Smet and Alexia Alpen
Bulgaria   Velislav Zaimov
Estonia   Ulo Krigul
Finland   Mikko Heinio
France       
Holland   Konrad Bohmer
Iceland   Kjartan Olafsson
Ireland   John McLachlan
Italy   Lorenzo Ferrero
Latvia   Ugis Praulins
Macedonia   Jana Andreevska
Norway   Knut Olaf Sunde
Romania   Octavian Lazar Cosma
Serbia   Marija Mihajlovic Kovac
Slovenia   Dusan Bavdek
Spain   Juan Jose Castillo
Sweden   Chrichan Larson
United Kingdom   Patrick Rackow

Organisations from which the above representatives originate:
Austria   Österreichischer Komponistenbund
Belarus   Belarusian Union of Composers
Belgium   Union des Compositeurs Belges
Belgium   Wallonia-Brussels Composers' Forum
Bulgaria   Union of Bulgarian Composers
Croatia   Hrvatsko drustvo skladatelja
Denmark   Dansk Komponist Forening
Estonia   Eesti Heliloojate Liit
Finland   Suomen Säveltäjät ry
Germany   Deutscher Komponistenverband
Holland   GeNeCo - Genootschap van Nederlandse Componisten
Hungary   Hungarian Composers' Union
Iceland   Society of Icelandic Composers
Ireland   The Association of Irish Composers
Italy   U.N.C.L.A. Unione Nazionale Compositori Librettisti Autori
Latvia   The Latvian Composers Union (LCU) Latvijas Komponistu savieniba
Macedonia   SOKOM Macedonian Composers Association
Norway   NORSK KOMPONISTFORENING
Poland   Zwiazku Kompozytorów Polskich
Romania   Uniunea Compozitorilor Si Muzicologilor Din Romania
Serbia   Udruzenje kompozitora Srbije
Slovenia   Drustvo slovenskih skladateljev
Spain   Red de Organizaciones de Autores e Intépretes de Música (ROAIM)
Sweden   Föreningen svenska tonsättares
Switzerland   Schweizerischen Tonkünstlerverein / L'Association Suisse des Musiciens
United Kingdom   BASCA


FFACE (Federation of Film and Audio-Visual Composers in Europe)
http://www.fface.org/index.html

                           

FFACE is the pillar under ECSA dealing specifically with issues affecting the composers of film and audiovisual music.

FFACE currently comprises 14 European member countries.

FFACE Board:
France   Bernard Grimaldi (UCMF)   President 
Germany   John Groves (Composers Club)   Vice-President
Spain   Bernardo Fuster (Musimagen)   Vice-President
Switzerland   Louis Crelier (UFMC)   Vice-President
France   Dominique Verdan (UCMF)   General Secretary
France   Pierre André Athané (UCMF)   Treasurer

Member countries and their representatives in addition to the above:
Austria   Klaus Ager and Otto Schwarz (OeKB)
Denmark   Soren Hyldgaard and Hans Dal (DPA)
Finland   Heikki Elo and Reiio Karvonen (ELVIS)
Germany   Rainer Fabich and Jorg Evers (DKV)
Greece   Yiannis Glezos (EMSE)
Holland   Loek Dikker and Rens Machielse (MIMM)
Italy   Roberto Pishiutta and Silvano Guariso (UNCLA)
Norway   Gaute Storaas, Bent Erik Aserud and Ragnar Bjerkreim (NOPA)
Spain   Luis Ivars (Musimagen)
Sweden   Alfons Karabuda (SKAP) and Martin Q Larsson (FST)
Switzerland   Stephane Kirscher (UFMC)
United Kingdom   Chris Smith and Patrick Rackow (BAC&S)


LINKS

ECSA   http://www.composeralliance.org/
APCOE   No Link
ECF   http://www.composersforum.eu/
FFACE   http://www.fface.org/index.html