Musethica is excited to announce the launch of the project ‘1000+ Concerts: Innovating Higher Music Education through Social Inclusion’ (IHMESI) under the Creative Europe Culture Programme as of October 1st, 2024!
This ambitious four-year project seeks to contribute to greater social inclusion within the classical music sector by rethinking how musicians interact with marginalised communities while innovating how classical music is taught. To realise this ambitious project, a consortium of 10 international organisations will team up, while Musethica e.V. takes on the leading role as project coordinator.
The 1000+ Concerts project is designed to reintroduce performance as a central component of higher music education, emphasising the value of performance skills and audience engagement. Through the implementation of the Musethica programme, the project trains a new generation of musicians to understand themselves as an integral part of society and take responsibility for bringing live music to those least able to access it.
Securing this funding from the European Union is an important step in advancing efforts to make classical music more accessible and integrate it into the education of young musicians. There is confidence that the project will help bring meaningful cultural experiences to a broader audience.
Kick-off Meeting
The official launch of the 1000+ project was the kick-off meeting held on October 7th, 2024, assembling almost 40 representatives from the pan-European consortium to collectively establish the foundation for collaboration and confirm the roadmap for the coming years.
For 1000+ Concerts, Musethica brought long-standing and new partners on board, including renowned higher music education institutions, orchestras, festivals, associations, and research institutes:
mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC)
Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC)
A.V. Nezhdanova Odessa National Academy of Music
Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (ESMAE)
Additional associated partners include Impresariat Simmenauer, Etopia Centro de Arte y Tecnología, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Associação Portuguesa da Viola d’Arco, Universidad de Zaragoza, Freie Universität Berlin, Humak University of Applied Sciences, and Karolinska Institutet.
