Cyprus Culture Summit: Music 2022

8-11 December 2022, Limassol, Cyprus

The Organization for European Programmes and Cultural Relations, in its capacity as the Creative Europe Desk Cyprus, organizes the Cyprus Culture Summit: Music 2022, as a parallel event of the 9th edition of the Cyprus Jazz & World Music Showcase, in collaboration with the Deputy Ministry of Culture and Rialto Theatre.

The event marks an important milestone in the roadmap towards establishing a platform for the Cypriot creators and advocates of music to build links, share ideas, and develop new ways of working with the international music sector. This highly interactive event will provide information and working sessions on issues related to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a blueprint for action, advocacy and partnership in the international music field. In this respect, the event will also host satellite sessions of the European Forum of Music (EFM), as well as sessions facilitated by European Music Council (EMC) and Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) members. It will also provide an opportunity to refine and communicate commitments of actions and pledges from key European and international stakeholders in the sector.

ABOUT THE EVENT

Over three days and nights, attendees will share experiences and explore ideas on how to jointly overcome the challenges the sector is facing today, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, how to envisage and build sustainable careers in music today, and design effective development strategies. We will also look at the challenges that artists and organizations face in the modern era, how to best employ music as a tool for social change and uplift, and discuss a number of other key issues in the current state of the music sector.

In addition to the above, the event will provide participants with an excellent opportunity for networking, in their efforts of establishing a sustainable network of partner and stakeholder organizations and people, with particular emphasis on Euro-Mediterranean collaboration. Therefore, this event will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of:

recent developments and current state of affairs in the international music sector
lessons learnt from the covid-19 pandemic and eventual results/outcomes for the sector
areas of more possible in-depth cooperation of the various international music sector stakeholders and advocates