Yesterday, the European Commission organized its first major « Music Moves Europe » event. In particular, it was an opportunity for the European executive to urge the music sector to make noise to be heard ahead of the European elections, and for the National Music Centre to present the streaming tax to other European countries. The « Music Moves Europe » program is the very first European music support program, and is recent, since it was only confirmed in 2021. Its objectives, summarized by the European Commission are « to promote diversity, creativity and innovation in the field of music, in particular the distribution of the musical repertoire in Europe and beyond », and cover « training actions, audience development for the European repertoire, as well as data collection and analysis of the sector. » Previously, the music sector received indirect support through « Europe Créative ». The industry, which has worked hard to roll…
