Classical Music Group

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Victoria Hall, Geneva (photo: RTS.ch)

The EBU Classical Music Group’s work is aimed at aligning the Radio classical music activity with Members' needs and wishes in various areas; at showcasing the value of the broad spectrum of classical music produced and broadcast by EBU radio organizations; and at enhancing current activities while proposing and developing exciting joint projects and knowledge exchange opportunities. It is made up of a Chair, two Vice-Chairs and 10 members who are elected for a two-year term at the annual Music Plenary Meeting. The present group was elected during the 2022 Music Plenary Meeting, on 18-20 May in Cologne. They meet twice a year in person and once per month online. 

The EBU Music Exchange gives EBU radio organizations access to a wide repertory of live-recorded music through around 3,000 concerts made available via the Members' Selections and the Euroradio Package. The latter consists of the ever popular Summer Festivals as well as the Euroradio Season. The Season offers a wealth of content, such as Premium Concerts, the Metropolitan Opera, the Christmas Music Day as well as projects promoting young artists, like the Top Young Performers series.

The Classical Music Group also oversees the Notturno night-time user-pay programme of interchangeable modules of classical music produced by the BBC. It organizes periodic seminars and supervises the Music & Radio 60-minute session series established in October 2020. A number of subgroups focus on specific topics: Advocacy and Marketing, the Digital world, Music Rights and Contracts, and Classical Concert Presenters.

The Classical Music Group also places great emphasis on the sound quality of its live and recorded concerts, as evidenced by its support of the Concert Evaluation Initiative and the Sound Engineers Scheme.

The EBU Classical Music Group is one of the signatories of the 2022-2023 EBU Music Unit Workplan.

Documents

Classical Music Group meeting – Bari, 6-7 October 2022 (report)
Classical Music Group meeting – online, 11 November 2022 (report)
Classical Music Group meeting – online, 19 January 2023 (report)

Related events

Music Plenary Meeting, Geneva
European Broadcasting Union, Geneva, Switzerland, 04 Jun 2023
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 17 Mar 2023
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 10 Feb 2023
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 19 Jan 2023
Music Plenary Winter Session 2022
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 02 Dec 2022
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 11 Nov 2022
Classical Music Group Meeting
Archaeological Museum of Bari, Bari, Italy, 05 Oct 2022
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 16 Sep 2022
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 17 Jun 2022
Music Plenary Meeting
WDR Funkhaus, Cologne, Germany, 18 May 2022
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 08 Apr 2022
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 18 Mar 2022
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 18 Feb 2022
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 21 Jan 2022
Music Plenary Winter Session
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 03 Dec 2021
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 19 Nov 2021
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 24 Sep 2021
Classical Music Group meeting
Switzerland, 11 Jun 2021
Radio Ensemble Seminar
Switzerland, 10 Jun 2021
Concert Evaluation Subgroup
28 May 2021
Music Plenary: Spring sessions
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 21 May 2021
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 19 Mar 2021
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 19 Feb 2021
Classical Music Group Meeting
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 22 Jan 2021
Music Plenary: Winter Sessions
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 04 Dec 2020
Radio Ensemble Seminar
Switzerland, 20 Nov 2020
Music Plenary Early Online Sessions
EBU (online), Geneva, Switzerland, 15 May 2020

Chair

Gail Henry (RTÉ)

Vice-Chairs

Michael Blees (ORF)
Holger Hettinger (DLF/DKU)

Members

Valentina Bensi (RSI)
Stéphane Grant (Radio France)
Julijus Grickevičius (LRT)
Maria Kopana (ERT)
Jakob Marstrand (Danish Radio)
Tim Moen (NPO)
Giovanna Natalini (RAI)
Dávid Ottmár (MTVA)
Markus Partanen (YLE), Chair's guest
Huw Robinson (BBC), Chair's guest
Julia Wellershaus (NDR), Chair's guest
Andrea Zschunke (WDR)

Contact detail

Pascale Labrie
Head of Music
+41 79 704 38 18
labrie@ebu.ch