Members of EU Parliament Express Support to the WIMUST Project in Brussels

Italian MEP Silvia Costa hosted the presentation of the European project WIMUST–Women in Music Uniting Strategies for Talent on the 19th of June 2012 at the European Parliament in Brussels, discussing on the WIMUST activities and objectives with Patricia Adkins Chiti (President, Fondazione Adkins Chiti-Donne in Musica), MEPs Antigoni Papodopoulou (Cyprus) and Britta Thomsen (Denmark), Alessandro Senesi (Deputy Head of Unit - European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture) and Federiga Bindi (Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Brussels).

During the presentation MEP Silvia Costa gave also the floor to women composers Sophie Lacaze (France) and Tina Ternes (Germany), and the Italian Flute Quartett “IMAGE” performed commissioned works from both composers as well as from Pernille Bévort (Denmark), Marielli Sfakianaki (Greece), Silvia Colasanti (Italy) and Kristina Vasiliauskaite (Lithuania).

MEP Silvia Costa (rapporteur for the Creative Europe Programme): “I am profoundly happy about this new project aimed to reinforce official recognition of the presence and value in public and cultural sectors of women composers”

MEP Antigoni Papodopoulou (Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality): “I would like to congratulate Ms Adkins Chiti for her effort and work to gain visibility for women composers and her er wealth of ideas. The WIMUST project will have my full support”

The WIMUST book is now online: http://www.donneinmusica.org/wordpress/wimust/

Press contact: Lorena Jiménez (international.press@donneinmusica.org)