Date: 2025.10.16 12:00 AM - 2025.10.18 03:00 PM.
Location: A. Mickevičius street 29, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuania.
This forum is dedicated to the cooperation between contemporary music organisations in the Nordic and Baltic countries. International collaboration and music export, ethical labor practices, and creating conditions for free expression of all composer voices are the main topics of this event. The forum will map out concrete measures toward improved working conditions, fair compensation, and inclusive frameworks that give each composer a voice through sharing the experience, focused analysis, case studies, and solution-focused workshops.
Day 1 · Thursday, October 16
Music Export in Nordic-Baltic Region
12:00 Greetings from: The Nordic Composers Council, Lithuanian Composers’ Union and Baltic Contemporary Music Network. Páll Ragnar Pálsson (IS), Mantautas Krukauskas (LT), Mykolas Natalevičius (LT).
12:10 Joint Presentation: Nordic and Baltic cooperation. Rachel Faulkner (DK), Mykolas Natalevičius (LT).
12:40 Live concerts - broadcasts at the Latvian Radio. Anna Veismane (LV).
13:10 Lunch Break.
14:00 Luck Circle moderated by Radvilė Buivydienė (LT).
16:00 Coffee Break.
16:30 Panel discussion: Baltic and Nordic cooperation in contemporary art music field (moderator Rasa Murauskaitė-Juškienė).
Day 2 · Friday, October 17
Fair practice in the Nordic and Baltic countries
10:00 Fair Practice: Money Versus Happiness, Asta Pakarklytė (LT).
10:30 Safe Spaces and Working Conditions for Composers, Lars Lundehave Hansen (DK).
11:00 Fair Practice in Contemporary Art Music: Latvian Perspective, Krists Auznieks (LV).
11:30 Coffee Break.
12:00 Contractual practices in the context of composers commissions.
12:30 Discussion (moderator Kristupas Bubnelis).
13:00 Lunch Break.
Artistic practice and creating conditions for free expression of all composer voices - 1st part.
14:30 Inclusive Music-Making with ShareMusic: Ensemble, Repertoire, and Technique, Sophia Alexandersson (SE).
15:00 Green Transition in Arts: United Nations Context.
Day 3 · Saturday October 18
Artistic practice and creating conditions for free expression of all composer voices (2nd session)
10:00 Contemporary Music in Greenland: Infrastructure, Challenges and Opportunities, Jonas Nilsson (GL).
10:30 Experience of Sami Composers, Arve Nordland (NO/Sami).
11:00 Artistic Expression in the Warzone: How to Help Ukrainian Composers, Märt-Mattis Lill (EE).
11:30 Discussion (moderator Märt-Mattis Lill).
12:00 Brunch.
13:00-15:00 Discussion in groups-workshop. Aspects of Fair Practice and Authorship for Composer (moderator Mykolas Natalevičius).