Music, Memory and European Values
The project examines the consequences of totalitarianism for people and music communities through research and art (music), with a special focus on the Holocaust and Russian/Soviet totalitarianism, which has taken on new forms in the 2020s.
Project introduction
In the project Music, Memory and European Values (MMEV), Uniarts Helsinki’s theme is The Responsibility of the Artist: Resistance, Otherness, Exile 1926–2026. The project examines the consequences of totalitarianism for people and music communities through research and art (music), with a special focus on the Holocaust and Russian/Soviet totalitarianism, which has taken on new forms in the 2020s.
The MMEV project partners will arrange concerts, pedagogical workshops, and colloquiums and in the partner countries. The aim of the events is to highlight European values and to create a community of shared knowledge, by raising awareness on the themes of the fight against anti-Semitism and the defence of Democracy.
The project Music, Memory and European Values will directly affect 15 000 European citizens and more than 300 000 indirectly. All the concerts and events will be recorded and published on a dedicated website as well as on the web radio supported by the Forum Voix Etouffées musicremembranceradio.org.
The project is a continuation of the CERV programme project Music, War and Peace in Europe 1922–2022, which ended in 2024.
Colloquium and Masterclass
In 21 – 22 September 2026 a two-day international scientific colloquium in Music Centre Helsinki will take place to provide viewpoints on questions of project themes. The invited speakers will include Susanna Välimäki (University of Helsinki), Dario Martinelli (Kaunas University of Technology) and Henrik Rosengren (University of Lund).
Project name
Music, Memory and European Values
Time
03/2025-12/2026
Funder
The European Commission Citizenship, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme
Lead organisation
The project is coordinated by Forum Voix Etouffees (France).
Professor Anne Kauppala is responsible for the project at the Sibelius Academy in the University of the Arts Helsinki.
The project gathers 38 partners from 19 countries and is the largest in the sub-programme “Holocaust” of the CERV programme.
Contact
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Anne Kauppala
Professor, musicology, opera research, history of performance culture, Sibelius-Akatemian tohtoriohjelma, Sibelius Academy+358407104287anne.kauppala@uniarts.fi
Find out more
Read more about the project from Forum Voix Echouffées webpage.
Project introduction
In the project Music, Memory and European Values (MMEV), Uniarts Helsinki’s theme is The Responsibility of the Artist: Resistance, Otherness, Exile 1926–2026. The project examines the consequences of totalitarianism for people and music communities through research and art (music), with a special focus on the Holocaust and Russian/Soviet totalitarianism, which has taken on new forms in the 2020s.
The MMEV project partners will arrange concerts, pedagogical workshops, and colloquiums and in the partner countries. The aim of the events is to highlight European values and to create a community of shared knowledge, by raising awareness on the themes of the fight against anti-Semitism and the defence of Democracy.
The project Music, Memory and European Values will directly affect 15 000 European citizens and more than 300 000 indirectly. All the concerts and events will be recorded and published on a dedicated website as well as on the web radio supported by the Forum Voix Etouffées musicremembranceradio.org.
The project is a continuation of the CERV programme project Music, War and Peace in Europe 1922–2022, which ended in 2024.
Colloquium and Masterclass
In 21 – 22 September 2026 a two-day international scientific colloquium in Music Centre Helsinki will take place to provide viewpoints on questions of project themes. The invited speakers will include Susanna Välimäki (University of Helsinki), Dario Martinelli (Kaunas University of Technology) and Henrik Rosengren (University of Lund).