70-Years-On
By the 70-Years-On Thinking Group, in the frame of the 70th Anniversary of the European Festivals Association in 2022.
Menu for Action under continual construction
70 years after its birth, EFA is guided by a Thinking Group, who has shaped the European Festivals 70-Years-On Agenda for the next few years and have pledged to be around when this menu is put into action – an agenda that remains under continual construction.
The members of this group have given a statement related to the following question: How can a festival impact society most significantly in your opinion? Can we influence politics as a sector? Do we want to fulfil a societal purpose? more than ever, or less?
You can find their statements under their photos below.
Arts Festivals Summit 2022 Yerevan - 70-Years-On Thinking Group
Marko Ahtisaari Artistic Director of the Helsinki Festival
Julia AmourDirector of Festivals Edinburgh
Emily Ansenk General Director Holland Festival
Altay Bayram Program Director at the Mersin Int. Music Festival
Jan BriersPresident of the European Festivals Association, the Federation of Music Festivals in Flanders and Flanders Festival Ghent
Darko Brlek Director and Artistic Director of Festival Ljubljana
Tamar BrüggemannWonderfeel Festival
Jurriaan CooimanDirector of CULTURESCAPES
Tom CreedIrish National Opera, Dublin
Paul DujardinArtistic Director Horizon 50-200
Albert Edelman Artistic Coordinator Concertgebouw Brugge & Chair of REMA – European Early Music Network 2019-22’
Margareta Ferek PetrićComposer and artistic director of Music Biennale Zagreb
Peter FlorenceCo-Director, the European Festivals Forest, Regeneration Consultant, Founder Hay Festivals
Joost Fonteyne Intendant Festival van Vlaanderen Brussel
Mario Frendo Senior Lecturer at the University of Malta, Director of ARC Research & Consultancy
Davinia GaleaManaging Director ARC Research & Consultancy
Agata GrendaDirector of The Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival
Zane Estere Gruntmane Creative knowledge producer
Péter InkeiDirector of the Budapest Observatory
Giacomo PediniArtistic Director of Mittelfest
Eyal SherIsrael Festival Director
Bartosz SzydlowskiDirector of Divine Comedy International Theatre Festival
Jovanka Visekruna JankovicFounder and the Artistic Director of ArtLink festival and President of Serbian Festival Association