International Music Council Elects New Leadership

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Published: Dec 31,2025

From 24 November to 15 December 2025, members of the International Music Council gathered online for the organisation’s 41st General Assembly, elected a new leadership and adopted an ambitious work plan for the next two years. IMC will continue strengthen its three pillars: as a value-driven advocacy body, as a network of networks and as a project organisation. It will scale up its actions enabling a world where everyone can enjoy access to music, where they can learn, experience, create, perform, and express themselves through music, and in which artists of every kind are recognized and fairly remunerated.

Jesse Boere (Netherlands/UAE) was elected President.

The IMC General Assembly also elected a new Executive Board composed of Ruben Binam (Cameroon), Alessandra Fernandez Alves Da Costa (Brazil), Keld Hosbond (Denmark), Benon Kigozi (Uganda), Emily Kuo Vong (China-USA-Portugal), Bo-Wah Leung (China / Hong Kong), Obeida Madi (Jordan), Mirco Patarini (Italy), Bertalan Temesi (Hungary).

Congratulations to IFCM President, Emily Kuo Vong, on her election to the Board of the International Music Council. Her longstanding leadership in the international choral community, including her role as IFCM President, brings valuable experience to the IMC. Her passion for choral music and the arts in general will be an important contribution to the IMC board.