Freemuse Executive Director leaves

Freemuse Executive Director, Marie Korpe is leaving her position on 31 August 2013. Marie Korpe coordinated the 1st World Conference on Music and Censorship in 1998, co-organized with The Danish Institute for Human Rights and Index on Censorship. In 1999 she co-founded Freemuse and was appointed Executive Director of Freemuse by the Executive Committee in 2000 when Freemuse opened its secretariat in Copenhagen. 

Marie Korpe developed Freemuse from an idea to an internationally recognized organisation, which has set many new standards in documenting music censorship and advocating artists' rights to freedom of expression.

Says co-founder and Freemuse Chair, Martin Cloonan, "On behalf of the Executive of Freemuse I would like to sincerely thank Marie Korpe for the outstanding contribution which she has made to the organisation. She has been a dedicated, inspiring and supremely efficient Director who has won the admiration of people across the globe for her work on behalf of the organisation. 

I would also like to pay tribute to the way in which she has held Freemuse together for over 15 years and thus helped censored musicians across the globe. Freemuse's loss is very great, but thanks to Marie's work there is much to build on. 

The many achievements of Freemuse have been built upon that work and the organisation owes her a great debt. For now we wish her the very best for the future and thank her for making Freemuse what it is."
Professor Martin Cloonan