Supporting and uniting composers worldwide

Next events:

Following the emergency measures put in place by governments to stem the spread of coronavirus, we remain mobilised and have continued providing our services remotely:

• Endowment Fund management,
• Catalogue of composers,
• Community management.

The 2020/2021 artistic programme is postponed, however some private events and recording sessions are scheduled this year.

5 May 2022, WEBSITE

• Contact page and secure mail restored

10 January 2022, PARIS

• Think tank, The Villa of Composers® v.2.0 - This Think tank could suggest possible projects

27 September 2021, PARIS

• Board of Directors, meeting

22 June 2021, PARIS

• 18th Board of Directors meeting

Every six months, the data in the Fund’s digital library and the catalogues is harvested by the National Library of France (BnF).
This honours the commitment made by the Fund at its inauguration at the Palazzo Farnese on 5 July 2012 in Rome, following which we received the patronage of the French Ministry of Culture:

(...) The digitisation of cultural heritage is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Culture and Communication. Your project contributes to this aim by promoting the physical and digital preservation of musical works from across the world. Moreover, the partnerships that you are establishing with libraries reflect my ministry’s desire to strengthen international cultural exchanges. (...)

On Sat, 24 Sep 2022 15:51:18 +0200, the database of the catalogues of composers who are members of and affiliated to the Villa of Composers, contains:

• 69 composers registered to the Villa of Composers,
• 40 composer catalogues,
• 2061 documented works,
• 457 hours 26 min. of music for documented works.

On Sat, 24 Sep 2022 15:50:21 +0200, the directory of the Living Composers Project contains:

• 4665 composer entries,
• 502 composer catalogues,
• 99 countries.