Greetings from the President

Openness and Hope

There is no use sugarcoating the facts – we are living in disruptive times.

The bleaker the overall picture, the more stronger are the reactions of those who carry a primal creative impulse. I am, of course, talking about those hundreds of extraordinary talents that are depending on the stages our competitions offer. This is made exceptionally clear by the fact that some of the members have been registering a record in applications.

The task we are being set is nothing less than to refine our own craftas organizers, as net-workers and as catalysts. It is our inherent duty to be faithful to the motto we set when the WFIMC was being founded: To be flagships of excellence in music, to be points of reference in an international musical life that is undergoing constant changes. And it is our responsibility to anticipate developments that we deem decisive in those challenging times.

Openness and hope are the keywords that I would like to suggest to you. To maintain an open and unabashed perspective on all the challenges our planet is facing and that are directly affecting our work and actions.

But also a mindset of hope and strength to draw from when tackling those exceptional challenges. These are not times for lamentations.

The World Federation has enormous potential. We are only seeing the beginning of transversal collaborations between our members. The Geneva loyalty project is setting a strong sign in favor of our member, the Horowitz-Competition in Kyiv and some of our members are already starting to de-nationalize their individual communications strategies and are consequently giving them strong political relevance.

This new yearbook shows more clearly than ever that we are a global community - let's act accordingly!

Sincerely Yours

Peter Paul Kainrath President