Ketebul Music Founding Director Tabu Osusa Nominated as One Of The IMC Five Music Rights Champions

Ketebul Music Founding Director Tabu Osusa has been nominated as one of the IMC Five Music Rights Champions.

Ketebul Music Founding Director, Tabu Osusa

Mr Osusa was nominated alongside Dame Evelyn Glennie, a Scottish percussionist and the first person in history to successfully create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist  and  Ramy Essam an Egyptian musician known for his appearances in Tahrir Square in Cairo during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

Scottish percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie Photo Credit Caroline Purday

Egyptian musician Ramy Essam - Photo Credit Inaki Marconi

The International Music Council (IMC) was  founded under the UNESCO chatter in 1949 and is the world’s leading membership-based professional organization dedicated to the promotion of the value of music in the lives of all peoples.

The core values of the International Music Council are embodied in a set of Five Music Rights,

First Right – Musical Expression for all:
‘For all children and adults to express themselves musically in all freedom’

Second Right – Musical Education for all:
‘For all children and adults to learn musical languages and skills’

Third Right – Musical Involvement for all:
‘For all children and adults to have access to musical involvement through participation, listening, creation and information’

Fourth Right – Opportunities for Musical Artists:
‘For all musical artists to develop their artistry and communicate through all media, with proper facilities at their disposal’

Fifth Right – Recognition for Musical Artists:
‘For all musical artists to obtain just recognition and remuneration for their work’

15 years after the proclamation of these rights, the IMC gives new impetus to their promotion by appointing IMC Five Music Rights Champions, with the purpose of increasing the visibility of these core values and putting them ‘on the radar’ of musicians and music-lovers around the world.

Tabu Osusa is a key player in the East African music industry. He is the Founding Executive Director of Ketebul Music and for the last 30 years has been involved in the music industry as a promoter, producer, composer and band manager.

In his words: “I feel that the fourth right is the most fundamental because it touches on the basic need to promote the diverse musical traditions of the world and at the same time giving all the artists an equal opportunity to be heard and promoted within a global platform.”