Nationality Swedish Parents Barbro Karabuda Role Composer | Name Alfons Karabuda Relatives Denize Karabuda Grandparents Alfons Gidlund | |
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Occupation President ECSA and SKAP, expert to the UN Human Rights Council, member of the executive board IMC, composer | ||
Alfons Karabuda, born 2 December 1967 in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish composer and EU cultural politics personality.
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Karabuda is the acting CEO of STIM (the Swedish Performing Rights Society), president of ECSA (European Composer and Songwriter Alliance), executive chairman of SKAP – Sveriges kompositörer och textförfattare (the Swedish Association of Composers, Songwriters & Lyricists) and expert in the field of artistic rights to the UN Human Rights Council. He is a member of the executive board at IMC (International Music Council), Statens Musikverks konstnärliga råd (The Artistic Board of Music Development and Heritage Sweden), Musiksverige (Musicsweden), STIM (The Swedish Performing Rights Society) and Svensk Musik (Swedish Music). Karabuda is also chairman of the Polar Music Prize Award.
As expert to the UN Human Rights Council, Karabuda was part of producing the first ever UNHRC report on artistic rights in 2013. The report was followed by new reports during 2014.
As the president of ECSA, Karabuda has been a driving force in the formation of a European–American collaboration between the music creator organisations ECSA and SGA (Songwriters Guild of America). Together, the organisations have focused on the global issues of artistic rights, free speech and authors' rights (in America, copyright), in joint actions such as the Fair Trade Music Initiative.
As a member of the executive board of STIM, and during 2014 as acting CEO, Karabuda has focused on developing international strategy, improving distribution systems and adjusting the organization to the new EU directive on collective rights management.
Karabuda's parents, Günes and Barbro Karabuda, are journalists and filmmakers. His sister Denize Karabuda is an actor and director. The Karabuda children grew up traveling during their parents' many assignments, to which Karabuda himself credits his cultural political involvement.
Karabuda works in the areas of TV, film and theatre through his publishing company Naomi Musikförlag & Filmproduktion. Among his customers are SVT, SR, BBC, Zentropa and Stockholms Stadsteater. Karabuda also composes music for commercials.
human right activity
Alfons Karabuda As the president of ECSA, joint to Biggest International campaign Freemuse for Iranian musician mehdi rajabian and his brother filmmaker hossein rajabian, he was signed by the following of the ARJ group.
Selected projects
Television
Film
Theatre