In Denmark, around 10.000 professional musicians, singers, composers and conductors are members of unions and professional associations. 3 copyright societies administer the rights of the performing artists.
Unions & Professional Associations
- Danish Musicians' Union (DMF) represents musicians, music teachers, singers, and technicians.
Danish Musicians' Union (DMF)
- Danish Artists' Union (DAF) represents vocal and instrumental artists within the genres rock, pop, jazz, folk, rap, hiphop, and world music.
Danish Artists' Union (DAF).
- National Federation of Danish Soloists represents soloists within traditional popular music.
National Federation of Danish Soloists
- Classical Soloists Association of 1921 represents classical soloists.
Classical Soloist Association of 1921.
- Danish Conductors' Association represents conductors from all genres.
Danish Conductors' Association
- Choir Conductors' Association (KDF) represents choir conductors. (no website)
- Organists, church musicians and church singers each have their own professional associations:
Danish Organist Society (DOKS)
Danish Church Musicians Association
Danish Organ Player Society (FPO).
The umbrella organisation for all performing artists is Fællesrådet for Udøvende Kunstnere (Danish Council of Performing Artists).
Copyright Societies
3 copyright societies administer the rights of the performing artists:
Gramex administers the rights of performing artists in connection with public performances, i.e. when music is played on the radio or television, in discotheques or shops, etc. Gramex also administers the rights of recording companies and producers in connection with public performances of music released by them.
Gramex
Copy-Dan administers the rights of copyright holders, performing artists and producers in connection with secondary copying, e.g. photocopying, of music and lyrics.
Copy-Dan
Performex negotiates audio and visual rights on behalf of performing artists.
Performex
August 2007
