The official host of the assembly, which takes place twice every year – in February in Brussels and in September in any other European city – will be the Society of Slovene Composers.

The ECSA brings together more than 30.000 composers and songwriters from 24 European countries. It represents the interests of 45 national associations of composer from the fields of art and classical music, popular music, and film and audio-visual music.

The main aim of the ECSA is the protection and promotion of rights of music composers on a national and European level, and in the broader international area with all legal means necessary. The alliance strives for a fair awarding of music composers for their work, and for improving their social and economic positions in Europe.

The first initiative for creating a European Composer and Songwriter Alliance was put forward in 2006 in Vienna during the Mozartjahr festival. The founding meeting was organized on the 7th of March, 2007, in Madrid, with a hope that the ECSA becomes a representative for all of Europe’s music composers.

In 2013 the ECSA reorganized and the European Composer's Forum (ECF), the Alliance of Popular Music Composers of Europe (APCOE), and the Federation of Film and Audio-visual Composers of Europe (FFACE), which were previously independent, drew closer together in a uniform organization consisting of three committees.

As part of the ECSA General Assembly there will be two concerts in Ljubljana by the ECCO - European Contemporary Composers' Orchestra, which has been active since 2011. Performing at the concerts will also be RTV Slovenija's Big Band Orchestra, which will be conducted by the experienced Austrian jazz musician, Sigi Feigl, on the 28th of September at Kino Šiška. Performing one day later in the Slovene Philharmonic Kozina Hall will also be RTV Slovenija's Symphony Orchestra, which will be led by Australian-British conductor Jessica Cottis.

Mihael Kozjek, 3rd Program Radio Slovenija (ARS); translated by K. J.