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08.01.24

Wise Music Group announced today the sale of its music education division, including MusicFirst, Rising Software, Charanga, O-Generator, and Focus on Sound to the private equity firm Achieve Partners. Read Full Article

Wise Music Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Doblinger Musikverlag, the distinguished Austrian music publisher renowned for its classical catalogue and rich legacy in European music. This strategic acquisition strengthens Wise Music’s global portfolio of classical and contemporary works. Read Full Article

Wise Music Group is proud to announce the acquisition of a controlling interest in Edition Peters Group, one of the world’s oldest and most distinguished music publishing houses. Wise Music Group has made its acquisition from the Hinrichsen Foundation and will own Edition Peters Group in partnership with Christian Hinrichsen whose family association with the company began in 1863. Read Full Article

Wise Music Group has announced the appointment of Marcus Wise as Chief Executive Officer for the European region of the independent family business. He will lead the group’s music publishing and record company interests across the continent with immediate effect. Read Full Article

The Master of The King’s Music Judith Weir, Paul Mealor and Tarik O’Regan have been commissioned by The King to compose new pieces of music for The Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort taking place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday May 6, 2023. Read Full Article

Wise Music Group announces the launch of Wise Music Iceland ehf in Reykjavik. This will be the first time a global publishing business has established a full publishing entity in the country. Read Full Article

A new choral work, Like as the hart, has been composed by Master of The King’s Music, Judith Weir CBE for inclusion in the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II which will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday 19th September at 1100hrs BST. Read Full Article

Wise Music Group is releasing two new podcast series in celebration of their fiftieth anniversary – Composing Myself and Wise Choice. Read Full Article

In the 2022-2023 season Wise Music Group is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Trading under the name of Music Sales from the early 1970s Wise Music Group at first operated in both print publishing and copyright acquisition with headquarters in London. Wise Music Group now offers genuine international reach with active offices located in USA, UK, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Australia and Japan. Read Full Article