page_title: Jeunesses Musicales International
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Jeunesses Musicales International / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Marcel Cuvelier and René Nicoly at the FIJM World Congress in Paris in 1959
context_page_description: Jeunesses Musicales International is the largest youth music NGO in the world, created in Brussels, Belgium in 1945, with the mission to “enable young people to develop through music across all boundaries”. JMI has established four priority activity fields: Young Musicians, Young Audiences, Youth Empowerment and Youth Orchestras & Ensembles.
  With member organisations currently in almost 40 countries, JMI is a “global” network with over 36,000 diverse musical events annually. The events embrace all styles of music, reaching almost 5 million young people up to the age of 30. The work of JMI is supported by the Federal Government of Belgium - Belgian Federal Science Policy Office, ACTIRIS and the Creative Europe Programme of the EU.
caption: Marcel Cuvelier and René Nicoly at the JMI World Congress in Paris in 1959.
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