A person with knowledge for the 50th anniversary of the Greenland Days in Tivoli has approached AG with criticism of the conditions that some of the Greenlandic musicians had during the event.
The person wishes to remain anonymous, but is known to AG, and points to, among other things, expenses for transport and catering during the musicians’ stay in Copenhagen. At the same time, the person states that several of the participating musicians have still not received their fees.
A person with knowledge for the 50th anniversary of the Greenland Days in Tivoli has approached AG with criticism of the conditions that some of the Greenlandic musicians had during the event.
The person wishes to remain anonymous, but is known to AG, and points to, among other things, expenses for transport and catering during the musicians’ stay in Copenhagen. At the same time, the person states that several of the participating musicians have still not received their fees.
Ib Uldum is a member of the steering group behind the Greenland Days and has been responsible for negotiating the contracts with the individual musicians for, among other things, fees, travel, board and lodging.
He emphasizes that the agreements were made individually and that the musicians knew the conditions in advance.
– There has been openness about the terms. I have negotiated with the individual musicians, and each one has agreed to his contract and has known what they were getting into, says Ib Uldum, who is also known as the bass player in the group DDR.
Transport was at own expense
According to the inquiry to AG, members of the house orchestra and some of the other Greenlandic musicians were accommodated at Cabinn Metro by Fields. From here they had to pay for the transport by metro to and from Tivoli in connection with rehearsals and performances. A one-way metro ticket from the area by the hotel to Tivoli costs around DKK 30.
Ib Uldum confirms that the organizers did not pay for this transport. But according to him, it was clear from the agreements what the organizers covered and what expenses the musicians themselves had to cover.
There was not one common agreement for all actors. The fee and the conditions for, among other things, travel, board and lodging were agreed with the individual musician, and the conditions could therefore be different.
The criticism also includes expenses for food during the stay. Here, Ib Uldum regrets that the food vouchers that were made available were not used to a greater extent.
– We can see afterwards that they have not been used to the desired extent. So that is exactly the point of criticism I face without understanding, he says.
At the same time, Ib Uldum states that some of the musicians wanted unemployment benefits and that they got them. Here, too, there was thus a difference between the agreements that had been concluded with the individual actors.
Several are waiting for fees
The anonymous inquiry also raises another question: the payment for the musicians’ work.
The person informs the AG that several of the participating musicians have still not received their fees. According to Ib Uldum, the money should have been paid out on 1 September.
Ib Uldum was not responsible for the payment itself. His task has been to negotiate the contracts, while the payment of the fees, according to him, falls under the responsibility of Kim Falck-Petersen, who is the head of the steering group behind the Greenland Days in Tivoli.
AG has tried to contact Kim Falck-Petersen to clarify whether several musicians are still missing their fees, why, if any, the money has not been paid and when they can expect to receive it.
It has not been possible to get a comment. The Greenland Representation informs the AG, where Kim Falck-Petersen is employed, that he is currently ill.
