Festivals
Chiffren - Kieler Tage für Neue Musik
Features contemporary composers from Schleswig-Holstein and abroad
Every other (even) year in February
Every other (even) year in February
Deutsches Minimal Music Festival
Classic and new minimal music in Kassel
Every other (odd) year in November
Every other (odd) year in November
Donaueschingen Festival
Experimental music and sound art festival, started up in 1921
Held annually the third week of October
Held annually the third week of October
Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik
Contemporary music from symphonies to multimedia performance art
Annually in early October
Annually in early October
ECLAT - Festival für Neue Musik Stuttgart
Presents new, often interdisciplinary works
Annually in early February
Annually in early February
Internationale Weingartener Tage für Neue Musik
Features works by different guest composers each year, accompanying classes and lectures
Annually in November
Annually in November
Klangwerkstatt Berlin
Premieres of chamber music and musical theatre, focuses on young composers
Annually in November
Annually in November
Klangzeit Münster
Works of the 20th century and premieres
Every other (even) year in October/November
Every other (even) year in October/November
MaerzMusik Berlin
Contemporary music, musical theatre and media art with varying festival themes
Annually in March
Annually in March
Mouvement - Musik im 21. Jahrhundert
Contemporary music, features a different guest composer every
Annually in May
Annually in May
Münchener Biennale
International Festival of new musical theatre with varying themes
Every other (even) year in spring
Every other (even) year in spring
MusikTriennale Köln
Cross-genre festival of 20th and 21st century music in Cologne, varying programme focus
Every three years in April/May
Every three years in April/May
Open Systems
Festival in the Ruhr region for experimental music, performance/sound art
Every two or three years in November
Every two or three years in November
Schreyahner Herbst
Festival of contemporary music and literature, including works by Künstlerhof Schreyahn scholarship holders
Annually in September
Annually in September
Sonambiente Berlin
Festival of international experimental sound art, plastic arts, video, new media, radio and film
Runs at irregular intervals, last held in June 2006
Runs at irregular intervals, last held in June 2006
UltraSchall Berlin
Contemporary music, electronic music and media art, varying keynote themes
Annually in January
Annually in January
Weimarer Frühjahrstage für zeitgenössische Musik
Contemporary works, composition contest
Every spring after Easter
Every spring after Easter
Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik
Concerts and performance art with contemporary chamber music
Annually in April/May
Annually in April/May
Specialized Press
Musik & Ästhetik
Journal on music theory and practice,
aesthetics and cultural studies
Published quarterly by:
Ludwig Holtmeier, Richard Klein und Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Horben
RiKlein@t-online.de
www.musikundaesthetik.de
Journal on music theory and practice,
aesthetics and cultural studies
Published quarterly by:
Ludwig Holtmeier, Richard Klein und Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Horben
RiKlein@t-online.de www.musikundaesthetik.de
MusikTexte Journal of contemporary music
Published quarterly by: MusikTexte GbR, Köln
musiktexte@musiktexte.dewww.musiktexte.de
Neue Musikzeitung Journal covering the current music scene – chiefly in Germany
Comes out ten times a year
Published by: Theo Geißler, Con Brio Verlag, Regensburg
nmz@nmz.dewww.nmz.de
Neue Zeitschrift für Musik Journal of contemporary music, also covers interdisciplinary subjects
Published bimonthly by:
Schott Verlag, Mainz
nzfm.redaktion@schott-music.comwww.musikderzeit.de
Positionen - Beiträge zur Neuen MusikJournal of experimental and cutting-edge music
Published quarterly by:
Verlag Positionen, Gisela Nauck, Mühlenbeck
redaktion@positionen–bznm.de redaktion@positionen.net www.positionen.netLabels and Publishers
The following labels and publishers are committed to contemporary music:
Labels
Publishers
Institutions and Associations
The main organizations and associations in the contemporary music sector:
Deutscher Komponistenverband (DKV)
German Society of Composers
Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA)
Society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights
Gesellschaft für Neue Musik e.V. (GNM)
(Society for Contemporary Music)
German section of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)
Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (IMD)
International Music Institute Darmstadt
Grants, Prizes, Scholarships
Artists may apply on their own
Akademie der Künste (Berlin Academy of the Arts): Kunstpreis Berlin (Berlin Arts Prizes)
These prizes are to honour and promote outstanding artistic achievement in the following six categories: Fine Arts, Architecture, Music, Literature, Performing Arts, Cinematographic/Media Art. The Berlin Academy of the Arts annually awards a €15,000 main prize for achievement in a different category each year and a prize of €5,000 (or two €2,500 prizes) to young aspirants in each of the six categories.
Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts: Gerda und Günter Bialas Preis
This €10,000 prize, which is funded by the GEMA Foundation, is awarded every other year to a composer of contemporary music.
BMW musica viva Composition Prize
In this contest, cash prizes of €10,000, €7,500 and €2,500 are awarded every other year to young composers (up to 40 years old) from Germany and abroad.
Busoni Composition Prizes (Akademie der Künste)
Berlin’s Academy of the Arts also awards a €6,000 prize every three years to a budding composer upon completion of his/her studies, as well as a €2,500 prize to a student of composition.
Giga-Hertz Award for Electronic Music
A grand prize of €15,000 is awarded annually to honour the artistic achievements of outstanding composers, along with four production prizes of €8,000 apiece to help aspiring composers realize current projects in electronic or acousmatic music.
Hellerau MUSIC Grant from the European Centre for the Arts in Hellerau
This famous garden city in Dresden annually awards two-year grants for composers and performing artists to take part in various workshops and works-in-progress at Hellerau and for musicologists and cultural managers (alternating annually) to work at the Hellerau Arts Management Office in the Public Relations, Drama, Sound or Production departments.
“New Listening” Prize for putting contemporary music across successfully
Awarded every other year at the Munich Biennale, this €10,000 prize (est. 2006) is to honour success in putting contemporary music across to listeners.
The Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music
This foundation awards grant monies totalling €2.1 million for projects chiefly involving contemporary music.
The NRW Arts Department Fund for New Music Theatre
The Land of North Rhine-Westphalia provides a total of up to €250,000 in funding for productions of 20th- and 21st-century works at permanent, independent theatres and opera houses (in North Rhine-Westphalia).
The Starke Foundation’s International Studio Programme
The Starke Foundation awards grants for a stay of 3 to 12 months at the villa Löwenpalais in Berlin to help artists realize their projects in the fields of the Fine Arts, Architecture/Design, Music (Composition and Performance) and Literature.
Artists may not apply on their own
Berlin Opera Prize
A Gasag Berlin AG-funded music theatre competition: what’s special about this Berlin opera prize is it fuses the idea of a contest with an effort to promote music theatre composition by providing continuous support for the prize-winning young composer all the way through to the performance of his/her piece at the Neukölln Opera.
Christoph and Stephan Kaske Foundation Prize
This €10,000 music prize is awarded annually to one or several composers of contemporary music.
Frankfurt International Music Fair (BDMH) Music Prize
Annual music prize of €15,000 awarded to performing artists, composers, music teachers and music scholars for significant achievements in their field.
Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia Grant from the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts
A grant of a €1,200 monthly working stipend, including lodgings and a studio, accorded to established artists in the categories Fine Arts, Literature and Music.
Louis Spohr Music Prize of the City of Braunschweig
Every three years a €10,000 prize is awarded to an internationally renowned and pioneering contemporary composer. The object is to instil a sense of cultural responsibility into future generations of composers.
Music Award of the City of Duisburg
A €15,000 prize annually awarded to composers (involving a composition commission), performing artists, directors, set and costume designers who have made an exemplary contribution to a music theatre production.
The Forberg Schneider Foundation’s Belmont Prize
A biennial award with varying prize money for performers, composers and researchers in the field of contemporary music
The Ritter Prize of the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation
€10,000 prize awarded annually to soloists, ensembles or composers
