Music

Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne seeks to contribute to the development of a vital culture of excellence in classical music and to help attract new audiences to the field. To achieve these objectives, the Foundation sponsors international academies and master classes conducted by established instructors. In addition, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne supports outstanding event series or festivals with visionary programming and innovative modes of outreach and communication to foster the public’s engagement with classical music. In general, the Foundation focuses on the promotion of new and contemporary music, although projects on music from other eras are by no means excluded.

Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne does not award grants for one-off events, concert tours, the production of DVDs or CDs, composition commissions (that were not awarded by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne), operas, musical theatre or the purchase of music scores.

In addition to its role as a mentor for suitable artistic projects submitted by eligible institutions, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne also occasionally acts as an initiator of its own projects, as for example with the current project CONNECT, which was initiated in 2015.

Selection of supported projects

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Birmingham 
Support program «NEXT: Training the Next Generation in Contemporary Music», 2018/19–2020/21

Delian Academy for New Music, Mykonos 
International summer academy for composition, 2019 and 2020

Dublin Sound Lab, Dublin
Contemporary music festival «Music Current» 2020 and 2021

Festival Ticino Musica, Lugano
Composition academy «International Young Composers Academy Ticino Musica», 2019 and 2020

Fondazione Pietà de'Turchini, Naples 
Music project «Incantiamoci a Napoli!», 2019–2021

Konzerthaus Dortmund, Dortmund
Event series «Neuland» 2019/20

London Symphony Orchestra, London
Development initiatives «Achieving Sir Simon Rattle's Vision for the LSO», 2019–2021

Muzeum Susch, Susch
String quartet cycle «Musica Susch», 2020 and 2021

National Sawdust, New York
Support for the promotion of talent and performance of contemporary music and New Music, 2019/20–2021/22

New World Symphony, Miami Beach 
Instrument-specific music project 2019/20–2021/22

Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation, Budapest
Mentoring program for young composers and conductors, 2018–2023

Schloss Werdenberg, Werdenberg
Festival «Schlossmediale», 
2020–2022 


Time of Music Festival/Musiikin aika, Helsinki
Summer academy «Time of Music Summer Academy», 2019 and 2020

Wigmore Hall, London
Contemporary Music Series, 2015/16–2020/21

ZeitRäume, Basel
Festival «ZeitRäume Basel - Biennale for New Music and Architecture», 2019 and 2021