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

Davos Festival, Davos
DAVOS FESTIVAL – young artists in concert, 2018–2020

Delian Academy for New Music, Mykonos 
International Summer Academy for Composers,  2018

Festival Pablo Casals de Prades, Prades 
Academy for instrumental and chamber music, 2018–2020

Festival ZeitRäume, Basel 
Festival for new music and architecture, 2017–2021

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

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

Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam
«Three Festivals dedicated to 20th Century Composers», 2018–2020

New World Symphony, Miami Beach 
Instrumental music project, 2019/20–2021/22

Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation, Budapest
Mentoring program for young composers and conductors, 2018–2020

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
Partial equipping of the RCO House and support of the project «Concertgebouworkest Young», 
2016/17–2018/19 


The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
«MetLiveArts at The Met Cloisters», 2018/19–2020/21

Wien Modern, Vienna
Support for the expansion of the festival audience, 2018–2020

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