Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne predominantly supports contemporary classical music projects. However, projects on music from other eras are not excluded as a rule. In its effort to contribute to the development of professional music culture, the Foundation supports international academies and master classes conducted by established instructors. Furthermore, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne supports various series of music events or festivals that explore new ways of fostering the public’s engagement with classical music in an attempt to attract new audiences. In principle, professional orchestras and ensembles or music centers may also submit a project request for the equipment of rehearsal rooms, the acquisition of instruments or other infra-structural needs.
Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne does not award grants for one-off events, 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 acts occasionally as an initiator of its own projects, as for example with the current project CONNECT, that 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