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

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen
Composition competition «Pauline Hall Competition for Women Composers», 
2020/21

Concours de Genève, Geneva
Support program «Annual Prizewinners Workshop» 2020 and 2021

Divertimento Ensemble, Milan
Support program «Orchestra Conducting Course», 2020 and 2021

Ensemble Multilatérale, Paris
Binational academy «ARCO Art Research & Creation Opus», 2021 to 2023

Ensemble Resonanz, Hamburg
Cooperation project «Einklang freier Wesen», 2021

Gilmore International Piano Festival, Kalamazoo
Mentoring program for pianists «Gilmore Piano Festival Fellowship», 2022 and 2024

IMS Prussia Cove, London
Projects for emerging young artists «Masterclass Seminar and Outreach and Education Programme», 2020/21 to 2022/23

Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden und Ensemble ö!, Chur
Biennale for new music in Grisons «tuns contemporans», 2021

Konzerthaus Dortmund, Dortmund
Event series «Neuland», 2020/21

Liedrezital Zürich, Winterthur
Zurich festival «Liederfrühling», 2021

Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne
Music and film project «William Kentridge - Shostakovich No. 10», 2022

Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation, Budapest
Mentoring program for young composers and conductors, 
2021 to 2023

Strijkkwartet Biennale Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Third edition «String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam», 
2022

Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra, Zurich
Youth orchestra «SJSO», 
2020 to 2022

Talea Ensemble, New York
Event series «Sound Exchange», 2020

Teatro del Tempo, Vacallo
Itinerant music festival «La Via Lattea 17. Fauré torna a Lugano», 
2020 and 2021

Tzlil Meudcan, Tel Aviv
International festival & research platform for contemporary music «Tzlil Meudcan», 
2021 to 2023

weit! Neue Musik Weingarten, Blitzenreute
Festival project «weit! neue musik weingarten», 
2021

Yarn/Wire, Ridgewood
Support program «Yarn/Wire International Summer Institute», 2020 to 2022