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
Alte Oper, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Festival of discoveries «FRATOPIA»,
2021/22 to 2023/24
Caminos del Inka, Fort Worth, USA
Support program «The Conducting Institure» 2021 to 2023
Davos Festival - young artists in concert, Davos, Switzerland
Support program for young and gifted musicians «Davos Festival Academy», 2021 to 2023
Ensemble intercontemporain, Paris, France
Support program for young performers «Passage», 2021/22 to 2022/23
Lucerne School of Music, Lucerne, Switzerland
Event series «Hommage - Dieter Ammann zum 60.», 2022
International Young Composers Academy, Lugano, Switzerland
Composition academy «International Young Composers Academy», 2021 to 2023
International Music Festival Heidelberger Frühling, Heidelberg, Germany
Festival «Neuland.Lied», 2022 to 2024
Musikdorf Ernen, Ernen, Switzerland
Festival «Musikdorf Ernen», 2021 to 2023
Musikfestival Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Festival programs «schwärme and unvermittelt», 2021 and 2022
New Era Orchestra, Kiev, Ukraine
Recognition grant, 2021/22 and 2022/23
Ojai Music Festival, Ojai, USA
Festival anniversary «75th Anniversary of the Ojai Music Festival», 2021 and 2022
Othmar Schreck Festival, Brunnen, Switzerland
Othmar Schoeck Festival 2021 «PASSÉ COMPOSÉ - Neoclassicism in Switzerland», 2021
Philharmonia London, London, UK
Concert series and support project «Composing the Future»,
2022/23 to 2024/25
Philharmonie Essen, Essen, Germany
Concert series «ALL IN - Classical Extended»,
2022 to 2024
Royal College of Music, London, UK
Support program «Masterclasses at the RCM», 2021/22 to 2023/24
Sonic Matter, Zurich, Switzerland
Music and sound art festival «SONIC MATTER»,
2021 and 2022
Stiftung Schweiz. Jugendmusikwettbewerb SJMW, Zurich, Switzerland
47th - 49th Swiss Youth Music Competition«Classica»,
2022 to 2024
Wilhelm Kempff Akademie, Berlin, Germany
Masterclasses in Positano «Neapolitan Piano School»,
2022