Music scholarships

Description

Every year, the City of Munich awards six music scholarships totalling 8,000 euros each, one of which is awarded specifically to performers working in the field of children and young people. In addition, a Leonhard and Ida Wolf Memorial Prize for Music totalling 3,000 euros can be awarded.
 
These scholarships are intended to support specific, particularly challenging musical projects in the areas of composition, programme development or professional training outside Munich (e.g. through a joint project with foreign musicians or an internship/assistance with a well-known, experienced foreign musician).
Both individual and ensemble scholarships in all musical genres and areas are possible, but with special consideration given to contemporary forms of performance. Applicants (in the case of an ensemble, at least half of its members) must reside within the MVV catchment area and focus their work in Munich.
The scholarships are primarily intended to support younger, not yet established artists. Scholarships are not awarded for projects as part of a course of study or for projects accompanying teaching. A jury appointed by the City Council of the City of Munich draws up the award proposals based on the applications received.
After completing the work made possible by the scholarship, the scholarship holders submit a detailed written report to the Department of Culture.
 
Please note that productions of music albums or videos as well as release concerts, programme promotions and other event formats in the field of pop music are funded through a separate award procedure and cannot be considered in the context of this call for applications.

Prerequisites

The scholarships are primarily intended to support younger, not yet established artists. Scholarships are not awarded for projects within the framework of a degree programme or for projects accompanying teaching. Applicants must live in the MVV catchment area and focus their work in Munich.

Required documents

• fully completed application form
• a detailed and concrete description of the work project
• a rough calculation of the project
• bio and bibliographical information
• Work samples (e.g. scores, recordings / recordings, ideally in the form of links, for example from YouTube, SoundCloud or similar services. In the case of links to Dropbox, WeTransfer or similar, please ensure that these links remain valid for at least four months after the application deadline)
• specialist references, if applicable (for example, reviews)

All documents must be received in one PDF by 20 March 2025, 11.59 pm by e-mail to bewerbung.musikstipendium@muenchen.de in the Cultural Department. The PDF must not exceed a total size of 5 MB and must be named as follows Surname_Project title

After sending your e-mail, you will receive an automatic reply from us. This e-mail does not confirm whether the application has been submitted in full. If you do not receive this automatic reply e-mail within 30 minutes, please contact us ( bettina.bechtolsheim@muenchen.de or heike.lies@muenchen.de).

If it is not possible for you to send the application by e-mail as a PDF, you can send your documents by post in exceptional cases up to the closing date (the date of receipt, not the postmark, applies). In this case, please ensure that work samples such as scores do not exceed DIN A4 format and please only submit sound samples as CDs.

Legal basis

By submitting their application, applicants declare their agreement with the terms and conditions of the competition and confirm that they are resident in the MVV catchment area and that their main place of work is in Munich.

Once the City Council has made its decision, the applicants will be informed of the result.