
The "Fonds Stiftung Zukunftsmusik" aims to provide sustainable support for up-and-coming artists and their projects.
It was initiated in 2021 by the four main partners of the Heidelberger Frühling Musikfestival - building materials manufacturer Heidelberg Materials (founding partner), financial services provider MLP SE, pharmaceutical company Octapharma AG, and software group SAP SE - together with the Musikstiftung Heidelberg after the Musikfestival had to be canceled for the second time due to a pandemic. Igor Levit could be won over as artistic ambassador. The fund is managed by the Musikstiftung Heidelberg and represented by its Chairman Dr. Uwe Schroeder-Wildberg, Chairman of the Executive Board of MLP SE and Chairman of the Board of the Musikstiftung Heidelberg.
Through the "String Quartet Funding Focus," the Fund finances an annual fellowship for a selected string quartet. For a period of 12 months, a young, outstanding string quartet is intensively accompanied and supported by awarding commissions, assisting the quartet in the development of new formats and mediation offers, and providing the opportunity for individual coaching. To the donation form
The fund made possible the re:start concert programme at the 2022 Heidelberger Frühling Musikfestival, in which young artists between the ages of 18 and 34 were offered performance opportunities all over Heidelberg. The total of 70 concerts with free admission in all 15 Heidelberg districts reached over 10,000 visitors. In the 2023 Musikfestival, this support continued as part of the Festivalcampus-Ensemble's free district concerts.
Annual membership fee of 250 € / pair: 400€.
Advance purchase of tickets for the Heidelberger Frühling Steichquartettfest
Invitation to the Irene Steels-Wilsing Competition (biennial)
Exclusive invitation to a concert of the scholarship quartet
Regular information from the world of the string quartet, special news from the quartets associated with the Heidelberger Frühling Steichquartettfest
Annual contribution of 1000 € / pair: 1500€
1 free pass for the Heidelberg Frühling Streichquartettfest / Couples: 2 free passes
Right of first refusal for tickets to the Heidelberg Frühling Streichquartettfest
Invitation to the Irene Steels-Wilsing Competition (biennial)
Exclusive invitation to a concert of the scholarship quartet
Invitation to a chamber music concert at the Heidelberger Frühling Musikfestival followed by a reception with the artists of the evening
Regular information from the world of string quartets, special news from the quartets associated with the Heidelberg Frühling Streichquartettfest
Musikstiftung Heidelberg
Stichwort „Fonds Stiftung Zukunftsmusik”
Heidelberger Volksbank
IBAN: DE90 6729 0000 0055 0000 00
BIC: GENODE61HD1