Music & Sound

The Cultural Foundation Schloss Wiepersdorf awards residency fellowships to artists and writers in Schloss Wiepersdorf (State of Brandenburg, Fläming, Germany) for three months, granted for the periods March to May, June to August, and September to November.

The prize is a collaboration between the Hub for Modern Literature and Culture at King’s College London and Mahler & LeWitt Studios in Spoleto, Italy.

The 13th edition of LIVE WORKS, the Free School of Performance of Centrale Fies in Dro, Italy, is dedicated to the practical and theoretical exploration of the boundaries of performing arts.

Together with its regional cooperation partners, Urbane Künste Ruhr is awarding six artist residencies in the Ruhr region, Germany, for the year 2025. During the three-month stay, the organisers invite artists to develop a context-specific project that is planned to be presented to the public in a curated exhibition in Dortmund.

The contest, offering musical groups the chance to participate in the 2025 festival edition, is open to ensembles of all musical genres, consisting of two to six musicians. All participants must be adults and no older than 35 years as of 31 December 2024.

The European Emerging Bands Contest is open and calling for European artists to take the stage at EYE2025 (European Youth Event).

PARI!, Parcours d’Accompagnement et de Réflexion sur l’International, vise à permettre l’amorçage ou le redéploiement d’une stratégie à l’international des structures / organisations accompagnées (compagnies, groupes, collectifs, ensembles, etc. dans les domaines des arts de la scène et de la musique) autour de cinq axes principaux : la mobilité artistique, la mise en réseau, la coopération culturelle, la transmission et la diffusion.

Iranian, Georgian, French, Italian, German, and Chinese independent artists and cultural organisation representatives are invited to submit their project proposals for participation in the NCA Cultural Crossroad 2025 programme being implemented by Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics (NCA)

Art Music Denmark, Klang Festival, MINU_festival_for_expanded_music, Sound Art Lab/Struer Tracks (Struer, DK) and Another Sky Festival (London, UK) invites solo artists working with sound, experimental music and/or composition from the SWANA region (South West Asia and North Africa) to apply for a paid three-month residency with Sound Art Lab, in Struer, Denmark.

The Sustainable EEEMERGING (S-EEE) programme will support 10 promising Early Music ensembles for the years 2026 and 2027, considering them as key partners to ensure a diverse and high-quality artistic scene across Europe.