Music & Sound

25AV invites artistic collaboration projects and collectives from across Europe to apply for the 25AV Residency Programme, a pan-European platform for collaborative artistic production in the fields of media art, sound, performance, and audiovisual experimentation.

MERITA Platform supports the European circulation of the new generation of professional chamber music ensembles, running until August 2029.

The Experimance Festival 2026 is looking for artistic contributions in the field of sound art. Applications are welcome from both solo artists and groups.

The AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme 2025-2027 invites established professionals to join as mentors in this new edition of our EU-funded initiative. They will have the opportunity to introduce emerging talents to the music industry while actively working to enhance gender equality and non-binary visibility in the music industry.

Akademie Schloss Solitude is accepting applications for its residential fellowships for the period 2026–2028. International artists, researchers, and cultural professionals from all disciplines will have the opportunity to apply for a six- or nine-month fellowship.

The AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme 2025-2027 is an EU-funded initiative designed to introduce emerging musicians to the professional sector while actively working to enhance gender equality and non-binary visibility in the music industry.

This call is directed to European artists with a close relation with music and sound, with a focus on experimentation, innovation, improvisation, cooperative creation and audience engagement. The selected artists will take part of one artistic residency (in France, Portugal, or Czech Republic) with a duration of seven or eight days.

The organisation now invites applications from artists from all disciplines (musicians, visual artists, actors, dancers, poets) who have projects related to performance and performativity and who can propose a project consistent with this year’s theme of ‘Fugology’.

Applications are now open for the Creative Europe-funded initiative aimed at women and gender-diverse individuals committed to driving diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the music industry.

Connect and Create is calling for applications from performing arts and music organisations in sub-Saharan Africa and the European Union for the ‘Creative Tandems’ grant, for activities between March 2026 and March 2028.