The Goethe Talents Scholarship is aimed at young musicians, composers, singer-songwriters, and instrumentalists between 20 and 30 years old from DAC countries, including African countries, Latin America and particular Asian countries. Successful applicants will join a programme of activities running from 22 August to 2 September 2024, organised around the festival Pop Kultur Berlin.
Pop-Kultur Festival in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut offers a variety of activities to experience the Music City Berlin in the run-up to the Festival: Studio visits, intensive jam-sessions within the group, short traineeships in selected companies of Berlin’s creative industries, listening sessions and meetings with scholarship holders of Musicboard Berlin GmbH and former alumni of past Goethe Talents editions, visiting concerts, as well as other activities.
Once more, the programme offers places to eight talents, enabling participants to network across borders. In addition, participants will get to perform as a group at the Pop-Kultur Festival. Additionally, the programme tries to provide a special night for a solo or collaborative performance to a public audience.
Collaborating on music will be an important part of the experience within the programme. Spending time together in a studio and club space will give the selected participants the opportunity to have a direct acoustic exchange in order to learn from and with each other. The programme is designed to help participants recognise and/or improve their own musical skills.
Furthermore, participants will be joining the Pop-Kultur Nachwuchs programme taking place 28–30 August at Kulturbrauerei Berlin. International professionals give personal insights into their work and share their knowledge through studio visits, workshops, case studies and talks.
Applicants should have advanced English skills and work experience in the field of music, with proof of at least 3 projects and a link to a video of a live performance of yours.
The participation fee, accommodation, travel expenses, hospitality (per diem) for the period of 22 August to 2 September 2024 will be covered by Goethe-Institut. The Goethe-Institut will also book and pay for flights and will help with visa issues. Musicboard Berlin will give a free Festival Ticket plus access to Pop-Kultur’s networking area for professionals to all talents, organise accommodation (breakfast included), cover health insurance and public transportation within Berlin.
