Find Music Funding Opportunities in Austria

Music projects require time, expertise – and a reliable budget. Whether you are planning a live series, organizing a tour, producing contemporary music, or developing an educational format for children and youth: funding in Austria is often the key to securing artistic quality, ensuring fair payment, and building lasting impact. Especially for non-profit organizations, ensembles, festivals, and social initiatives, funding closes the gap between ambition and feasibility.

The current funding focus is often on Austrian music creation and new music, on live music with cultural impact (including audience development and emerging talent), as well as on music education, participation, and inclusion. Additionally, there are programs supporting professionalization and internationalization – for example, for showcases, residencies, or export projects. If your project works digitally or develops new formats, innovation tracks may also be relevant, such as those offered by aws or FFG.

Typical funders range from the federal government (e.g., BMKÖS and Musikfonds) through states, cities, and municipalities to EU programs like Creative Europe or Erasmus+. Which "Music Funding Austria" is truly suitable depends largely on whether your project is primarily culturally-artistic or more economic/technological (e.g., MusicTech).

To prevent you from getting lost in calls and criteria, the Reflecta Funding Compass helps you: You can specifically match suitable funding, compare requirements, and prepare your application process in a structured way – so that your idea becomes a fundable project.