Music - Promotion of Musical Events
Funding of musical events in the city and state of Salzburg with a focus on diversity of genres and innovative contemporary approaches. Applications for annual funding are possible until June 30 of the current year; project funding must be submitted in good time before the project start.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Supported are events, festivals, and initiatives of various musical genres in the spirit of diversity in the fields within the city and state of Salzburg, as well as interest groups and service centers for musicians and composers with a special focus on Salzburg. The goal is to secure and preserve the diversity of genres and programming in the music sector, with an emphasis on innovative, contemporary approaches, enabling world and premiere performances, creating performance opportunities for local artists, reaching new audience segments, and promoting young talent in order to spark interest in music among young people and maintain the joy of music.
Non-eligible expenses
- Individual funding for recording productions and music videos
- Workshops, seminars, and the like
- Concert tours abroad (tour funding)
- Projects and concerts within the scope of education as well as concerts of the Musikum Salzburg
- Purely commercially oriented events and functions
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Eligible to apply
- Interest Groups and Other Associations
- Non-profit Organizations
- Public Institutions
Funding requirements
- Fully completed and signed funding application
- Detailed concept for the annual program or project with impact objectives, program content, and deadlines
- Balanced, detailed financial plan (income/expense calculation)
- For first-time submission or changes: commercial register excerpt, association register excerpt, statutes
Documents required for application
- Completed and signed application form
- Comprehensive project description
- Income/expense calculation
- Company register extract/association register extract/statutes upon first submission
- Cost estimates
Evaluation criteria
- Innovative, contemporary and experimental approaches
- Performance of works by living Austrian composers
- Activating participation to engage new audience groups
- High-quality support for emerging talent
- Sustainable concept
- Production funding prior to project acquisition
- Strong Salzburg connection beyond the venue
Description
The "Music – Promotion of Musical Events" program of the State of Salzburg supports non-profit associations, interest groups, and public institutions in the realization of festivals, concerts, and initiatives of various styles in the city and state of Salzburg. The goal is to secure diversity within the music sector and to promote innovative, contemporary approaches, such as world and premiere performances of living Austrian composers. Particular importance is given to creating performance opportunities for local artists, reaching new audience segments, and providing high-quality support for emerging talent to inspire young people for music and to bind them to cultural life in the long term. Service centers and interest groups with a thematic Salzburg focus that advance regional networking and develop sustainable event concepts are also supported.
Funded institutions can apply for annual programs or individual projects: For annual funding, the fully completed and signed application, including a detailed concept, financial plan, and proof of non-profit status (e.g., extract from the association register or statutes), must be submitted by June 30 of the respective year; project applications should be submitted well in advance of the project start. Eligible for funding are productions with an experimental approach, participatory formats, and a strong Salzburg connection beyond the event location. Purely commercial events, international tours, amateur projects, workshops, as well as individual funding for audio recordings and music videos are excluded. Selection is based on the degree of innovation, sustainability, and activating measures to attract audiences.
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