What We Do
Concerto²¹͘
Concerto²¹˙ is a master class of a somewhat different kind: the focus here is not on musical ability (we take that for granted), but on everything else that soloists, ensembles or festival organisers need in order to be successful. Different approaches and ideas on how musicians can make a living not only for the music but also from the music are reflected and discussed. Concerto²¹˙ is dedicated to individual career planning and strategic artist development as well as to the contemporary, clever, careful renewal of classical performance formats.
Performance in Siggen
Stage set-up for the "Rhytholution" concert at Radialsystem in Berlin ©Anne Hornemann
Concert "Rhytholution" with Alexej Gerassimez at Radialsystem in Berlin ©Anne Hornemann
Concert "Rhytholution" with Alexej Gerassimez at Radialsystem in Berlin ©Anne Hornemann
Accompanied by experienced lecturers and discussion partners from the music scene, the academy participants deal with concert dramaturgy, audience sociology, music marketing and self-management and develop new concert models, suitable mediation methods and effective communication strategies. They learn how to better understand their audience, how to convince promoters, how to make the best use of new and old media - and they are given time and space for artistic and personal reflection.
- Dates and programme 2023
Programme 2023
Part I: 12 to 16 June 2023
In the first part of Concerto21, the academy members present themselves and their current plans to the lecturers present. They in turn give impulses in the form of short lectures on their work and detailed feedback on the respective presentations. This creates an open space for discussion and exchange. In addition, the expectations of young artists will be discussed in several rounds of talks and the strategic development of artists, funding in Germany and cultural policy will be discussed. The aim of the first week is to give the participant an impression of where he or she currently stands in the development of an independent profile, which individual topics should be worked on and what the general opportunities, expectations and challenges in the music market are.
Impulse givers:
Andreas Brandis (Managing Partner ACT Music/Tambour Mgmt/Director Concerto21.)
Uta Gielke (Programme Director Culture Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S./Director Concerto21.)
Roman Sladek (Founder Jazzrausch Bigband / Artistic Director Bergson Kulturkraftwerk)
Konstantin Udert (Founder Detect Festival)
Tina Sikorski (Managing Director Initiative Musik)
Carsten Brosda (Senator for Culture of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg)
Annekatrin Hentschel (Bayerischer Rundfunk /Sweet Spot)
Sonia Simmenauer (Founder Impresariat Simmenauer /Manager / Mentor)
Folkert Uhde (Founder Concert Design, Artistic Director Bachfest Köthen, Monforter Zwischentöne)+ 16 - 18 participants
Part II: 17 - 22 July 2023
This practice-oriented intensive week is about strategic artist development and sharpening individual profiles. Concrete work is done on topics such as communication, visualisation, staging and marketing. A number of experienced lecturers will be available to present their work and then work with the Academy participants on examples and specific questions. In addition, there will be evening talks and discussions. The aim of this week is for all academy participants to take away a variety of suggestions and recommendations for action, to get to know tools for their daily work and to be able to plan their artistic future constructively with this "toolbox".
Lecturers:
Andreas Brandis (Managing Partner ACT Music/Tambour Mgmt/Director Concerto21)
Uta Gielke (Programme Director Culture Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S./Director Concerto21)
Prof. Dr. Karl Josef Pazzini (Psychoanalyst)
Sebastian Rohde and Annika Line Trost (Freimauer company/ graphic designers, visual arts, conceptual designers)
Folkert Uhde (Founder Concert Design, Artistic Director Bachfest Köthen, Monforter Zwischentöne)
Sonia Simmenauer (Founder Impresariat Simmenauer /Manager / Mentor)
Michael Gottfried (Communications Manager/A&R ACT Music)
Sophie Colindres (Choreographer/Dancer)
Anastasia Shevchenko (Yoga Teacher)
Ohad Ben-Ari (Pianist/Founder ID Festival)
Bettina Bohle (Funding expert)+ 16 - 18 participants
- Application 2023
From applicants we expect a CV with the most important concerts, projects and scholarships, an artistic statement on their own work and links to their own website as well as to, for example, concert recordings, Instagram, Spotify or Bandcamp.
In addition, we ask for a maximum three-minute video film* in which applicants introduce themselves personally and answer the following questions:
Why am I a musician?
What am I doing at the moment?
What would I like to do in two and five years?
What question(s) am I going into the academy with?
*The film does not have to be professionally produced. It can be quite simple and free of technical refinements, shot with a smartphone.
The deadline for applications is 10 March.
- Selection of previous participants
Akademie 2022
Akademie 2019
Akademie 2018
Akademie 2017
Akademie 2016
Akademie 2014
Akademie 2013
Akademie 2012
Akademie 2011
Akademie 2010
Akademie 2008
Contact
Uta Gielke Deputy Head of the Programme Department, Head of Programme Culture
+49 40 33 402 – 14gielke@toepfer-stiftung.deHeader-Photo ©Anne Hornemann