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German Jazz Prize 2024: Alexander von Schlippenbach Honoured for Lifetime Achievement
11.4.2024
POP Summit 2024 - Federal Conference on Pop Funding: The German pop music funding scene meets in Cologne on 24 April 2024
8.4.2024
On the road to success: Initiative Musik's artist promotion programme provides sustainable support for up-and-coming talent
18.3.2024
More diversity: Initiative Musik promotes a gender-balanced music industry
20.2.2024
Germany puts in a strong performance at ESNS 2024: GERMAN MUSIC EXPORT from Initiative Musik presents 15 acts at Eurosonic Noorderslag
11.1.2024
Festival study: Initiative Musik, Bundesstiftung LiveKultur and Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum cooperate with research centre C:POP
20.12.2023
63rd round of artist grants: 2 million euros for music projects from pop to jazz
12.12.2023
Pop award ceremony and event series POLYTON to be held in Berlin for the first time from Wednesday
14.11.2023
The application phase for the Festivalförderfonds starts today. Applications can be submitted until 18.12.
6.11.2023
The nominated works for the new German music award POLYTON have been announced.
26.10.2023
From backstage into the spotlight: Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Claudia Roth honors prize winners at the APPLAUS Awards 2023
23.10.2023
On stage: The APPLAUS Award announces its programme with live music, speeches and moderation
12.10.2023
The new POLYTON music prize will be awarded for the first time on 17 November in Berlin
5.10.2023
Initiative Musik gets a new set-up: At the Reeperbahn Festival, the Initiative Musik presents its new staff members
22.9.2023
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