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INTERNATIONAL TOUR FUNDING

MEUTE, Tour 2023, USA (© Steffi Retti)

INTERNATIONAL TOUR FUNDING

HOPE, Depeche Mode Support Tour 2023, Tallinn (© Karsten Boysenc)

INTERNATIONAL TOUR FUNDING

Jembaa Groove, Tour 2023, Italy

2024

Pitching Session & Reception, Oct 2024, Bilbao (© Olga Ruiz)

Gruppenfoto von den Partner:innen des German Showcase vor einem Haus. WAVES VIENNA 2023

Partner German Showcase, Sep 2023, Vienna (©Thomas Ranner)

Gruppenfoto von Teilnehmer:innen der Themenreise auf einem Gehweg. VISITOR PROGRAM 2023

Visitor Program to Juicy Beats Festival, 2023

As a division of Initiative Musik, GERMAN MUSIC EXPORT aims to strengthen the presence of German music abroad. Through various international activities, such as collaborations with international showcase festivals, active membership in international networks like EMEE and ESNS EXCHANGE, and the initiation of its own funding programs (International Tour Funding, DO! Export, and GO! Export), GERMAN MUSIC EXPORT offers musicians and music professionals based in Germany various opportunities to enhance their visibility abroad and expand their network on an international level.

News

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Watch out! The EU funding program LIVEMX opens the third Open Call today. Music professionals who have exciting project ideas on the topics of music export, live music venues and digital circulation can apply here until January 6, 2025.

Congratulations to Zimmer90! The electro indie pop band from Stuttgart has been nominated for the Music Moves Europe Awards 2025. You can vote for the MME Public Choice Award here!

Supported by our International Tour Funding in December:
Electro-DJane madmoiselle is touring in New Zealand and Australia. Tour highlight is a headlining gig at the Shipwrecked Festival (NZ).

Watch our German Music @ SXSW aftermovie here.

We were at SXSW. Here you can find impressions from American media such as FLOOD Magazine and Stereogum, who were on site in Austin and reported on our showcases:

Modern Classical Music from Germany
Concert Review by Flood Magazine

Electronic Music from Germany
Concert Review by Stereogum 

German Music @ SXSW BBQ
Concert Review by Stereogum

 

Funding Programmes

International Tour Funding
GO! Export
DO! Export

Detailed information about the funding programs in German and English is available here. Currently, the application process for the funding programs is only available in German.

Contact

Telephone consultation hours Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

030 531 475 45 40

export@initiative-musik.de
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Neus López (she/her)
Head of Department

neus.lopez@initiative-musik.de
+49 (0)30 - 531 475 45 - 411

Portrait Natascha Bader

Natascha Bader (she/her)
Project Management Export

natascha.bader@initiative-musik.de
+49 (0)30 - 531 475 45 - 415

Leila Discacciati Portrait

Leila Discacciati (she/her)
Project Management Export and Tour Grants

leila.discacciati@initiative-musik.de
+49 (0)30 - 531 475 45 - 40

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Lena Engeln (she/her)
Project Management Export

lena.engeln@initiative-musik.de
+49 (0)30 - 531 475 45 - 171

Portrait einer Person mit langen blonden Haaren in einem Zopf gebunden und einem schwarzen Oberteil, die lächelnd in die Kamera blickt

Anna Sophie Rosenhayn (she/her)
Project Management Communications & Festivals

anna.rosenhayn@initiative-musik.de
+49 (0)30 - 531 475 45 – 417

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Julia Waldmann (she/her)
Project Management Export and Tour Grants

julia.waldmann@initiative-musik.de
+49 (0)30 - 531 475 45 - 40

Hanna Kardasch (she/her)
Internship Export

hanna.kardasch@initiative-musik.de
+49 (0)30 - 531 475 45 – 418

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