Villa Musica is a foundation of the German state

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

and the broadcaster

Südwestrundfunk (; ), shortened to SWR (), is a regional public broadcasting corporation serving the southwest of Germany, specifically the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. The corporation has main offices in three cities: Stuttg ...

. Its goals are to support young performers of classical music and to run concerts. It is based in

Mainz Mainz (; #Names and etymology, see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in ...

at the . A second institute of the foundation, the ''Akademie für Kammermusik'' (Academy of Chamber Music), is located at

Schloss Engers Schloss Engers () is a Baroque-style palace in Engers, near Koblenz, Germany. It is situated on the banks of the Rhine river. Johann IX Philipp von Walderdorff (1701–1768), Prince-Elector of Trier, constructed the palace between 1759 and 17 ...

Neuwied Neuwied (, ) is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the Neuwied (district), District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt ...

History

The foundation was founded in 1986 by the government of

and the broadcaster, then the Südwestfunk. They have organized more than 1000 concerts, mainly of

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

. Highly gifted young musicians are selected in ''Vorspiel'' (recital). They then play with their teachers, both in rehearsal as in concert. The foundation organizes around 150 concerts per year, with about 60% of them dedicated to young performers. Other concerts include a series "Musik in Burgen und Schlössern" (Music in castles and palaces) as part of the annual summer festival . Concerts are also taken to rural areas all over the state. In 2014, the foundation was awarded the ''Kunstpreis'' (Art prize) of the Ike und Berthold Roland-Stiftung.

External links

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The Foundation: Ensemble Villa Musica – Competence in Chamber Music
Villa Musica {{Authority control Music in Rhineland-Palatinate Foundations based in Germany Musical groups established in 1986