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Densely packed between the Rhine, Ruhr and Lippe, we find a great variety of different cultural forms flourishing in amongst one another, more than in any other part of Germany. North-Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is not only the most populous German state, it was also shaped by decades of immigration, long before its incorporation as a state in 1946. Today, immigration remains a hallmark of the region’s development. So it is that the musical life of people here is determined by diverse cultures of origin. Thousands of artists work in a ‘Melting Pot’ of music: bands and ensembles, agencies and labels, music schools and cultural centers, clubs, associations, foundations and research institutions. International networking is the elixir of life for many people. There are so many organisations that this booklet cannot be exhaustive, nor can it necessarily claim to mention the most important institutions. In the following pages we present a selection of institutions and groups that deal with musical diversity from Nordrhein-Westfalen: innovative and intertwining, open minded and curious. We welcome further contact!

Dr. Robert v. Zahn Secretary-General of the State Council of Music NRW

Dr. Christian Esch Director of the NRW Kultursekretariat Festivals 07

Concert Series 17

Labels and Publishers 24

Booking Agencies, Artist Agencies, Events and PR Agencies 27

Work Abroad, Cultural Institutions and Cultural Organizations 33

Further Education, Universities, Research 41

Radio, Magazines, Yearbooks 45

Clubs, Associations, Foundations 49 7 Festivals

Bonn’s ‘Global Club Culture’ Acoustic Guitar Academy meets the World

The Internationalen Gitarren- For the last ten years in Bonn, tage Wuppertal (International the former federal capital, Guitar Days in Wuppertal) are there has been a lively, organized by the association semi-professional, ‘Global Club’ Compás e.V. The guitar concerts scene, dedicated to the pres- at Café Esperanza take place entation and production of in the small, intimate setting ethnic music: partly analog, and of the rooms of the oldest partly mixed with modern club building in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, sounds. From late October to which offer good acoustics and March 2016 the Global Club Music do not need amplification. Network will collaborate with Musicians who have performed “Taxi MunDJal MusiX” and here include Joscho Stephan Trio, “Engagement Global”. Together, fingerstyle guitarist Richard on the culture ship called Smith, Australia’s Got Talent “TOWNSHIP”, moored on the Rhine, Joe Robinson, the CeCoria Guitar they will create a space for Duo, Marijke and Michiel international and intercultural Wiesenekker with Maxim Lysov, encounters: combining the the Brazilian Choro guitarist local scene (DJs, Producers, Marcelo Rosário and Kai Heumann organizers), with influences and (Latin American music, jazz). contacts from the Global Music During these events, the Guitar scene and other cities ‘twinned’ Center also showcases its with Bonn, building networks exclusive collection of and synergies together. exceptional acoustic guitars.

Bonn’s ‘Global Club Culture’meets Acoustic Guitar Academy the World Kai Heumann Darius Darek Roncoszek Luisenstraße 100 Jonas-Cahn-Straße 1 42103 Wuppertal 53115 Bonn [email protected] 0049 (0)163 8655751 0049 (0)202 3937866 [email protected] www.acoustic-guitar- academy.com 8 Festivals 9 Festivals

Invocation­—International BinG—Barbershop c/o pop Voice Festival in Germany e.V. Festival all’Italiana

The music festival c/o pop Invocation fulfills the The German Association for This festival offers alongside (Cologne On Pop) has been running long-cherished desire of three the promotion of barbershop a photographic exhibition, in Cologne since 2004. c/o pop musicians and organizers music organizes and coordinates a variety of events with music, sees itself as a focal point Thomas Gläßer, Maria Jonas and barbershop events, training, films, literature, and theatre, for the industry of Electronic Alexandra Kalka to explore the information exchange, regular to build bridges between the Music and Electronic Media, and power and depth of the human meetings for quartets and choirs, arts and to present another side Global Music plays a particularly voice in different cultural, as well as the contact with of Italy. The concert program important role. With artists of historical and social contexts European barbershop organiza- brings important Italian the Cologne area, from Kompact, in an interdisciplinary festival tions and the American barber- musicians to Cologne, such A-music and other record labels, with high-caliber international shop Association BHS (Barbershop as the singer Elena Ledda, the c/o pop festival presents contributions. In the former Harmony Society). Since 2004, the Sardinian jazz musician a cross-section of the ‘Sound Carthusian monastery in Cologne, the association has organized Antonello Salis and various of Cologne’. The wide-ranging a multifaceted concert program the biennial German Barbershop Italian folk bands that move program includes numerous awaits the audience, with food Music Festival (BMF), which beyond common Italian clichés. musical and artistic events, also provided. takes place at the Konzerthaus In addition, there is a program label parties, and exhibitions, Dortmund and attracts about of current films that reflect with a VJ Festival as well 5,000 international visitors. Italy’s culture and society. as a ‘Convention’ with lectures, Alexandra Kalka Management Here, concerts and competitions panels and discussions on the Grolmanstraße 26 take place, including the German subject of music and media. 50825 Köln Championships for barbershop Festival all’Italiana [email protected] quartets and choirs as well as Alessandro Palmitessa 0049 (0)221 3376997 the World Championship of mixed Martin-Luther-Platz 15 cologne on pop GmbH barbershop quartets. Concerts 50677 Köln Norbert Oberhaus are given by winning ensembles [email protected] Heliosstraße 6a as well as renowned barbershop 0049 (0)221 9322955 50825 Köln groups from around the world. www.festival-all-italiana.de [email protected] 0049 (0)221 99891100 BinG—Barbershop in Germany e.V. Manfred Adams Saarlandstraße 124a 44139 Dortmund [email protected] 0049 (0)231 22204262 www.barbershop.de 10 Festivals 11 Festivals

Initiative Folklorefest Krefeld e.V. Funkhaus Europa: Initiative festival of Folk Initiativkreis Freie Musik Odyssee GrevenGrass e.V. Music and Customs Köln (IFM)

Every summer the Road Festival This music festival offers This Folk and World Music The IFM is a cultural- rolls through the Ruhr region free admission concerts over two festival was created in 1978 out political association of ensem- and offers the fans of global days with artists from all over of the Krefelder Kulturtagen bles, associations, initiaves, music twelve concerts open Europe and overseas. In addition, and offers, alongside Folk music, organisers and venues that has air and for free. The organizers there is a big camp with more also Jazz, Rock, Hip Hop and existed since 1999 to serve the (Bahnhof Langendreer, Ringlok- than 500 visitors and many active Singer-Songwriters, as well as interests of free-lance musicians schuppen Ruhr, Altstadtschmiede musicians who stay several days the theme evening that includes in Cologne. The Cologne free Recklinghausen and Pelmke Hagen) in Greven. GrevenGrass is a mem- international dance. Local music scene is made up of a provide together with WDR ber of the European Bluegrass culture associations and variety of musicians who came Funkhaus Europe a platform for Music Association (EBMA) and the ‘Ausländervereine’ organise music from all over the world to high-profile concerts. Funkhaus German Bluegrass Music and dance from the countries Cologne either to study with Europa: Odyssee is one of the Association. of origin of their members. renowned performers and composers most prestigious festivals in This is accompanied by culinary at the Music Academy or to work the country. specialities from these for the Westdeutschen Rundfunk. GrevenGrass e.V. countries. The square “An der Many settled permanently in Ulli Sokoll Alten Kirche” was from its Cologne and founded their own Funkhaus Europa: Odyssee Schründerring 71 earliest history a venue for ensembles, venues, clubs, Bahnhof Langendreer 48268 Greven local entertainment, and on studios, labels, publishers and Heiko Schwegmann [email protected] the last summer holiday weekend concert series. In the area of Wallbaumweg 108 [email protected] in NRW it again becomes the Global Music, the international 44894 Bochum 0049 (0)163 7351840 venue for free accessible open- character of the Cologne music [email protected] www.grevengrass.de air festivals. scene is particularly colourful, 0049 234 6871610 and has been organized by the Claudia Saerbeck IFM since 1999. Cologne is home claudia.saerbeck@ Initiative Folklorefest Krefeld e.V. to people from over 150 different ringlokschuppen.de Jordi Preußer countries, some of whom maintain Brühlscher Weg 72 the music of their former 47608 Geldern homelands, or connect with other [email protected] music styles. [email protected] 0049 (0)2831 1219392 www.folklorefest.de Kölner Musiknacht Silvia Merk Petersbergstraße 8 53819 Neunkirchen-Seelscheid [email protected] 0049 (0)2247 69877 www.musik-in-koeln.de 12 Festivals 13 Festivals

Jugend & Kulturzentrum KARIBUNI—World Music Klangvokal—Music Kulturgemeinschaft Tempel for Kids Festival Dortmund Dreiecksplatz e.V.

For almost twenty years, the This initiative, founded This festival presents a The “Woche der kleinen Künste” Jugend & Kulturzentrum Tempel in 2010, runs several music variety of vocal music from all (Week of small Arts) is the has organized NRW’s best-loved education projects and over the world, from opera and central event of the cultural open-air Folk Festival whose participatory concerts annually classical vocal music through community Dreiecksplatz e.V. and reputation goes beyond the bound- in six primary schools in jazz and World Music to pop. takes place for a week either aries of Duisburg-Rheinhausen. Münster. These include workshops It brings together the full range before or after the summer It takes place on the Saturday in class about ‘foreign’ of vocal expression, promotes holidays. Each evening from after Pentecost with free cultures and final concerts for the artistic dialogue between Monday to Friday between 20:00 admission. With 5.000 to 8.000 the whole school. Main topics are different genres, and caters and 23:00, there are usually visitors a year, it is one of the Africa, Native American Indians, to diverse audience interests. two big name acts and also largest regular music events in rainforest, the world’s children The festival was launched unknown talents performing. Duisburg and one of the largest and the inclusive practice as a contribution of the city The Dreiecksplatz in the center folk festivals in the region. and individual development of all of Dortmund to the“Kulturhaupt- of Gütersloh becomes the The main attraction are the children involved. Karabuni stadtjahr” (Capital of Culture entertainment space for about musical groups, which come from cooperates with LAG Music NRW, Year) in 2010 in the Ruhr region, 1,000 visitors per day. All music not just from classic Folk music LMR NRW, City of Münster and to combine the international genres and many art froms are but also genres beyond. There PROFOLK. In addition, so far 15 atmophere with characteristic represented. The main focus are children’s programs, coffee CDs and 10 educational books features of the Dortmund music is World Music, Jazz and Blues. and cake, Guinness and barbecue, have been published. The Karibuni scene. The starting point In addition, the club organizes raffle and lots of interesting initiative would be please was the unique enthusiasm of every Friday the cabaret stalls, where initiatives such to realize additional projects Dortmunders for singing. This is series “Freitag18” with music, Robin Wood, Amnesty International, in other locations and to reflected in some 300 choirs performance art, and spoken ARIC, Greenpeace, BUND and link up with projects in other and vocal ensembles with around word contributions by soloists AIDS-aid organisations inform countries. 10,000 active singers, the and small groups, at 18:00 the public about their work. “Chorakademie” (Choir Academy) on the triangle square—provided The income from the volunteer- with more than 1,300 members it is not raining. organized festival is donated KARIBUNI—Weltmusik für Kinder and many bands. to charity. Josephine Kronfli Bernhard-Poether-Straße 31 Kulturgemeinschaft Dreiecksplatz e.V. 48165 Münster KLANGVOKAL—Musikfestival Dortmund Volker Wilmking Jugend & Kulturzentrum Tempel 0049 (0)2501 964646 Sandra Spitzner Friedrichstraße 9 Peschmannstraße 2 [email protected] Löwenstraße 11 33330 Gütersloh 47228 Duisburg www.karibuni-kinderweltmusik.de 44122 Dortmund [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 0049 (0)5241 20725 0049 (0)2065 62058 0049 (0)231 5029996 www.dreiecksplatz-gt.de www.folkfest.de www.klangvokal.de www.jz-tempel.de 14 Festivals 15 Festivals

Musica Sacra, Stadt Hamm MICRO!FESTIVAL Stadt Paderborn Ruhr International City of Hamm

The international MICRO! At the Festival “Musica Sacra”, The Festival of Cultures: For many years, the Cultural FESTIVAL is organized by the World Music is always on the In cooperation with the city of Summer Program of the Cultural cultural office (“Kulturbüro”), program, especially music from Bochum and the Jahrhunderthalle Office of the city of Hamm which is part of the Dortmund Islamic countries as well as Bochum the Bahnhof Langendreer has been an integral part of the city administration. It was from East Asia, India, Jewish, organizes the festival Ruhr urban events calendar. During found 22 years ago and presents and Eastern Orthodox influenced International. It is a free the summer months of July and/or in a three day long open-air cultures. The festival is admission festival in the August you can experience street festival international world organized by the exhibition Jahrhunderthalle Bochum and theatre and World Music every music and street theatre company Paderborn mbH, whose a global celebration of meeting Wednesday at the Kurhaus garden performances. The MICRO!FESTIVAL partner is the city of Paderborn. international and regional Kurpark Bad Hamm and in the is located directly in the artists of music, cabaret, marketplace at the Pauluskirche Dortmund City Centre and theater, and literature. It is international. All outdoor traditionally takes place at Stadt Paderborn supported by a variety of events are free. The evening the last weekend of the summer Christoph Gockel-Böhner organizations and associations. concerts take place in an holidays , mostly august. Mühlenstraße 15 atmospheric twilight, giving It offers a very multifarious 33098 Paderborn the music a special charm. program with high artistic [email protected] Ruhr International quality and suitable acts for 0049 (0)5251 881605 Bahnhof Langendreer all ages. In the last decades www.paderborn.de Heiko Schwegmann Stadt Hamm the festival became one Wallbaumweg 108 Kulturbüro of the most popular open air 44894 Bochum Heike Bednarz events in the region. [email protected] Ostenallee 87 0049 (0)234 6871610 59071 Hamm [email protected] Kulturbüro Stadt Dortmund Brückstraße 45 44122 Dortmund 0049 (0)231 50 25 177 [email protected] www.microfestival. dortmund.de Concert Series 17 Concert Series

BRÜCKENKLANG – BürgerBahnhof Vohwinkel ein Projekt des Landes- Citizens Railway Station, musikrates NRW e.V. Vohwinkel

BRÜCKENKLANG brings together The Folk & World Music series traditional music associations “Around the world in 80 sounds” and musicians from the immigra- is the folk club element of tion cultures of Nordrhein- the project BürgerBahnhof: the Westfalen. Within the framework revitalisation of rooms inside of symposia, workshops, and the Vohwinkel Train Station training, sponsored festivals for cultural events. Scandinavian and event series, the diverse and Celtic traditions are just musical cultures of the amateur as much at home here as sounds music scene meet one another. from South America and Africa. BRÜCKENKLANG wants to initiate The series “sound journey” new event formats and content invites curious travelers and to strengthen the music cultural passers-by to hear and marvel diversity and intercultural at music in the open ticket exchange in North Rhine- hall of the station. Westphalia.

BürgerBahnhof Vohwinkel Landesmusikrat NRW e.V. Uli Kopka Anne Tüshaus Bahnstraße 16 Klever Straße 23 42327 Wuppertal 40477 Düsseldorf [email protected] [email protected] 0049 (0)202 89798953 0049 (0)211 86206434 www.buergerbahnhof.com 18 Concert Series 19 Concert Series

Klangkosmos NRW— Initiative Bürgerzentrum network of Global Music Schuhfabrik e.V. in NRW Kultur ohne Grenzen e.V. Mittwochskonzerte

During the summer holidays the The network of Global Music This association, founded The Chamber Music Hall of the Initiative organises a “Fern- Klangkosmos NRW is aimed at in 1999, organizes year-round Rudolf-Oetker-Halle Bielefeld, weh-Reihe” (“wanderlust” series) sustainable systematic and na- concerts and promotes the Westdeutsche Rundfunk of concerts, with music that tionwide engagement with World professional artists-in-exile (West German Broadcasting has its cultural roots in other Music: 1. by organizing concerts within the genre of World Music. corporation; curated until 2015 countries. In addition, the and workshops; 2. by creating In cooperation with cultural by WDR3 editor Werner Fuhr) and Initiative also holds at least a common platform for exchange institutes, cultural associa- the Kulturamt Bielefeld (Office one concert of World Music and of international music ensembles tions, city libraries, community for Cultural Affairs Bielefeld; Global Music every six months. and dialogue with the audience; colleges and Protestant parishes Ulrich Laustroer) organize The rest of the yearly program 3. by informing audiences about as well as the Social Service the “Wednesday Concerts.” These offers Folk, Rock, Metal, the historical, geographical, of the parish Jülich and the rail concerts represent different Tributes and Songs, also parties, religious, and political meanings station cultural organisation musical cultures alongside theatre and cabaret. and social functions of music. of Jülich, the association European classical music. The work of the network sees offers the musicians platforms In contrast to the trend of itself as a practical contribu- for their performances and presenting so-called World Music Initiative Bürgerzentrum Schuhfabrik e.V. tion to the implementation cultural identity, to promote in a party setting, this series Theo Heming of the UNESCO Convention on the cultural exchanges. The associa- provides another perspective: Königstraße 7 Protection and Promotion tion has been honoured on a different kind of listening, 59227 Ahlen of the Diversity of Cultural many occasions for its social a growing understanding of [email protected] Expressions. The concert series and cultural commitment. the music, focussed attention. 0049 (0)2382 3005 is recognised by UNESCO as an The outwardly conventional www.schuhfabrik-ahlen.de intangible heritage project, environment of the concert hall presenting protected forms of Kultur ohne Grenzen e.V. is thus filled with unconven- music. Our partners are culture Marijke Barkhoff tional content, which is recorded and one-world associations, also Im Vogelsang 10 and broadcast by Kulturradio municipal institutions, cultural 52441 LINNICH WDR3. offices, municipal theatres, 0049 (0)2462 907585 schools, retirement homes, and www.global-culture.net Protestant and Catholic parishes. Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln Dr. Bernd Hoffmann 50667 Köln Klangkosmos NRW Appellhofplatz 1 Birgit Ellinghaus [email protected] 50678 Köln, Zwirnerstraße 26 0049 (0)221 2204468 [email protected] www.wdr3.de/ 0049 (0)221 813211 musik-genres-in-wdr-3 www.klangkosmos-nrw.de 20 Concert Series 21 Concert Series

Musikkulturen Pluriversale

Hardly any music captures During the selection process, Held twice a year over two The format’s name refers to the spirit of today’s society special consideration is given months in autumn and spring, the concept of pluriversality as better than World Music. to outstanding participants PLURIVERSALE, consisting used by Enrique Dussel, Walter Yet World Music is seldom found in the national competition of site-specific projects, D. Mignolo, and other thinkers in the repertoire of many “Creole-Globale Musik aus exhibitions, concerts, from the context of postcolonial venues and cultural events. Deutschland”. Musikkulturen discussions, film screenings, studies—the idea that one This is why the performance thus provides musicians from and performative symposia, needs not a universalist but a network Musikkulturen was NRW with the opportunity proposes an alternative to the “pluriversal” approach to deal founded in 2010, supported for intensive cultural exchange, usual rhythms of biennials with a world of many entangled by the Kultursekretariate and of developing common and their narration of unquiet cosmologies, the interrelation of (cultural offices) of Wuppertal approaches with international times, too often universalist which are regulated by a colonial and Gütersloh, to encourage World Musicians, which are then and relativist at once. power differential. In this promoters and concert organisers presented in several final spirit, PLURIVERSALE can be to include a higher diversity concerts. imagined as a platform that of musical styles into their rejects a unifying narrative in repertoire for events. With this favour of a critical clustering vision in mind, an Advisory NRW KULTURsekretariat of different “worlds”. Board, consisting of various Direktor: Dr. Christian Esch organisers with wide-ranging Friedrich-Engels-Allee 85 experience in World Music 42285 Wuppertal Akademie der Künste der Welt / matters, selects a number 0049 (0)202 6982700 Köln, gGmbH of exceptional groups per year [email protected] Elke Moltrecht—Geschäftsführerin and promotes them. www.nrw-kultur.de/musikkulturen Im Mediapark 7 50670 Köln Kultursekretariat Gütersloh Deutschland Kirchstraße 21 49 (0)221 337748-0 33330 Gütersloh [email protected] 0049 (0)5241 16191 [email protected] www.kultursekretariat.de 22 Concert Series 23 Labels and Publishers

WKM—Factory Circle Struppig Tanzen of Culture, Meschede

Struppig Tanzen has presented The association was founded an events series in Leverkusen in 1979 as the first concert since 2009, featuring lit- promoter in the Sauerland region tle-known and young artists from involved in World Music and sees all over the world, from Japan, itself as a platform for local Canada, Turkey, USA, Argentina, artists of the South Westphalia Sicily, Brazil, and Australia region. Following the legendary to date. The sounds Struppig performance of Inti Illimani Tanzen bring to the public range 1980, there followed concerts from post-rock to experimental with a crossover mix of Folk music. The focus is on and World Music, until in 2010 interfaces between professional the WKM joined the network and amateur compositions as Klangkosmos—World Music in NRW. well as the exchange of Since then, every year WKM had international musicians and a concert in the Klangkosmos local bands to promote concert series. WKM’s favorite intercultural contacts between venue is the Bürgerzentrum musicians and audience. Alte Synagoge (Civic Center Old Synagogue) in Meschede.

Struppig Tanzen Johannes Garbe wkm—werkkreis kultur meschede e.V. Ruettersweg 19a Jürgen Alliger 51371 Leverkusen Postfach 1731 [email protected] 59857 Meschede 0049 (0)214 3129876 0049 (0)291 2004747 www.licht-ung.de/ [email protected] struppigtanzen 24 Labels and Publishers 25 Labels and Publishers

Be Musikproduktion Heaven and Earth— Westpark Music & Verlag Publishing and Production Lola’s World Records & Publishing

The label Jigit! Records was This label grew out of the This compilation label Priorities of this label founded in connection with the artist management group alba releases Global Beats: modern and publisher are Folk, Folk- FolkHipPop band “Lecker Sachen” Kultur, with an emphasis on World Music combined with Rock, Folk-Metal, Ethno-Rock, in 1999, and is now linked contemporary music and ethnic contemporary grooves, collected Singer-Songwriter, Ethno, Celtic, to both the publishing house Be acoustic non-European classical by various DJs. It produces Fusion, Ambient, Electronic, Publishing and the Tonstudio music. All albums are produced various different series such as and Jazz-oriented music. Westpark Be in Cologne-Deutz. Areas in studios in the countries African Garden and Asian Garden Music emphasizes a high audio- of particular expertise areas of origin of the artists or in with a total of twenty different phile quality and has so far are Singer-Songwriter, Ethno- Germany. The choice of a few topics. released more than 250 CDs, DVDs, Electro-fusion, and musical productions per year allows for music, film and television music, cross-overs. The online sales a full focus on release of each music books, and sheet music. platform finetunes offers record. Recordings of the Lola’s World Records the artist the possibility Mongolian ensemble “Egschiglen”, Ufuk Kilic of professional representation the “Galata Mevlevi Ensemble” Bertram-Blank-Straße 8a Westpark Music & Publishing on the internet. The studio from Istanbul, and the German- 51427 Bergisch Gladbach Rathenauplatz 4 engages musician and multi- Iraqi Quartet “Ahoar” are [email protected] 50674 Köln instrumentalist Mark amongst the label’s catalogue. 0049 (0)2204 92890 Postfach 260227 Brachtendorf, a professional The publisher is responsible www.lolasworldrecords.com 50515 Köln producer, who can also supply for the rights of approximately www.facebook.com/ [email protected] various instruments or sounds 1,000 songs of African, lolasworldrecords [email protected] such as drums, bass guitar, Mongolian, Indian, and European 0049 (0)221 247644 mandolin, tenor banjo, backing composers for concert, stage, 0049 (0)172 6516086 vocals, synthesizer-programmings, film, or other uses. www.WestparkMusic.de Irish Flute, and Tin Whistles. The studio provides a Fender Rhodes, a Hohner Clavinet, a Kwai Heaven and Earth—Verlag­ und Produktion Piano, and Hohner accordion, and Birgit Ellinghaus various guitars, basses and amps Zwirner Straße 26 are available. 50678 Köln [email protected] 0049 (0)221 813211 Be Musikproduktion & Verlag www.he-productions.de Markus Brachtendorf 50679 Köln Deutz-Kalker Straße 1 [email protected] 0049 (0)221 9624450 www.tonstudiobe.de Agencies 27 Agencies

AKM­—Aga KULTUR Management Aktivraum

Since 1997, the AKM has The agency of Markus Stockhausen undertaken year-round planning and Tara Bouman works both for and organisation of cultural and with artists in the areas events, projects and concepts, of Jazz, World Music, classical as well as promotion and advice and contemporary music.Aktivraum for young bands of the genre Folk has developed special software and World Music. Cooperation for Artist agencies, realised partner is “WKM—Werkkreis Kultur concerts and from 2000 to 2010 Meschede e.V.” Founded in 1979, organised their own concert the WKM is a volunteer series with international organisation for cultural artists. A particular speciality promotion in Meschede, and one includes concerts in unusual of the oldest surviving cabaret places, from overall concept and rock promoters in the development to scene lighting. Sauerland, with concerts of World Music, Rock, Jazz, Blues and Cabaret/Comedy, readings, Aktivraum festivals, children’s and youth Rolf Zavelberg theatre. Volksgartenstraße 1 50677 Köln [email protected] AKM – Aga KULTUR Management 0049 (0)221 9348118 Jürgen Alliger www.aktivraum.de Beringhauser Straße 2 59872 Meschede [email protected] 0049 (0)291 2004747 www.meschede.de/freizeit_kultur 28 Agencies 29 Agencies

Anubhab-Academy Project Office alba Kultur Indian Music & More Lale Konuk Sesli Booking

This international office for Promoting Indian music in This Agency works in Press This Agency provides Turkish- Global Music has, since 1989, Germany, the Anubhab-Academy is and Public Relations as well language rock musicians and worked in consulting, organiza- open year-round for audiences to as presenting concerts and bands to German event organizers tion, and production in the experience live classical Indian festivals. Their projects of various sizes, from youth field of contemporary and ethnic, music (Ragas, Ghazals, Qawwali) include the series “Arkadas centers and pubs through various traditional, classical, and and Indian Light Music, World World Grooves” with World Music clubs and festivals. The aim non-European and hybrid music, Music, Fusion, Jazz Ethno-Folk concerts on the “Bühne der is to show the German promoters in collaboration with various and Indian Dance. For events, Kulturen” (stage of Culture) and audiences that Turkish institutions, organizations, festivals and concert series, of Cologne, the Cologne music is varied, and can be associations and artists. As a the agency promotes musicians, “Sommerblut Kulturfestivals” quite different from how professional organization for dancers, storytellers and other 2011 (an ethno-electro festival it is often imagined. The bands diverse musical genres, alba artists with Indian or Afghan in the community college represented by Sesli Booking Kultur curates pilot projects for flair, and has done since 2008. forum of the Rautenstrauch- are mostly from Germany, and the state of NRW, section Inter- The “Anubhab Ensemble” takes part Joest Museum), and the festival not every musician is Turkish. cultural Cultural Work (music in international festivals, “Frühling der Kulturen” “Sesli” in Turkish can mean of imaginary Turkey, competition fusion, and crossover projects. (Springtime of Culture) “loud”, but also “voiced” “full”, creole NRW, Heimatmelodien, With changing Indian guest Cologne. “sonorous”. Globalflux Conference etc.). musicians and experienced music Starting in 2000, alba Kultur teachers, the members of the has built the NRW Global Music ensemble make up the Anubhab Projektbüro Lale Konuk Sesli Booking network Klangkosmos into the Academy Cologne, giving music Christianstraße 22 Bianca Eysenbrandt largest of its kind in Europe, lessons in classical Indian music 50825 Köln Beethovenstraße 22 with more than 200 concerts per led by Debasish Bhattacharjee, [email protected] 47495 Rheinberg year. In addition, the office particularly Tabla, Sitar, and 0049 (0)170 4856046 [email protected] maintains contacts and coopera- Vocals. Cooperation partners are www.kulturportal.de 0049 (0)2844 900445 tion with the music industry the Deutsch-Indische Gesellschaft www.seslibooking.com within the World Music genre, e.V. and Freunde und Förderer der as well as with musical creative indischen Musik und Kultur e.V. centers in Asia, Africa, South America and the Arab world. ANUBHAB-ACADEMY Indian Music & More Cornelia Rave alba Kultur Vogelsanger Straße 352 Birgit Ellinghaus 50827 Köln Zwirner Straße 26, 50678 Köln [email protected] [email protected] 0049 (0)221 16914624 0049 (0)221 813211 www.anubhab.net www.albakultur.de 30 Agencies 31 Agencies

Taxi MunDJal MusiX Soulfire Artists TMM Terpsichore e.V.

“Soulfire Artists” was This Bonn-based cultural In 2012 this organization This German-Greek cultural founded in 2003 to nurture organization was founded by was officially recognised as association working in the young, creative musicians and Darius Darek Roncoszek­—a cultural contribution to soceity in field of Greek music and dance, bands from the fields of geographer, DJ, and musician—in­ respect of the international connects professional Greek Reggae, Soul, Ska and World 2005 and has contributed to agreements “Kulturelle Vielfalt” artists and amateur musicians. Music, and help to promote numerous local and national (Cultural diversity) of the The association is a member of them. In addition to focusing cultural projects with different German Commission for UNESCO. the Association of German-Greek on booking and organizing partners in the genre of Global Since 2006 TMM has organized companies and the Stadt-Musik- concerts, the agency also (Club-) Music. An example is the “World Beat Party” Verband (City Music Association) handles music sales, public the “creole—Preis für Weltmusik in Bonn. of Cologne. Every 2nd and relations, and tour management. aus Deutschland” (creole-prize 4th Sunday of the month there for World Music in Germany). are workshops for Greek music. TMM works with a network of Taxi MunDJal MusiX Terpsichore also organises travel Soulfire Artists local and international artists, Darius Darek Roncoszek packages to Rhodes with local Christoph Pössinger organizers, anthropologists, Jonas-Cahn-Straße 1 music workshops and concerts. Inninger Weg 5a music and social scientists, 53115 Bonn 82284 Grafrath as well as institutions involved [email protected] [email protected] in interntional development [email protected] Terpsichore e.V. 0049 (0)8144 939598 cooperation. In addition, TMM 0049 (0)163 8655751 Gudrun Boye www.soulfire-artists.de is a founding member of the www.taxi-mundjal.com Jacob Fröhlen-Straße 3 international “Global Networks 51381 Leverkusen Music Club”. [email protected] 0049 (0)2171 765767 (–> p.30) www.terpsichori.de Work Abroad, Cultural Institutions 33 Work Abroad, Cultural Institutions

Academy of the Arts of the World

Founded in 2012 by the city Facing a social and political of Cologne, the Academy of environment deeply affected the Arts of the World is a loose by the overwhelming logic virtual collective of art of global finance and neoliberal practitioners—visual artists, force, the Academy enables musicians, dancers, writers, and supports practices that film-makers, curators—from address and challenge these very different backgrounds and conditions. As a nomadic continents, as well as a cultural institution, the Academy institution and a production initiates events and discussions platform. Based in Cologne, at different locations a city of migrants, the Academy in Cologne, and elsewhere. seeks to move beyond euro- centrist doctrines of cultural history, while attending Akademie der Künste der Welt / to the global conditions of Köln, gGmbH post- and neo-colonialism, and Elke Moltrecht avoiding the romance of (Geschäftsführerin) multiculturalism, globalism, Ekaterina Degot and identity politics. (Künstlerische Leitung) Im Mediapark 7 50670 Köln 49 (0)221 337748-0 [email protected] 34 Work Abroad, Cultural Institutions 35 Work Abroad, Cultural Institutions

Bahnhof Langendreer German-French Cultural e. V. European Musikbörse Future Academy NRW Institute Aachen

The Bahnhof Langendreer This project of the Deutsche Zukunftsakademie NRW DFKI Aachen, founded in 1952, presents in cooperation with Musikrat (German Music Council) (Future Academy NRW) examines represents an important element numerous partners concerts is an interactive internet crossculturally the sectors of of French cultural presence from all areas of world music platform for information, cultural and artistic practice, in the region around Aachen. every month. In addition, announcements, contacts, cultural education and the As an institutional link between the association organizes in networking and exchange of future of urban society with Germany and France, it contrib- cooperation with the city musicians, organizers and the aim to unite them. It is utes to the spread of the French of Bochum and a large number cultural organizations in Europe. a platform for the development, language and culture in Aachen of migrant organizations All those interested can sign implementation and monitoring and the surrounding area. the two-day festival Ruhr up on the website under “Join In” of projects and processes. An extensive cultural program International in Jahrhundert- and create a custom profile Zukunftsakademie NRW initiates with up to 100 events a year halle Bochum with music, to publish artist profiles, networks and platforms for (concerts, recitals, lectures, dance, cabaret, theater, events, concerts, courses and the purpose of exchange between exhibitions, film screenings) literature. competitions or to seek the various cultural stakehold- informs visitors and members of cooperation projects. The European ers. It organizes discussions the Association about the current Musical Exchange Program is and lectures, it realizes affairs of France in the fields Bahnhof Langendreer e.V. a pan-European network for projects and it provides of society, politics, economy, Heiko Schwegmann musicians of all musical genres, qualifications and further language, music, art, film and Wallbaumweg 108 including Global Music, looking education too. That way literature. The events take place 44894 Bochum for inter-regional connections Zukunftsakademie NRW wants to mainly in the garden room of heikoschwegmann@ and contacts. contribute in practice to the Hauses Matthéy, where the DFKI bahnhof-langendreer.de development of the cultural and is located, and in collaboration 0049 234 6871610 educational landscape in NRW. with theatres, concert halls, www.bahnhof-langendreer.de Europäische Musikbörse cinemas, museums, galleries, Deutscher Musikrat gemeinnützige universities and schools. Projektgesellschaft mbH Zukunftsakademie NRW Norbert Pietrangeli, Lena Schulte-Michels Timo Köster Weberstraße 59 Humboldtstraße 40 Deutsch-Französisches Kulturinstitut 53113 Bonn 44787 Bochum Aachen [email protected] [email protected] Theaterstraße 67 [email protected] 0049(0)234 911 736 11 52062 Aachen 0049 (0)228 20910 zaknrw.de [email protected] www.music-connects.eu 0049 (0)241 33274 www.institutfrancais.de/aachen 36 Work Abroad, Cultural Institutions 37 Work Abroad, Cultural Institutions

Kulturbüro und Istituto Italiano di Cultura Kulturhistorische Museen Kultursekretariat NRW Colonia der Stadt Bochum Gütersloh Kulturverein Kalle

The Italian Cultural Institute The Kulturbüro is the central The Kultursekretariat NRW For lovers of acoustic live is funded by the Italian contact point for ensuring Gütersloh is an association music, Singer-Songwriters and goverment to promote Italian there is a diverse cultural offer of 74 cities and communities Folk, Lüdenscheid has recently language and culture abroad. in Bochum. The fourteen-member in North Rhine-Westphalia, become a stronghold with a It offers Italian language team encourages, advises, and the Regional Association of trans-regional reputation. Since courses, organizes film series, supports the creative artists of Westphalia-Lippe and the 1999, the Cultural Association concerts, theatre performances, the independent scene in Bochum, Landesverband Lippe. Funded by Kalle e.V. has organised the art exhibitions, literary and local cultural institutions, the state of NRW, its cultural concert series “Folk Pack” with readings and lectures and through consultation and service policy objective is to strength- international soloists, duos, and provides access to its library for culture lovers and culture en cooperation between the member bands from the Singer-Songwriter for all interested parties. producers. It achieves this cities in all practical areas tradition, Folk, Blues, Folk- Admission to the events and the through the networking of of municipal cultural activities, Rock and World Music. The concert use of the library are usually cultural activities and cultural to improve the efficiency and series frequently feautures free. In the genre of Global institutions as well as the quality of cultural activities. exclusive artists from England, Music, the Institute organizes promotion of regional cooperation. Together with the NRW Culture Scotland, Ireland and the USA. concerts with traditional The program director of the Secretariat (Wuppertal) the Since 2008, the association has and modern Italian folk music. Kulturbüro promotes culture and Culture NRW Gütersloh has been in partnership with the It is an integral partner artists, develops new offers and lead the development project Culture House Lüdenscheid, which of the Festival all’italiana. event concepts, runs the cultural “Treffpunkt musical cultures” provides a perfect concert history museums Haus Kemnade and since 2010. This project helps environment. Helfs Hof as well as organising organisers to enrich their Istituto Italiano di Cultura Colonia international cultural exchanges repertoire with little-known Italienisches Kulturinstitut Köln and undertaking wider cultural groups and musical styles, or Kulturverein Kalle e.V. Universitätsstraße 81 work. Particular areas of a new musical color. In addition, Markus Scheidtweiler 50931 Köln focus and promotion are Jazz, the series promotes bands that Parkstraße 60 [email protected] Worldmusic and Popular Music. tour in NRW. 58509 Lüdenscheid 0049 (0)221 9405610 [email protected] www.iiccolonia.esteri.it 0049 (0)2351 981738 Kulturbüro und Kulturhistorische Museen Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh www.folkpack.de der Stadt Bochum Sekretariat für kulturelle Zusammenarbeit Managing director: Bernhard Szafranek Kirchstraße 21 Program director: Bertram Frewer 33330 Gütersloh Westring 32 Gebäude Musikschule [email protected] 44777 Bochum 0049 (0)5241 16191 [email protected] www.kultursekretariat.de 0049 (0)234 910 39 51 www.bochum.de 38 Work Abroad, Cultural Institutions 39 Work Abroad, Cultural Institutions

NRW KULTURsekretariat, Wuppertal Ringlokschuppen Ruhr Theater an der Ruhr

The NRW KULTURsekretariat The exchange and cooperation Ringlokschuppen Ruhr is a co- Theater an der Ruhr was founded (Wuppertal) is a public, program “Transfer”, the “Impulse production venue for contemporary in 1981 by Roberto Ciulli, Helmut intercommunal cultural grants Theater Festival”, and the theatre, performance, dance Schäfer and Gralf-Edzard Habben. initiative of the 21 major “Dance Research NRW” speak of a and music. Artists from various It was the first cultural insti- cities and a regional associa- broad international perspective. disciplines, current society tution in Germany which has already tion in North Rhine-Westphalia. Together with the county of NRW, discourses and diverse resources been established in a spirit As a local promoter of culture, the NRWKS annually invites about meet here to work cooperatively of interculturalism. It toured as the NRWKSfacilitates a wide 100 curators, cultural managers, towards a “Theatre of the Future”. a cultural ambassador of Germany spectrum of both intercultural and journalists from around Built around 1900, the building and the State of NRW to more than and international activities. the world as part of the comprises three stages and an art 40 countries. Theater an der Ruhr The World Music program “Das 3. “International Visitors Program”. and exhibition room with small invites guest performances from Ohr” (The 3rd ear) is particu- catering space.The Ringlokschuppen its partner countries to the larly intercultural, with Ruhr also connects international festival “Theater Landscapes” various projects, including NRW KULTURsekretariat artists’ collectives with a and the Turkish season “Istanbul “Musikkulturen” und “Klang- Direktor: Dr. Christian Esch variety of urban and regional Stages”, which runs throughout landschaften”. The NRWKS has Friedrich-Engels-Allee 85 institutions, municipal theatres the year. Both projects are com- promoted the teaching of the 42285 Wuppertal and co-production houses nation- plemented by an ambitious musical Turkish Bağlama at music schools 0049 (0)202 6982700 wide. It also regularly initiates program, the “Soundscapes Africa of numerous cities for years, [email protected] participatory art projects in & the Orient” and musical theater offering a curriculum of its own. the social space, currently the projects in the musical traditions In cooperation with municipal “Silent University Ruhr” and of the partner countries. The partners, an ambitious previously the festivals Mülheimer projects are cooperations of NRW musical project with refugees Fatzer Tage and Shiny Toys. Culture Secretariat, the broad- is currently under way. Ringlokschuppen Ruhr organises casting WDR 3 and Theater an der in cooperation with WDR Funkhaus Ruhr. The international program Europa the festival “Funkhaus of Theater an der Ruhr is directed Europa:Odyssee”, “Funkhaus Europa- by Rolf C. Hemke since 2006. Lokalmatadore”, as well as particular concerts. Theater an der Ruhr “Klanglandschaften” Kultur im Ringlokschuppen e. V. Rolf C. Hemke Geschäftsführer: Matthias Frense Akazienallee 61 Am Schloss Broich 38 45478 Mülheim an der Ruhr 45479 Mülheim an der Ruhr 0049 (0)208 5990123 [email protected] [email protected] 0049 208 993141 www.ringlokschuppen.ruhr 41 Education, Universities, Research

Be Music Production Academy of Music and & Publishing Dance (HfMT) Cologne

Under the label sCOOL-HITs— As part of the Institut für Musik- & Medienprojekte, Weltmusik und transkulturelle the company Be designs projects Musikforschung (IWTM) (Institute on songwriting, composition for World Music and transcultural and music production for children, research) and also beyond this adolescents, adults, and context, the HfMT Cologne offers the disabled for all types of musicological, music pedagogical, schools and educational and ethnomusicological courses, institutions. Be aims to promote workshops and artistic projects creative musical expression, in the fields of interculture the promotion of voice and and transculture, Global Music, communication, the strengthening global pop culture, and local of identification and self- World Music scenes. esteem, team-building and artistic development. The content design focuses on the needs Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln of mixed-experience groups and Unter Krahnenbäumen 87 aims to include the various 50668 Köln ethnic and cultural roots, ideas, Prof. Dr. Michael Rappe and skills of the participants. [email protected] 0049 (0)221 9128181354 Prof. Dr. Hans Neuhoff Be Musikproduktion & Verlag [email protected] Markus Brachtendorf 0049 (0)221-912818212 Deutz-Kalker Straße 1 www.hfmt-koeln.de 50679 Köln [email protected] [email protected] 0049 (0)221 9624450 www.tonstudiobe.de 42 Education, Universities, Research 43 Education, Universities, Research

Institute of European ethnomusicology, Landesmusikakademie Musicological Institute of University of Cologne NRW e.V. Landesmusikrat NRW the University of Cologne

The Institute explores vocal For the entire county of Compared to other European The Ethnomusicology section and instrumental genres of Folk NRW, the Landesmusikakademie states, Northrhine-Westfalia of the Musicology Institute of music or amateur music in both NRW offers advanced courses (NRW), the land around Rhine and the University of Cologne engages its current and historical forms, in musical training, functions Ruhr, around Münsterland and with and teaches culturally as well as their function, tra- as an educational institution, Lippe, is known for a musical oriented Music research, dealing dition, mediation, and reception. and facilitates networking and life with a unique density. with forms of music in their It focuses on regional ethno- project opportunities. Funded Between early music, the sounds respective cultural and social musicological research, and the by the Ministry of Family, Youth, of cultural diversity and the contexts. The Institute not foundations of ethnomusicology Culture, and Sport—and offering electro-avantgarde there exists only engages with the study of and sociomusicology. Both tradi- courses, traineeships, confer- a kaleidoscope of stylistic traditional music from around tional and newly arising songs ences, concerts, and projects—it varieties. Thousands of people the world, but also with popular are examined in their relations is a hub for musical work in NRW. make music in NRW. Many of them music and media-theoretical to existing social or political A particularly notable project areorganized in societies and approaches, supported by systems, which means exploring is the “World Percussion Academy”. associations. As the umbrella empirical research methods. the extent to which these songs Under the artistic direction organization the Landesmusikrat are used deliberately as a means of Prof. José J. Cortijo, NRW represents their interests of ideological indoctrination, participants can take master relating to politics and media. Musikwissenschaftliches Institut or in contrast how songs have classes in all kinds of drums Additionally the Landesmusikrat der Universität zu Köln facilitated political resistance. and percussion instruments from NRW promotes musicians by means Julio Mendívil This independent research India, Brazil, Afro-Cuba, Spain, of music competitions. Two of 50923 Köln institute is associated with the Africa and the Mediterranean. them are “Folk + World Music NRW” Albertus-Magnus-Platz Institute of Music Pedagogy—a Since the Accordion Congress for junior bands and “creole [email protected] unique constellation in Germany 2015 (a similar Violin congress —global Music in NRW” for semi- 0049 (0) 221 4702339 which, in addition to students’ is also planned),the Landesmusik- professional andprofessional www.uni-koeln.de training as music teachers, akademie has put instruments bands. Among the other six provides a more profound theory- in their world musical context, contests “Jugend musiziert” based education in the subjects and also offers short courses on is themost well-known in NRW. of European ethnomusicology and percussion of other cultures and The Landesmusikrat contributes popular music. non-European musical traditions. to the critical, innovative and integrative power of music in NRW. Institut für Europäische Musikethnologie Landesmusikakademie NRW Astrid Reimers Steinweg 2, 48619 Heek Gronewaldstraße 2, 50931 Köln 0049 (0)2568 93050 Landesmusikrat NRW e.V. [email protected] [email protected] Klever Straße 23, 40477 Düsseldorf 0049 (0)221 4702747 www.landesmusikakademie-nrw.de [email protected] www.uni-koeln.de 0049(0)211 8620640 www.lmr-nrw.de Radio, Magazines, Yearbooks 45 Radio, Magazines, Yearbooks

Folker Jazz thing

Germany’s largest magazine This Journal of Jazz and for Folk, Song, and World related topics, including World Music is published bimonthly Music, is published in five with current information on issues per year. The multiple traditional, acoustic, page column “Blue Rhythm” alternative, and ethnic music. features current sound It incorporates news from recordings from the areas the folk scene: portraits, of Roots, World Music, and interviews, concert reviews and Singer/Songwriter. CD reviews. The magazine covers Cajun, Zydeco, Chansons, Country, Bluegrass, Fado, Flamenco, Jazz thing Gamelan, Klezmer, medieval music, Axel Stinshoff overtone singing, World, Roots, Sülzburgstraße 74 Folk Rock, World Jazz, Afrobeat, 50937 Köln Blues, Singer/songwriter, [email protected] Liedermacher, Celtic, World 0049 (0)221 9414888 Music, Balkan, German Folk, www.jazzthing.de Song, Folk Dance, Folk Music, Cabaret, and Instruments.

Folker Mike Kamp Rommersdorfer Straße 65a 53604 Bad Honnef [email protected] 0049 (0)2224 76510 www.folker.de 46 Radio, Magazines, Yearbooks 47 Radio, Magazines, Yearbooks

Radio Weltklang Westdeutscher Rundfunk Jazzthetik Radio Sounds of the World Köln (WDR)

Jazzthetik is a music magazine Weltklang has been on air The Kulturradio WDR3 provides These include the regular centered on Jazz, but which since 1997. Initially broadcast programs incorporating Global concert series “Bielefelder also frequently publishes reports via antenna in the area of Höxter Music in three broadcasting Mittwochskonzerte” (Bielefeld and reviews about musicians, and Paderborn, and attracting slots: “WDR3 Musikkulturen” and Wednesday concerts), trends and production in Global about 9,000 listeners, “Radio “WDR3 open SoundWorld” feature “Klanglandschaften Afrika-Orient” Music. In each issue, there Weltklang” is now online and World Music exclusively, with (soundscapes of Afrika-Orient) is a round up of new releases: broadcasts three Weltklang shows “WDR3 Konzert” more occasionally with the Theater an der Ruhr, CDs and DVDs from jazz, World a month via Radio Flora in focussing on Global Music. and “Klangkosmos—Weltmusik Music, electronic and blues. Hannover. These fall on the first Online, Genreseiten Musikkulturen in NRW”, as well as cooperation Sunday and the second and fourth shows the schedules of individual at major festivals such as Friday of the month, and are shows in calendar form, and “TFFRudolstadt” and the competition Jazzthetik each repeated once. Broadcasting in addition it also publishes “creole—Globale Musik aus Christine Stephan six shows, Weltklang fills information on editorial program Germany”. Frie-Vendt-Straße 16 / Hinterhaus twelve hours of programming per planning and an overview of 48153 Münster month with a focus on World future musical productions, [email protected] Music. concerts, and shows (events and Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln 0049 (0)251 533432 recordings), as well as Dr. Bernd Hoffmann www.jazzthetik.de descriptions of, and links 50667 Köln Radio Weltklang to, other major projects. Appellhofplatz 1 Freies Radio [email protected] Olaf Mittelstädt 0049 (0)221 2204468 Ferdinandstraße 64 www.wdr3.de/ 33102 Paderborn musik-genres-in-wdr-3 [email protected] 0049 (0)5251 281825 www.weltklang.de 49 Clubs, Associations, Foundations

artscenico e.V. domicil Dortmund

Artscenico is a non-profit The domicil is a venue for organisation for the promotion contemporary music in Dortmund of international cultural focused on jazz and world encounters. Since 1991, music. It ideally combines music both in Germany and abroad, and culture, civic commitment, it has focussed on activities catering, and architecture. that confront aspects of the Since 1969 the club has made performing arts, putting a name for itself far beyond them in new contexts, and the region. It’s a non-profit internationalizing the artistic organization with professionals dialogue. Within this context, and volunteers working for the artscenico’s interdisciplinary cultural programme taking place work often includes musicians in a concert hall and a smaller from the genre of Global club right in the city center. Music. Besides hosting more than 300 events a year, including concerts, sessions, workshops, artscenico and festivals like the Jazztage Rolf Dennemann Dortmund the venue cooperates Oesterholzstraße 122 with a wide range of creative 44145 Dortmund artists, festivals and cultural [email protected] organisations like the Creole 0049 (0)231 8634113 Global Music Contest, Transorient www.artscenico.de Orchestra, ProJazz, Jazzwerk Ruhr, WDR and many others. It has been nominated for the 2010 LEA-Award as one of the 3 best German live clubs and received state-funded awards for outstanding live music program- ming anually from 2010 on.

domicil GmbH Hansastraße 7–11, 44137 Dortmund [email protected] Tel +49 (0)231 8629030 www.domicil-dortmund.de 50 Clubs, Associations, Foundations 51 Clubs, Associations, Foundations

Folk Music Association, German Commission for Society of the Ringing Münster UNESCO e.V. Bridge Globalklang e.V.

The Folk-Treff Münster has The Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission For more than 60 years, the This association organizes offered a stage for various (DUK) is Germany’s intermediary Society has promoted engagement concerts and festivals beyond kinds of folk music from around organization for multilateral with the songs of the peoples of the musical mainstream, promotes the world, for more than 35 policy in education, science, Europe, North Amercia and South intercultural artistic projects, years. This music can only rarely culture, and communication America in their original lan- and provides information on be heard on the radio or seen as well as the national point of guages, to foster intercultural music and dance cultures both on TV. The association promotes contact for the UNESCO Convention understanding. Founded by Josef from within Europe and from German and international folk on the Protection and Promotion Gregor in 1949 in Essen, the outside Europe. These concerts music and traditions through of the Diversity of Cultural Die Klingende Brücke today has do not follow any particular the organization of concerts, Expressions. DUK is part of the a thousand participants in 21 musical style but focus dances, and musicians meetings. foreign cultural and educational separate song studios in Germany, on original folk music and the policy of the Federal Republic Belgium, and France. There are modern musical elements that the of Germany, and one of more than regular weekend events and respective groups introduce to Folk-Treff Münster e.V. 190 National Commissions for workshops featuring European their compositions. Supported and Uwe Welp UNESCO worldwide. DUK brings folksong repertoire, as well as funded by the city of Düsseldorf Memmertweg 6 expertise from Germany to the meetings and travel both within and the state of NRW, the 48159 Münster Specialized Agencies of the the home countries and abroad. association organizes concerts, [email protected] United Nations and conversely The Archive and the Research festivals, and regional projects www.folk-treff.de promotes goals and projects Centre in the Sepp-Gregor-Haus on the topic of musical scenes of UNESCO in German politics, in Bonn contains more than 20,000 from individual countries and academia, and the public songs. The Klingende Brücke is cultures. Globalklang e.V. is domain. It coordinates the civic part of the German Music Council also a collaboration partner for platform “Bundesweite Koalition and of the State Council of the Düsseldorf-based concert Kulturelle Vielfalt” (Nationwide Music NRW. series organised by the network Coalition for Cultural Diversity), Klangkosmos NRW. and the international young expert network “U40—Kulturelle Gesellschaft der Klingenden Brücke Vielfalt 2030” (Under 40—Cultural Gert Engel globalklang e.V. Diversity 2030). Stolpmünder Straße 24 Manfred Werner 53119 Bonn Lerchenstraße 10 [email protected] 40547 Düsseldorf Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission e.V. 0049 (0)228 666196 [email protected] Colmantstraße 15 www.klingende-bruecke.de 0049 (0)211 2936184 53115 Bonn www.globalklang.de sekretariat@unesco.de 0049 (0)228 604970 www.unesco.de 52 Clubs, Associations, Foundations 53 Clubs, Associations, Foundations

International Cultural Landesverband der Landschaftsverband Foundation Şivan Perwer Musikschulen in NRW Rheinland (LVR)

The Foundation was established Founded in 1967, the One section of the Landes- The LVR collaborates with in 2004 by the Kurdish musician Landesverband (LVDM NRW) verband focusses on expanding the Office for Repräsentanz des Şivan Perwer to promote the represents the interests of the intercultural work that Landschaftsverbands Rheinland vivid Kurdish culture and cities, counties, municipalities, is done at music schools and on (Representation of the Regional tradition, and—in the spirit of registered associations forging international links and Association of the Rhineland), peaceful cohabitation—to bring that are either providers of cooperations. Among these are and with the national and inter- it into international cultural non-profit music schools or hold MüzikNRW (seminars and workshops national cultural institutions exchange and dialogue with other a majority interest in a music with Turkish music at music Jazz am Rhein and KulturHören. musical cultures. The foundation school. At the 159 member schools) and the competition The LVR has organized concerts promotes concerts with Kurdish schools of the Landesverband, Folk + World Music NRW. that have featured Iranian music, Kurdish young talents, more than 8,000 teachers train musicians, a Mongolian Ensemble, the exchange between Kurdish about 280,000 students of all a Ukrainian Children’s Choir and international musicians and ages. In close cooperation Landesverband and a German-French choir. In artists, as well as the enrichment with other institutions in the der Musikschulen in NRW addition, the LVR organises of Kurdish music and its country, the Landesverband aims Hedwig Otten award ceremonies with national integration into the Global to equip local music schools Breidenplatz 10 and international artists. Music landscape. Currently, the for the future. Its goals include 40627 Düsseldorf Foundation is setting up a the promotion of a nationwide 0049 (0)211 251009 music library with Kurdish and musical education of high [email protected] Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR) Middle Eastern music. It also quality, both in school contexts www.lvdm-nrw.de Frauke Brückner lends financial support to and extracurricular contexts, Bachstraße 5-9 the promotion of Kurdish art, as well as a reliable financing 53115 Bonn language and literature, of music schools at municipal [email protected] education and social development. and provincial levels. 0049 (0)228-2070309 0049 (0)1520 1629764 (–> p.52) www.rlmb.lvr.de/ Internationale Kulturstiftung www.maxernstmuseum.de Şivan Perwer Alfred-Bucherer-Straße 61 53115 Bonn [email protected] 0049 (0)228 85041120 www.sp-f.org 54 Clubs, Associations, Foundations

Liz Mohn Culture and Music Foundation

This charitable foundation With these aims in mind, was established in November the Foundation focusses on the 2005 to promote art and culture, promotion of young operatic particularly in the field of singers and music education. music, as well as education In addition, since 2008, the and the improvement of relations Foundation has funded the between different cultures initiative Kulturelle Vielfalt and peoples. It also exists to mit Musik (Cultural diversity underline the importance of with music), furthering the culture and music for the understanding between children development of both an individual and young adults from different personalitiy and society. cultural backgrounds. This has been achieved through an annual funding process for the development and implementation of musical project ideas.

Liz Mohn Kultur- und Musikstiftung Carl-Bertelsmann-Straße 256 33311 Gütersloh [email protected] 0049 (0)524 8181533 www.kultur-und-musikstiftung.de Disclaimer

This brochure claims neither that its enumeration is exhaustive nor that it mentions all the most important institutions.

Publisher: Landesmusikrat Nordrhein-Westfalen (Düsseldorf), in cooperation with the NRW KULTURsekretariat (Wuppertal) Editorial: Rainer Nonnenmann (Cologne) Assistant: Samantha Bockstegen (Düsseldorf) Design: Bastian Ruppik (Düsseldorf) Printing: Druck & Verlag Kettler GmbH, 59199 Bönen, Westfalen Photos: rights as stated Funded by the Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie, Bauen, Wohnen und Verkehr des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen